Researchers estimate that human mutations are occurring a third slower than previously calculated. On average, 30 mutations are transmitted from parent to child, which revises prior estimations and changes the timescale that is used to determine the number of generations…
Day: June 14, 2011
New Peptide Discovered by Researchers at Indiana University
A peptide was discovered that can be given systematically to block pain in chronic and acute cases. An axonal protein, CRMP-2, on the calcium channel “[acts] like a remote control” to alter the communication of excitability and pain signals in…