The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #150

Life Science

Researchers have discovered that before cells start to divide, they toss waste products. Using a new method they developed for measuring the dry mass of cells, the researchers found cells suddenly lose mass as they enter cell division.

Takotsubo syndrome also known as Broken heart syndrome is a sudden form of heart failure perceived to be triggered by negative life events, such as experiencing fear, grief, or conflict.Researchers...

A new study has linked life satisfaction to the chemistry in our brains. People that release more of the neurochemical oxytocin are kinder to others and tend to be more satisfied with their lives.

In the search for eternal youth, fecal transplants may seem like an unlikely way to reverse the aging process. However, scientists have provided evidence, from research in mice, that transplanting fecal microbiota from young into old mice can reverse hallmarks of aging in the gut, eyes, and brain. In the reverse experiment, microbes from aged mice induced inflammation in the brain of young recipients and depleted a key protein required for normal vision. These findings show that gut microbes play a role in the regulating some of the detrimental effects of ageing and open up the possibility of gut microbe-based therapies to combat decline in later life.

Large study finds breakthrough cases linked with lower risk of diabetes, hypertension diagnoses

Teaching & Learning

Early in my career, I produced hundreds of pages of new lecture notes every year. One day, a senior colleague, perhaps taking pity on my 4/4 teaching load, stopped me in the hallway to remind me that those notes were my intellectual property. “Don’t give them away,” she cautioned.

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