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Multiple sclerosis: Perilous ruptures
The permanent neurological deficits of multiple sclerosis patients largely depend on the extent of degeneration of long nerve fibers. The...
Graphene can hear your brain whisper
Graphene Flagship researchers develop a sensor that records brain activity at extremely low frequencies and could lead to new treatments...
Effective method for reducing hospital stay after 'whipple' operation
Implementing a new recovery pathway speeds time to next treatment for pancreatic cancer patients by 15 days, without increasing complication...
PopPUNK advances speed of bacterial pathogen surveillance
Credit: Lees et al. 2019 Jan 24, 2019 -- Differences in genetic diversity among bacterial pathogens correlate with clinically important...
Genetic risk for ADHD manifest in brain structure in childhood
Genetic variants related to intelligence and educational attainment found to be associated with larger total brain volume There is only...
HBOT showed improvement in Alzheimer's Disease
New Orleans, LA - Dr. Paul Harch, Clinical Professor and Director of Hyperbaric Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School...
Research shows what it takes to be a giant shark
Have you ever wondered why the Megalodon shark became to be so big? Or wondered why some other sharks are...
LGB and other sexual minorities face significant health disparities
Sexual minorities -- people who are attracted to members of the same sex or who identify as gay, lesbian or...
Study: Keloids linked to early onset and late stage breast cancer
DETROIT - Findings from a new study conducted by researchers at Henry Ford Health System suggest a link between keloids...
Kidney-resident macrophages — a role for healing during acute kidney injury?
These kidney macrophages reprogram to a developmental state after kidney injury, similar to those in newborn mice.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala....
Insufficient evidence' that antidepressants affect fertility or infertility-treatment outcomes
January 24, 2019 - Based on limited research, there's no strong evidence that selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - the most...
Scientists tackle breeding challenges of land mine-finding rats
Credit: Aubrey Kelly ITHACA, N.Y. - Thousands of people - many of them children - are hurt or killed by...
Study may explain why once-promising cancer drugs failed
Cells use 'battering ram' to get around cancer drugCredit: Images courtesy of Laura Kelley, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. -- Nearly...
Common policy premise on link between soil and crop yield is valid — to a point
Yale research quantifies impacts of soil organic matter In recent years, policymakers across the world have launched initiatives to increase...
Insilico to present its latest research in AI aging clocks at the Longevity Leaders Conference
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, January 24, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing...
New drug targets for BRCA-driven cancer uncovered
Preclinical study yields previously unreported, potent and generalizable hits representing potential drug targets for hereditary breast, ovarian cancer BRCA1 and...
New insights into why we crave fatty foods when dieting
GALVESTON, Texas - Have you ever wondered why we crave the very foods that we try to avoid when dieting?...
Dopamine modulates reward experiences elicited by music
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals a causal link between dopamine and...
Copy number variants contribute to risk of 'schizophrenia-like' bipolar disorder subtype
A genome-wide association study in Biological Psychiatry examines the role of copy number variants in subtypes of bipolar disorder Philadelphia,...
Cancer drug development award given to Geoffrey Shapiro
International Congress on Targeted Anticancer Therapies (TAT) 2019, 25-27 February, Paris, FranceCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland,...
