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How Diabetes Quietly Rewires the Brain’s Reward and Memory System

Type 2 diabetes may quietly alter the brain in ways that mimic early Alzheimer’s, weakening reward perception and memory signals in a key brain area called the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). In a rat study, diabetic animals still behaved normally but processed rewarding locations differently, s

Scientists Just Captured the Stunning Process That Shapes Chromosomes

Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a groundbreaking method called LoopTrace. By observing overlapping DNA loops forming in high resolution, they revealed that large loops form first, followed by nested smaller loo