#biology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #biology, aggregated by home.social.
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Insect repellent may not always keep mozzies away, study suggests
By Ellen PhiddianScientists have found that mosquitoes in the lab can be trained to connect the smell of a widely used repellent with food, but repellents are still the best way to protect yourself.
#Insects #Biology #ScientificResearch #DiseasesandDisorders #DengueFever #EllenPhiddian
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Your blood cells may trace their origins back to single-celled ancestors that lived 700 million years ago. By building an evolutionary family tree, scientists discovered that key parts of our modern immune system, especially macrophages, likely evolved from these ancient unicellular organisms.
[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260526022006.htm]
#Science #Evolution #Biology #ImmuneSystem #Fediverse #LearnSomethingNew
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does anyone have experience in MCMC statistical models using NIMBLE in R? I'm having issues with getting a simple beta distribution model to work
#statistics #ecology #biology #R -
Mosquitoes can learn that DEET means dinner is served
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/environment/mosquitoes-learning-deet/
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🧬⚛️ “Science doesn’t demystify the world—it makes it more mysterious.”
In our new #Zoomposium, we speak with #sciencehistorian and #sciencecommunicator #ErnstPeterFischer.
📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/05/10/romantische-revolution/
🎥 https://youtu.be/PlXoYAQ8xV8
#HistoryOfScience #Philosophy #QuantumPhysics #Romanticism #NaturalScience #QuantumTheory #PhilosophyOfScience #Education #Culture #DescriptionOfNature #Objectivity #ScienceCommunication #Cosmos #Physics #Biology
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🧬⚛️ “Science doesn’t demystify the world—it makes it more mysterious.”
In our new #Zoomposium, we speak with #sciencehistorian and #sciencecommunicator #ErnstPeterFischer.
📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/05/10/romantische-revolution/
🎥 https://youtu.be/PlXoYAQ8xV8
#HistoryOfScience #Philosophy #QuantumPhysics #Romanticism #NaturalScience #QuantumTheory #PhilosophyOfScience #Education #Culture #DescriptionOfNature #Objectivity #ScienceCommunication #Cosmos #Physics #Biology
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🧬⚛️ “Science doesn’t demystify the world—it makes it more mysterious.”
In our new #Zoomposium, we speak with #sciencehistorian and #sciencecommunicator #ErnstPeterFischer.
📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/05/10/romantische-revolution/
🎥 https://youtu.be/PlXoYAQ8xV8
#HistoryOfScience #Philosophy #QuantumPhysics #Romanticism #NaturalScience #QuantumTheory #PhilosophyOfScience #Education #Culture #DescriptionOfNature #Objectivity #ScienceCommunication #Cosmos #Physics #Biology
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🧬⚛️ “Science doesn’t demystify the world—it makes it more mysterious.”
In our new #Zoomposium, we speak with #sciencehistorian and #sciencecommunicator #ErnstPeterFischer.
📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/05/10/romantische-revolution/
🎥 https://youtu.be/PlXoYAQ8xV8
#HistoryOfScience #Philosophy #QuantumPhysics #Romanticism #NaturalScience #QuantumTheory #PhilosophyOfScience #Education #Culture #DescriptionOfNature #Objectivity #ScienceCommunication #Cosmos #Physics #Biology
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A recent study demonstrates that cannabis use in young men does not reduce testosterone levels, but instead appears to increase the testicular synthesis of the hormone by approximately 23%.
#Endocrinology #Toxicology #Pharmaceutical #Biology #sflorg
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My monthly collection of links to items you may have missed is now up on my blog.
https://zenmischief.com/2026/05/mays-monthly-links/
#biology #blog #links #medicine #physics #science #sexuality #zenmischief
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My monthly collection of links to items you may have missed is now up on my blog.
https://zenmischief.com/2026/05/mays-monthly-links/
#biology #blog #links #medicine #physics #science #sexuality #zenmischief
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My monthly collection of links to items you may have missed is now up on my blog.
https://zenmischief.com/2026/05/mays-monthly-links/
#biology #blog #links #medicine #physics #science #sexuality #zenmischief
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My monthly collection of links to items you may have missed is now up on my blog.
https://zenmischief.com/2026/05/mays-monthly-links/
#biology #blog #links #medicine #physics #science #sexuality #zenmischief
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May’s Monthly Links
So now we bring you this month’s selection of links to items you wish you hadn’t missed. And it’s a well packed edition …
Science, Technology, Natural World
Apart from traumatic, what it would have been like to experience the dinosaur‑killing asteroid? [LONG READ]
There’s a huge amount of “space junk” above our heads: almost half of what’s in earth orbit is junk – and that’s only what we know about. [££££]
And while we’re talking of things going round … Astronomers have just found over ten thousand new exoplanet candidates.
