Study provides an early recipe for rewiring spinal cords
Credit: Sofroniew lab For many years, researchers have thought that the scar that forms after a spinal cord injury actively...
Stigmatizing views and myths about psoriasis are pervasive in the United States
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The stigma associated with the autoimmune disease psoriasis may lead people to avoid patients who...
Obstructive sleep apnea linked with higher risk of gout
New research reveals that people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have a higher risk of developing gout, even beyond the...
The use of psychoactive substances and illegal drugs in the Albanian society
The article of Matua et al, published recently in Current Drug Abuse Reviews, focuses on an issue of major interest...
In test with rats, cannabidiol showed sustained effects against depression for seven days
Commercial antidepressants typically take two to four weeks to have a significant effect on a depressed patient. They are also...
Insulin gives an extra boost to the immune system
(Toronto - August 30, 2018) - The role of insulin as a boost to the immune system to improve its...
Study by blood doctors a breakthrough for hemophiliacs
Credit: Wits University Patients with haemophilia bleed spontaneously or following trauma. The most common sites of bleeding are into joints,...
Discovery of long-lived macrophages in the intestine
Credit: © TARGID - KU Leuven Macrophages are specialised immune cells that destroy bacteria and other harmful organisms. KU Leuven...
Neville Sanjana receives Brain & Behavior Research Foundation’s Young Investigator Award
Credit: New York Genome Center/Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NEW YORK, NY (August 30, 2018) -- Neville Sanjana, PhD, Core...
Mayo Clinic researchers identify a potential new approach to treat HER2 positive breast cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified an important new pathway by which HER2 positive breast cancers grow...
Presynapses come in a packet
Credit: Dmytro Puchkov, FMP Synapses are the interfaces for information exchange between neurons. Teams of scientists working with Professor Dr....
New research: Financial disclosure lacking in publication of clinical trials
A substantial proportion of pharmaceutical industry payments to authors of oncology clinical trials published in major scientific journals are not...
When neurons turn against themselves
Credit: Doron Merkler / UNIGE Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare autoimmune disease that primarily affects children and can lead to...
Selling access to human specimens: Survey reveals public attitudes
The almost 5 million people who paid to get their DNA analyzed by the company 23andMe recently found out that...
Guiding flight: The fruit fly’s celestial compass
Credit: Dickinson laboratory What do ancient seafaring explorers and fruit flies have in common? Caltech researchers have discovered that, similar...
Whitlatch earns GSA’s 2018 M. Powell Lawton Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Infurna earns GSA’s 2018 Baltes Foundation Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Whitfield earns GSA’s 2018 Robert W. Kleemeier Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Lipsitz earns GSA’s 2018 Donald P. Kent Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
How does helping people affect your brain? Study shows neurobiological effects of giving social support
August 30, 2018 -Providing "targeted" social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental...
