NIH Record - National Institutes of Health

Atlas of Placenta May Yield New Clues

An atlas revealing the activity of individual placental cells during childbirth offers insight on what happens at the maternal-fetal interface during term labor, according to an NIH-supported study.

Common Marker of Neurological Diseases May Play Role in Healthy Brains

Researchers have discovered that a protein called phosphorylated α-synuclein, which is associated with several neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia, is also involved in the normal processes of how neurons communicate with each other in a healthy brain.

Designing a Safer Antifungal Drug

Fungal infections kill more than 1.5 million people every year. Fungi are developing resistance to some currently available antifungal drugs, and many of the remaining drugs are highly toxic. Researchers are studying ways to reduce the toxicity of one of these drugs, amphotericin B (AmB).

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