Meanwhile there are some pieces of the cosmos being ignored by astronomers. [££££]
It seems that the universe could be any one of 18 possible shapes. [££££]
Let’s come back down to Earth … Researchers are beginning to understand how Egypt’s Great Pyramid has withstood earthquakes etc. for over 4500 years. [££££]
There are new insights into whether plants can hear.
[Illustrations NSFW] “Slow Blink” communication with your cat.
Scientists are developing tiny robots that can learn to navigate like honeybees. [££££]
On birds’ eyes and why their visual perception is almost second to none. [LONG READ]
At the other end of life on earth scientists have found a tiny fish that looks like Mr Snuffleupagus (below). [££££]
And finally in this section New Scientist had a piece on the renowned mathematician who doesn’t exist. [££££]
Health, Medicine
An interview with two scientists who have been working flat out to develop a test for hantavirus. [££££]
An American look at what the response to the hantavirus “scare” has brought to the surface – and a brilliant example of how to do public health leadership. [LONG READ]
So did the Ancient Egyptians invent the pregnancy test?
Along with that women have been using cannabis medicinally for thousands of years.
Twins. Born within minutes of each other. But they have different fathers!
Sexuality & Relationships
Sexual health after 60: aging, hormones & intimacy.
Sex after 35: apparently the female body was not designed for the sex most women are having. [LONG READ]
So what really does happen to a woman’s body during orgasm?
One man’s experience of vasectomy leads him to wonder why the procedure isn’t more common.
History, Archaeology, Anthropology
Were the Neanderthals the first dentists? One article from Scientific American, and a second from The Guardian.
A research team have published a new, online, map of Roman roads across their empire.
It’s long been supposed that after the Romans left Britain the Anglo-Saxons took over and totally replace the indigenous population. But DNA analysis tells us otherwise. [LONG READ]
It seems strange, but early medieval Ireland had laws protecting bees.
So who invented the corridor? [LONG READ]
There are tunnels under Bloxham, Oxfordshire. But what are they for? [LONG READ]
There’s a forgotten cock pit under Whitehall. [Now, now. That’s enough of that!]
London
And finally … Matt Brown has released the latest coloured section of John Rocque’s 1746 map of London. This time it’s Limehouse and Rotherhithe.
#biology #blog #links #medicine #physics #science #sexuality #zenmischief -
📝 Only a few days left to submit your abstract!
Take the opportunity to present your research, workflows, tools, and #FAIR data management approaches at the Boosting Biodata Bootcamp 2026!
👉 Abstract submission: https://events.hifis.net/event/3702/abstracts/
📅 Submission deadline: 1 JuneThis joint event by @FAIRagro @nfdi4plants @nfdi4biodiv and @nfdi4bioimage brings together the biodata community to exchange ideas and shape the future of data-driven life sciences.
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📝 Only a few days left to submit your abstract!
Take the opportunity to present your research, workflows, tools, and #FAIR data management approaches at the Boosting Biodata Bootcamp 2026!
👉 Abstract submission: https://events.hifis.net/event/3702/abstracts/
📅 Submission deadline: 1 JuneThis joint event by @FAIRagro @nfdi4plants @nfdi4biodiv and @nfdi4bioimage brings together the biodata community to exchange ideas and shape the future of data-driven life sciences.
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📝 Only a few days left to submit your abstract!
Take the opportunity to present your research, workflows, tools, and #FAIR data management approaches at the Boosting Biodata Bootcamp 2026!
👉 Abstract submission: https://events.hifis.net/event/3702/abstracts/
📅 Submission deadline: 1 JuneThis joint event by @FAIRagro @nfdi4plants @nfdi4biodiv and @nfdi4bioimage brings together the biodata community to exchange ideas and shape the future of data-driven life sciences.
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📝 Only a few days left to submit your abstract!
Take the opportunity to present your research, workflows, tools, and #FAIR data management approaches at the Boosting Biodata Bootcamp 2026!
👉 Abstract submission: https://events.hifis.net/event/3702/abstracts/
📅 Submission deadline: 1 JuneThis joint event by @FAIRagro @nfdi4plants @nfdi4biodiv and @nfdi4bioimage brings together the biodata community to exchange ideas and shape the future of data-driven life sciences.
