Our brain may have the capacity of making new neurons even during adulthood

Forget about the dogma of neuron death and its inability to regenerate during adulthood, researchers from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid found that our brain is able to perform neurogenesis up to the age of 90! Their research was about the difference between neurogenesis (neuron making) in the hippocampus (which is a major component of... Continue Reading →

Breast cancer metastasis is promoted by glucorticoids

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women. According to the WHO, 2.1 million women are affected by this disease each year, and unfortunately in most cases it's still fatal.  In 2018, WHO estimated that 627,000 women passed away from breast cancer (15% of all forms of cancer in women). It is therefore one... Continue Reading →

Intro

Hello everyone and welcome to biological culture, the blog that talks about all the latest news of the marvellous world of biological sciences. Since this is the first post, I am going to give you a quick overview of the future content of the blog as well as a little presentation of myself. I am... Continue Reading →

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