✔️ The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #114

Life Science

A negative version of the placebo effect may be behind many instances of mild side effects associated with the jabs, a study suggests.

The discovery also underscores the continuing power of studying anatomy at a time when many scientists are focused on genetics, says Liliana Dávalos, an evolutionary biologist at Stony Brook University. “I hope that this discovery will actually inspire other people to explore this anatomical diversity because it has a lot to teach us.

Epigenetic structures appear to reduce the rate of changes in genes essential for survival and reproduction, a study finds, challenging the notion that mutations are evenly distributed throughout the genome prior to selection.

Microbiota transplanted from both autologous and heterologous donors can be established in aged hosts and facilitate microbiota restoration following perturbation by antibiotics.

Electrical signals coming from your heart and other organs influence how you perceive the world, the decisions you take, your sense of who you are and consciousness itself.

Amyloid precursor protein accumulated with an excess of presynaptic proteins, whereas post synaptic proteins were depleted.

The study suggests a second booster may not yet be necessary.

OpenAlex catalogues hundreds of millions of scientific documents and charts connections between them.

Teaching & Learning

New research tested how open monitoring meditation altered brain activity in a way that suggests increased error recognition.

It’s ironic but true: The best thing for your nervous system is another human and the worst thing for your nervous system is another human. Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett tells us why.

TAPP News & Notes

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