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📝 Only a few days left to submit your abstract!
Take the opportunity to present your research, workflows, tools, and #FAIR data management approaches at the Boosting Biodata Bootcamp 2026!
👉 Abstract submission: https://events.hifis.net/event/3702/abstracts/
📅 Submission deadline: 1 JuneThis joint event by @FAIRagro @nfdi4plants @nfdi4biodiv and @nfdi4bioimage brings together the biodata community to exchange ideas and shape the future of data-driven life sciences.
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Universal transcriptomic hallmarks of mammalian #ageing and mortality
"...conserved signatures and a modular architecture of #mortality regulation [...] for quantifying and targeting ageing..."
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🔥 TRENDING
📢 M+M Symposium: Synthetic Biology goes... – Forschungsfeld M+M - tu-darmstadt.de
#Symposium #Synthetic #Biology #Forschungsfeld #GlobalFeed #News #DE
*Automatisch gepostet von Global Feed Bot*
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🐋🪞 In a new study, two #beluga #whales at a #NewYork #aquarium showed possible self-recognition in a mirror – one even pressing a mark behind her ear against the reflective surface.
The results place belugas alongside #chimpanzees, #dolphins, #elephants, and maybe #magpies on a short list of species that pass. But scientists disagree on what the test actually proves, and the debate itself raises deeper questions about animal #consciousness.
#science #marinebiology #biology #animals #zoology #ocean #psychology #neurobiology #ethology
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🐋🪞 In a new study, two #beluga #whales at a #NewYork #aquarium showed possible self-recognition in a mirror – one even pressing a mark behind her ear against the reflective surface.
The results place belugas alongside #chimpanzees, #dolphins, #elephants, and maybe #magpies on a short list of species that pass. But scientists disagree on what the test actually proves, and the debate itself raises deeper questions about animal #consciousness.
#science #marinebiology #biology #animals #zoology #ocean #psychology #neurobiology #ethology
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🐋🪞 In a new study, two #beluga #whales at a #NewYork #aquarium showed possible self-recognition in a mirror – one even pressing a mark behind her ear against the reflective surface.
The results place belugas alongside #chimpanzees, #dolphins, #elephants, and maybe #magpies on a short list of species that pass. But scientists disagree on what the test actually proves, and the debate itself raises deeper questions about animal #consciousness.
#science #marinebiology #biology #animals #zoology #ocean #psychology #neurobiology #ethology
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🐋🪞 In a new study, two #beluga #whales at a #NewYork #aquarium showed possible self-recognition in a mirror – one even pressing a mark behind her ear against the reflective surface.
The results place belugas alongside #chimpanzees, #dolphins, #elephants, and maybe #magpies on a short list of species that pass. But scientists disagree on what the test actually proves, and the debate itself raises deeper questions about animal #consciousness.
#science #marinebiology #biology #animals #zoology #ocean #psychology #neurobiology #ethology
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🐋🪞 In a new study, two #beluga #whales at a #NewYork #aquarium showed possible self-recognition in a mirror – one even pressing a mark behind her ear against the reflective surface.
The results place belugas alongside #chimpanzees, #dolphins, #elephants, and maybe #magpies on a short list of species that pass. But scientists disagree on what the test actually proves, and the debate itself raises deeper questions about animal #consciousness.
#science #marinebiology #biology #animals #zoology #ocean #psychology #neurobiology #ethology
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🐝⚔️ #UCL researchers studying #tropical paper #wasps in the #Caribbean found that removing a queen triggers violent fighting among females.
But, hidden helpers called “compensators” skip the power struggles entirely, instead gathering #food and caring for #larvae – saving the colony from collapse.
👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260526021958.htm
#polistes #panama #insects #animals #science #biology #nature #study #research
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🐝⚔️ #UCL researchers studying #tropical paper #wasps in the #Caribbean found that removing a queen triggers violent fighting among females.
But, hidden helpers called “compensators” skip the power struggles entirely, instead gathering #food and caring for #larvae – saving the colony from collapse.
👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260526021958.htm
#polistes #panama #insects #animals #science #biology #nature #study #research
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🐝⚔️ #UCL researchers studying #tropical paper #wasps in the #Caribbean found that removing a queen triggers violent fighting among females.
But, hidden helpers called “compensators” skip the power struggles entirely, instead gathering #food and caring for #larvae – saving the colony from collapse.
👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260526021958.htm
#polistes #panama #insects #animals #science #biology #nature #study #research
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🐝⚔️ #UCL researchers studying #tropical paper #wasps in the #Caribbean found that removing a queen triggers violent fighting among females.
But, hidden helpers called “compensators” skip the power struggles entirely, instead gathering #food and caring for #larvae – saving the colony from collapse.
👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260526021958.htm
#polistes #panama #insects #animals #science #biology #nature #study #research
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🐝⚔️ #UCL researchers studying #tropical paper #wasps in the #Caribbean found that removing a queen triggers violent fighting among females.
But, hidden helpers called “compensators” skip the power struggles entirely, instead gathering #food and caring for #larvae – saving the colony from collapse.
👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260526021958.htm
#polistes #panama #insects #animals #science #biology #nature #study #research
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🧠👶 New scans show that fathers’ #brains undergo significant restructuring in the first six months after #childbirth.
Gray matter shrinks in some regions and swells in others, with changes tied to #caregiving, attention, emotional processing, and the brain’s reward system. Led by psychiatrist Negin Daneshnia in #Germany, the study suggests the male brain prunes and rewires itself to meet the demands of caring for a #newborn, much like the maternal brain does during #pregnancy.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/fatherhood-dramatically-rewires-your-brain-scans-reveal
#fatherhood #neuroscience #parenting #science #mentalhealth #biology #research #family #childdevelopment #parenthood
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🧠👶 New scans show that fathers’ #brains undergo significant restructuring in the first six months after #childbirth.
Gray matter shrinks in some regions and swells in others, with changes tied to #caregiving, attention, emotional processing, and the brain’s reward system. Led by psychiatrist Negin Daneshnia in #Germany, the study suggests the male brain prunes and rewires itself to meet the demands of caring for a #newborn, much like the maternal brain does during #pregnancy.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/fatherhood-dramatically-rewires-your-brain-scans-reveal
#fatherhood #neuroscience #parenting #science #mentalhealth #biology #research #family #childdevelopment #parenthood
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🧠👶 New scans show that fathers’ #brains undergo significant restructuring in the first six months after #childbirth.
Gray matter shrinks in some regions and swells in others, with changes tied to #caregiving, attention, emotional processing, and the brain’s reward system. Led by psychiatrist Negin Daneshnia in #Germany, the study suggests the male brain prunes and rewires itself to meet the demands of caring for a #newborn, much like the maternal brain does during #pregnancy.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/fatherhood-dramatically-rewires-your-brain-scans-reveal
#fatherhood #neuroscience #parenting #science #mentalhealth #biology #research #family #childdevelopment #parenthood
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🧠👶 New scans show that fathers’ #brains undergo significant restructuring in the first six months after #childbirth.
Gray matter shrinks in some regions and swells in others, with changes tied to #caregiving, attention, emotional processing, and the brain’s reward system. Led by psychiatrist Negin Daneshnia in #Germany, the study suggests the male brain prunes and rewires itself to meet the demands of caring for a #newborn, much like the maternal brain does during #pregnancy.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/fatherhood-dramatically-rewires-your-brain-scans-reveal
#fatherhood #neuroscience #parenting #science #mentalhealth #biology #research #family #childdevelopment #parenthood
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🧠👶 New scans show that fathers’ #brains undergo significant restructuring in the first six months after #childbirth.
Gray matter shrinks in some regions and swells in others, with changes tied to #caregiving, attention, emotional processing, and the brain’s reward system. Led by psychiatrist Negin Daneshnia in #Germany, the study suggests the male brain prunes and rewires itself to meet the demands of caring for a #newborn, much like the maternal brain does during #pregnancy.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/fatherhood-dramatically-rewires-your-brain-scans-reveal
#fatherhood #neuroscience #parenting #science #mentalhealth #biology #research #family #childdevelopment #parenthood
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A New Species of Tiny Octopus Was Discovered in the Galápagos Islands
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A New Species of Tiny Octopus Was Discovered in the Galápagos Islands
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A New Species of Tiny Octopus Was Discovered in the Galápagos Islands
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A New Species of Tiny Octopus Was Discovered in the Galápagos Islands
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A New Species of Tiny Octopus Was Discovered in the Galápagos Islands
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🐟🤖 They look like they swam straight out of a sci-fi #movie, but only one of them is fake.
Can you tell which deep sea creature was made by #AI? It's harder than you think. Test your #ocean knowledge and sharpen your AI #literacy skills with this #quiz from the News Literacy Project.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/which-deep-sea-creature-is-ai-generated
#activities #animals #biology #deepsea #diy #howto #information #marinebiology #news #science #seapig #squid #tech #technology #underwater #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🐟🤖 They look like they swam straight out of a sci-fi #movie, but only one of them is fake.
