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Reflecting on fond memories goes a step beyond making you feel warm and fuzzy: nostalgia can reduce pain perception. Nostalgia decreases activity in pain-related brain...

The model of thalamus-centered pathways affected by the analgesic effect associated with nostalgia.

Thalamic cortices mediate nostalgia-induced pain relief

Ever noticed that looking at photos of good times with family or friends diminishes the pain of your headache? Nostalgia has already been shown to...

Intestinal ILC3s. Immunofluorescence staining of ILC3s (green) in the intestine (nuclei in blue and actin in red).

Discovery of an innate immunological memory in the intestine

The innate immune system plays a crucial role in regulating host-microbe interactions, and especially in providing protection against pathogens that invade the mucosa. Using an...

A DNA/RNA hybrid molecule engineered in a lab could be the next best thing for treating human immune system-based disorders

How a two-faced molecule can silence problematic genes

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) develop a hybrid technology to safely and effectively silence disease-causing genes in certain immune cells Credit: Department of...

Elephant seal’s map sense tells them when to head ‘home’

Each year, pregnant female elephant seals take an approximately 240-day trek over 10,000 kilometers across the Eastern North Pacific Ocean before returning to their breeding...

Ergonomic chair based on the innovation by Lithuanian researchers might help reduce back pain

Soon, people working sedentary jobs will be able to take advantage of the innovation created by Lithuanians and prevent troublesome back pain – a joint...

Mineralization of amber insects provides new view of amber taphonomy

Inclusions in amber can preserve organisms' organs, tissues and cells in high fidelity, and are known as "exceptionally preserved" fossils.Credit: NIGPAS Inclusions in amber can...

Mystery solved about the origin of the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf

The almost 11 cm high figurine from Willendorf is one of the most important examples of early art in Europe. It is made of a...

Making the invisible visible: A clearer ‘picture’ of blood vessels in health and disease thanks to new imaging approach

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed and tested a new imaging approach they say will accelerate imaging-based research in the lab by allowing investigators to...

The pathway to EMT in mannitol treatment

Scientists discover mechanism behind how certain osmolytes cause kidney damage

February 26, 2022

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have uncovered the mechanism by which osmolytes used to treat high fluid pressure in the eye and...

MU scientist links epigenetic biomarkers to gastrointestinal issues for kids with autism

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As a clinician at the University of Missouri Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, David Beversdorf helps patients with autism spectrum...

Advancing our view at the subcellular level

In the field of scientific research, details matter. The minutia of processes and structures are explained with specificity, data points are reported to the most...

Reviving a failed network through microscopic interventions

Networks are a system comprised of many components that interact with one another through a collection of connections, nodes and links. In a well-functioning brain,...

To sleep, perchance to learn

Scientists have long known that when people sleep, the brain performs memory magic.Credit: Virginia Tech Scientists have long known that when people sleep, the brain...

Naegleria gruberi cells use one set of tubulins to build a mitotic spindle (cyan, left), and another set of tubulins (orange, right) to transform into a flagellate cell type.

What brain-eating amoebae can tell us about the diversity of life on earth and evolutionary history