Four Albert Einstein College of Medicine faculty members were awarded a five-year, $10-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study autophagy – a fundamental cell process that may hold the key to aging.

Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, has announced that it has committed $5 million to investigate genetic and environmental risk factors for autism. The project will expand and link two large-scale, multi-site studies focusing on a collaborative prospective study of more than 2000 infant siblings of children with autism, who are [...]

In 1940, a Dutch goat born without front legs learned to walk upright.
So did Faith, a two-legged dog in Oklahoma.
Johnny Eck, a “half-man” born without legs, grew naturally into a graceful hand-walker.

As of 2009, Springer will publish Neurotoxicity Research, the official journal of the Neurotoxicity Society. The journal is aimed at neuroscience researchers and neurologists.
“I am proud to welcome Neurotoxicity Research to our program,” said Matthew Giampoala, Editor of Neuroscience and Physiology at Springer. “In working together with the Neurotoxicity Society, we look [...]

Measuring a Woman’s Measurements
New web-based research has quantified the attractiveness of the female form. Using morphing software, German researchers manipulated the features of one woman into 243 variations with differing leg lengths, weights, bust sizes, and hip and waist widths. Then more than 34,000 people judged the attractiveness of the images. While the woman’s face [...]