• ZJU scientists unravel the enigma of fear defensive behavior

    On March 5, the research team led by Professors YU Yanqin, DUAN Shumin and YANG Hongbin from the Zhejiang Universit...

    2024-04-10
  • A new family tree revises our understanding of bird evolution

    A team of researchers from the Bird 10,000 Genomes (B10K) consortium, initiated by Professor ZHANG Guojie of Centre for Evolutionary & O...

    2024-04-02
  • “Trim” the heart and “strengthen” it!

    Myocardial hypertrophy, characterized by an increase in cardiac muscle mass, is an adaptive response to pathological stimuli such as hyperte...

    2024-03-11
  • ZJU scientists uncover amygdala-independent neural mechanism for...

    Excessive or repetitive fear play a significant role in the development of anxiety disorders, with the amygdala serving as the central locus...

    2024-02-21
  • ZJU scientists reveal crucial metabolic nodes in the mitochondri...

    The breakthrough achieved by chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells in the treatment of hematologic malignancies undoubtedly represents the...

    2024-02-16
  • ZJU scientists made new progress in the research on bipolar diso...

    Bipolar disorder is a recurrent debilitating mental illness with a complex aetiology. According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study ...

    2024-01-03
  • ZJU scientists decipher the biased signaling mechanisms toward c...

    Addressing the long-standing Cannabis problem, an oddity that has vexed scientists for decades, joint research by Professor L...

    2023-12-14
  • ZJU scientists develop high-throughput and high-sensitivity sing...

    The heterogeneity of cancer cells and the underlying drivers play a crucial role in understanding tumorigenesis, malignant progression, and ...

    2023-12-07
  • ZJU scientists enhance the efficacy of Her2-positive gastric can...

    Her2-Positive Gastric Cancer accounts for approximately 20% of all gastric cancers, and trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy remains...

    2023-11-13
  • High-calorie foods make the brain hard to control the appetite

    Obesity is one of the global public health concerns, but many people’s weight loss plan gets stuck at the “can’t-control-their-appetite”...

    2023-11-10
  • How gut microbes manipulate the immune system to trigger fat abs...

    Microorganisms are often in battle with the immune system. But research in mice has shown that gut microbes work in tandem with it to determ...

    2023-10-25
  • What does not kill you makes you stronger

    Following intense pain or stress, people often experience a sense of relief, akin to the lifting of a heavy burden. But how does this subtle...

    2023-10-23
  • Obesity is one of the global public health concerns, but many pe...

    Recently, a groundbreaking research paper titled “Identification of an IL-1 Receptor Mutation Driving Autoinflammation Directs IL-1-Targete...

    2023-09-27
  • PML B-Box 2 trimerization yields a cysteine triad for arsenic bi...

    ProMyelocytic Leukemia (PML) protein controls various biological functions, such as apoptosis, senescence or stem cell self-renewal. PML may...

    2023-09-11
  • Activation of innate immune system: its critical role in bone di...

    Innate immune system is an important arm of host immune defense mechanisms that produces a non-specific rapid response to pathogens or other...

    2023-09-02