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Psychedelic drug to be tested for treatment-resistant depression in Houston
Credit: Photo by UTHealth Psilocybin, a psychedelic drug believed to help rewire the brain, is now being studied to relieve...
McLean Hospital received federal funding to help tackle national opioid crisis
NIH funds nearly $1 billion in opioid-related research through NIH HEAL InitiativeCredit: McLean Hospital As part of its efforts to...
Researchers to study medical cannabis and chronic pain
The $3.5M NIH project will see if cannabis substitutes for traditional pain medsCredit: UGA A team of researchers at the...
Four Loko continues to wreak havoc among young drinkers
New studies from George Mason University show that young drinkers still dangerously underestimate alcohol contentCredit: George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)...
Tau-mediated RNA splicing errors linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A collaborative study published today in the journal Cell Reports provides evidence for a new...
Study reveals limitations of method for determining protein structure
Researchers used a powerful supercomputer to run continuous, rapid computations simulating the molecular dynamics of a specific protein.Credit: Image by...
Sweet corn growers, processors could dramatically increase yield, profit
Credit: Martin Williams, USDA ARS and University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - In an industry struggling to maintain profitability, it's...
SU2C congratulates Dr. William Kaelin, SU2C scientific leader for 2019 Nobel Prize
Dr. William G. Kaelin, Jr., member of SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee, recognized for discovering how cells sense and adapt to...
SwRI cell expansion research receives additional $5.3 million in funding
MTEC, FDA projects to develop new tool for stem cell, CAR T-cell manufacturingCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct....
WVU-led study reveals uptick in suicide and fatal drug overdoses among blacks, Hispanics, women
Credit: Jennifer Shephard/West Virginia University To classify a death as a suicide, medical examiners and coroners rely on hard evidence,...
Nanostics expands ClarityDX prostate clinical study into the United States
Nanostics is expanding its ClarityDX Prostate clinical validation study into the US by opening the Florida-based Century Clinical Research Inc....
Scientists have identified the presence of cancer-suppressing cells in pancreatic cancer
Credit: Yasuyuki Mizutani A research team led by Nagoya University has revealed that cells containing a protein called Meflin have...
When laying their eggs, tobacco hawkmoths avoid plants that smell of caterpillar feces
An olfactory co-receptor allows moths to avoid intraspecific competitionCredit: Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Ovipositing insects use...
UMD discovers new mechanism in the liver that helps prevent invasive fungal infections
Findings have implications for treatment of a variety of fungal infections, including the main cause of meningitisCredit: Nephron As a...
NCI-sponsored trial explores better treatment for brain tumors in children
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 8, 2019) Children with recurrent brain tumors or newly diagnosed,...
US firearm death rate rose sharply in recent years across most states & demographic groups
New analysis of 1999-2017 firearm deaths looks at changes in each state and within age, gender and racial/ethnic groupsCredit: Health...
Initiating breastfeeding in vulnerable infants
Credit: Eric Sucar of University Communications PHILADELPHIA (October 7, 2019) - The benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child...
Modified quantum dots capture more energy from light and lose less to heat
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers discover a new approach for capturing energy from light-generated, 'hot' electrons, avoiding wasteful heat lossCredit:...
Histone modifications are the influencers of zygotic genome awakening
Credit: Tokyo Tech The zebrafish is an important model organism in biology. We share 70% of our genes with these...
Diabetes-Alzheimer’s link explored at Neuroscience 2019
Live-streamed press conference offers breaking researchCredit: Society for Neuroscience Surprising links exist between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, and researchers are...
