Food consumption can be turned off in mice by silencing neurons in a particular brain area. Credit: Ricardo Ribas/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Scientists have identified a ‘brain dial’ that can turn food consumption on or off, at least in mice. The effect of this brain region is so powerful that when scientists manipulated it, mice that were already full kept eating — …
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07 July 2025, USA, New York: A street sign reading “Wall Street” hangs on a post in front of the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan’s financial district. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images) Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with …
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When cells are healthy, we don’t expect them to suddenly change cell types. A skin cell on your hand won’t naturally morph into a brain cell, and vice versa. That’s thanks to epigenetic memory, which enables the expression of various genes to “lock in” throughout a cell’s lifetime. Failure of this memory can lead to diseases, such as cancer. Traditionally, …
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial was sentenced Thursday in the 2023 shooting death of Eddie Irizarry. Irizarry’s family members expressed outrage after leaving the courtroom. He was sentenced to 9.5 months to two years. He is being granted immediate parole after already serving 10 months. “He was a cop, so he gets the okay. But that’s …
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