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The heart-brain connection: The link between LQTS and seizures
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center recently discovered a genetic link between Long QT Syndrome (LQTS), a rare...
A new roundworm species from India is a link between 2 genera
The unique features and blending characters of a new roundworm species, discovered in India, make the nematode a distinct yet...
Do dogs of all ages respond equally to dog-directed speech?
Credit: Danielle Allen People tend to talk to dogs as though they are human babies. A new study in Proceedings...
Orexin as a potential drug for treating septic shock
Credit: University of Tsukuba Sepsis is a life-threatening condition due to excessive immune responses to infection that damages the patient's...
UCLA neuroscientists improve human memory by electrically stimulating…
Neuroscientists at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have discovered precisely where and how to electrically stimulate the...
Gulf Stream slowdown to spare Europe from worst of climate change
Europe will be spared the worst economic impacts of climate change by a slowing down of the Gulf Stream, new...
Penn study describes a better animal model to improve HIV vaccine…
PHILADELPHIA – Vaccines are usually medicine's best defense against the world's deadliest microbes. However, HIV is so mutable that it...
New areas of the brain identified where ALS gene is active
For the first time novel expression sites in the brain have been identified for a gene which is associated with...
Penn study on super-silenced DNA hints at new ways to reprogram cells
Credit: The laboratory of Ken Zaret, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – Newly described stretches of...
New study supports link between Omega-3 supplementation and reduction…
According to the World Health Organization, depression is a major cause of disease burden worldwide, affecting an estimated 350 million...
Male bees have more than a one-track mind
Male bumblebees are just as smart as female worker bees despite their dim-witted reputation, according to new research from Queen...
Invention solving worldwide sewage woes, producing clean water, power and food
Credit: Daniel Yeh, PhD, College of Engineering, University of South Florida Rapid, unplanned urbanization is becoming a serious threat across...
Uncertainty perception drives public’s trust, mistrust of…
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Many policies — from medicine to terrorism — depend on how the general public accepts and...
In sub-Saharan Africa, cancer can be an infectious disease
In 1963, Irish surgeon Denis Parson Burkitt airmailed samples of an unusual jaw tumor found in Ugandan children to his...
Characterizing the Zika virus genome
The sudden emergence of the Zika virus epidemic in Latin America in 2015-16 has caught the scientific world unawares. A...
Can sleep quality and burnout affect shift-work nurses’ job…
In a Journal of Advanced Nursing study, female gender and personal burnout were linked with impaired sleep quality among nurses....
Trusted messages key to counter community concerns during disease outbreak
Credit: UofL Utilizing messages focused on images created by local artists and written information communicated through local dialects proved essential...
‘Bursting’ cells gain the brain’s attention for life-or-death decisions
IMAGE: Using optogenetics and other technology, researchers have for the first time precisely manipulated bursting activity of cells in the...
Keep calm and measure cats’ blood pressure!
Credit: Andrew Sparkes A decade ago, an Editorial in The Lancet, 'Hypertension: uncontrolled and conquering the world', presented some alarming...
Biogerontology Research Foundation calls for a task force to classify…
IMAGE: The increase in maximum lifespan in the laboratory was obtained in 5 animal species, both without any interventions, and...