Can you tell which deep sea creature was made by #AI? It's harder than you think. Test your #ocean knowledge and sharpen your AI #literacy skills with this #quiz from the News Literacy Project.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/which-deep-sea-creature-is-ai-generated
#activities #animals #biology #deepsea #diy #howto #information #marinebiology #news #science #seapig #squid #tech #technology #underwater #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🐟🤖 They look like they swam straight out of a sci-fi #movie, but only one of them is fake.
Can you tell which deep sea creature was made by #AI? It's harder than you think. Test your #ocean knowledge and sharpen your AI #literacy skills with this #quiz from the News Literacy Project.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/which-deep-sea-creature-is-ai-generated
#activities #animals #biology #deepsea #diy #howto #information #marinebiology #news #science #seapig #squid #tech #technology #underwater #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🐟🤖 They look like they swam straight out of a sci-fi #movie, but only one of them is fake.
Can you tell which deep sea creature was made by #AI? It's harder than you think. Test your #ocean knowledge and sharpen your AI #literacy skills with this #quiz from the News Literacy Project.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/which-deep-sea-creature-is-ai-generated
#activities #animals #biology #deepsea #diy #howto #information #marinebiology #news #science #seapig #squid #tech #technology #underwater #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🐟🤖 They look like they swam straight out of a sci-fi #movie, but only one of them is fake.
Can you tell which deep sea creature was made by #AI? It's harder than you think. Test your #ocean knowledge and sharpen your AI #literacy skills with this #quiz from the News Literacy Project.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/which-deep-sea-creature-is-ai-generated
#activities #animals #biology #deepsea #diy #howto #information #marinebiology #news #science #seapig #squid #tech #technology #underwater #tksst #video
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For today's #inkyDays drawing, I decided to pause the math-flowers and go more in a molecular biology direction. Thinking about transmembrane proteins and phospholipids for this motif.
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Ok, so the first letter (before a number that both become their own thing or follow the gene supergroup) means the hormone that acts on that receptor?
Like D1 and D2 are dopamine, H1 is histamine, HT is fuck-knows, and M1 or M3 or M5 are "muscarinic"?
At least alpha-1 for adrenergic is easier to remember."It also acts on dopaminergic D1 and D2 receptors. Quetiapine is an antagonist for D2 receptors and 5-HT2 receptors.[10] "
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"Furthermore, norquetiapine has an affinity for other receptors, such as H1 histamine receptor, 5-HT1E, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2B, 5-HT7 serotonergic receptors, M1, M3, and M5 muscarinic receptors, and α1-adrenergic receptors.[12]"https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9879/2/3/18
#BioChemistry #química #chem #chemistry #Biology #HumanBiology
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Ok, so the first letter (before a number that both become their own thing or follow the gene supergroup) means the hormone that acts on that receptor?
Like D1 and D2 are dopamine, H1 is histamine, HT is fuck-knows, and M1 or M3 or M5 are "muscarinic"?
At least alpha-1 for adrenergic is easier to remember."It also acts on dopaminergic D1 and D2 receptors. Quetiapine is an antagonist for D2 receptors and 5-HT2 receptors.[10] "
[...]
"Furthermore, norquetiapine has an affinity for other receptors, such as H1 histamine receptor, 5-HT1E, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2B, 5-HT7 serotonergic receptors, M1, M3, and M5 muscarinic receptors, and α1-adrenergic receptors.[12]"https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9879/2/3/18
#BioChemistry #química #chem #chemistry #Biology #HumanBiology
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Ok, so the first letter (before a number that both become their own thing or follow the gene supergroup) means the hormone that acts on that receptor?
Like D1 and D2 are dopamine, H1 is histamine, HT is fuck-knows, and M1 or M3 or M5 are "muscarinic"?
At least alpha-1 for adrenergic is easier to remember."It also acts on dopaminergic D1 and D2 receptors. Quetiapine is an antagonist for D2 receptors and 5-HT2 receptors.[10] "
[...]
"Furthermore, norquetiapine has an affinity for other receptors, such as H1 histamine receptor, 5-HT1E, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2B, 5-HT7 serotonergic receptors, M1, M3, and M5 muscarinic receptors, and α1-adrenergic receptors.[12]"https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9879/2/3/18
#BioChemistry #química #chem #chemistry #Biology #HumanBiology