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New study explores how anxiety can aggravate asthma
Anxiety sensitivity, in simple terms, is a fear of fear. But when people with anxiety sensitivity also have asthma, their...
Study finds no benefit, but possible harm, from drug used to prevent…
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – March 14, 2017 – A drug commonly prescribed to pregnant women with a...
‘Smart’ immune cells: Emerging cancer therapy research…
Credit: Collins lab, UC Davis Assistant Professor Sean Collins, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the UC Davis College...
For the first time, brain surface stimulation provides ‘touch’ feedback to…
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington In the quest to restore movement to people with spinal cord injuries, researchers have focused...
$420,000 grant funds study on polio-like virus
Credit: TTUHSC El Paso EL PASO, Texas – Haoquan Wu, Ph.D., has received a two-year, $420,000 grant from the National...
What happens when your brain’s support cells aren’t so supportive?
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Jan. 10, 2018) Potentially explaining why even healthy brains don't function well with age,...
Plant metabolic protein tailored for nighttime growth
Stanford, CA–Everyone who took high school biology learned that photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae and select bacteria...
Worm study may resolve discrepancies in research on aging
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In matters of the fundamental molecular biology of aging, we mammals are not so different from tiny...
Standardized approach makes outpatient thyroid surgery safe for even…
IMAGE: This is Dr. David Terris Credit: Augusta University Senior Photographer Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. – A standardized treatment approach...
Financial stress is associated with migraine, if you have specific…
People with a specific variation in the CLOCK gene have more migraines under financial stress. This work, the first time...
Habitat features and social behavior impact how baboons move as a…
Credit: Strandburg-Peshkin et al. When deciding what path to take during collective movement, individual baboons will likely follow the road...
Uptake mechanisms of cytostatics discovered
Scientists at the MaxDelbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) and the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)...
How variation in body size correlates with en-route migration…
IMAGE: This image shows the birds studied by Lam and colleagues. Credit: Kelsey Bell Every spring and fall, migratory songbirds...
Microorganisms in the subsurface seabed on evolutionary standby
Credit: Photo: Stefan Braun. Graphic modified from Wikipedia and www.genesandhealth.org. Researchers at the Center for Geomicrobiology at Aarhus University, Denmark,...
Described a powerful drug to advance in the fight against familial amyloidosis
The molecule has proved in preclinical trials to be up to four times more effective than the only pharmacological treatment...
Two new snout moth genera and three new species discovered in southern China
Credit: Mingqiang Wang New members have joined the ranks of the snout moths – one of the largest groups within...
Griffith University reveals world-first 3-D image of a protein…
Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics has made scientific history by determining the first three-dimensional image of a protein linked to...
FSU research team makes Zika drug breakthrough
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A team of researchers from Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health...
Huntington’s disease affects muscle as well as neurons, study reveals
Credit: Miranda et al., 2017 Researchers have discovered that mice with Huntington's disease (HD) suffer defects in muscle maturation that...
Study offers potential diagnostic and prognostic tools for HIV-associated neurocognitiv
Credit: University of Alberta UAlberta researchers believe they now have a clearer picture of why people living with HIV so...
