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Researchers create ‘wiring diagram’ for key songbird brain region

Apr 10, 2025

Much like human beings, songbirds learn how to vocalize from their parents. Males imitate songs from their fathers and then sing to attract mates. Although the circuits that generate human speech are more complicated to decipher, the brains of songbirds offer a viable model for better understanding how humans learn to speak and what goes wrong in communication disorders such as autism.

Much like human beings, songbirds learn how to vocalize from their parents. Males imitate songs from their fathers and then sing to attract mates. Although the circuits that generate human speech are more complicated to decipher, the brains of songbirds offer a viable model for better understanding how humans learn to speak and what goes wrong in communication disorders such as autism.

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New method identifies protein that may govern cancer cell movement and metastasis

Apr 09, 2025

Using a novel method that gives a readout of which proteins are in specific locations within cells, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in cell adhesion and movement.

Using a novel method that gives a readout of which proteins are in specific locations within cells, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in cell adhesion and movement.

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Neonatal diabetes model provides insights on how condition develops

Apr 08, 2025

A preclinical model developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that recapitulates a rare infant-onset form of diabetes suggests the condition stems from gradual damage to the pancreas through misregulation of a molecular pathway called the unfolded protein response (UPR).

A preclinical model developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that recapitulates a rare infant-onset form of diabetes suggests the condition stems from gradual damage to the pancreas through misregulation of a molecular pathway called the unfolded protein response (UPR).

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UTSW Research: Mosquito saliva and malaria, brain tumors, and more

Mar 31, 2025

Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the salivary glands of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Understanding the biology of these tissues is critical to developing new treatments for the disease, found mostly in tropical countries.

Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the salivary glands of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Understanding the biology of these tissues is critical to developing new treatments for the disease, found mostly in tropical countries.

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Protein plays dual role in causing, preventing sepsis

Mar 17, 2025

A protein called angiopoietin-2 (ANGPT2) can both inhibit and encourage blood vessel changes critical for sepsis, a leading cause of hospital deaths worldwide, a new study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows.

A protein called angiopoietin-2 (ANGPT2) can both inhibit and encourage blood vessel changes critical for sepsis, a leading cause of hospital deaths worldwide, a new study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows.

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Six Nobel Prize recipients since 1985

Alumni Nobel Laureates include Joseph Goldstein and Linda Buck.

14 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
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24 National Academy of Medicine
14 American Academy of Arts and Sciences