Is a stress shot on the horizon?
Credit: CU Boulder Immunization with beneficial bacteria can have long-lasting anti-inflammatory effects on the brain, making it more resilient to the physical and behavioral effects...
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New research identifies how blind cavefish lose their eyes
Credit: NIH Blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) lose critical eye tissues within a few days after their eyes begin to develop. According to a new study,...
Preterm newborns sleep better in NICU while hearing their mother’s voice
Hearing a recording of their mother's voice may help neonates maintain sleep while in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to preliminary data from...
Collaborative team first to identify the perinexus in the human heart
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute A collaborative research team is on a quest to collapse a tiny pocket between cardiac cells that can cause...
Lab-grown neurons improve breathing in mice after spinal cord injury
Credit: Drexel University Researchers from Drexel University College of Medicine and the University of Texas at Austin improved respiratory function in rodents with spinal cord...
Poor sleep linked to lower cognitive functioning in people with diabetes and prediabetes
A study published in the journal Acta Diabetologica reports that people with diabetes and prediabetes who have lower sleep efficiency - a measure of how...
Impact of fishing gear entanglement deduced from whale hormone levels
A novel hormone analysis provides a viable way of measuring the duration and effects of fishing gear entanglement on endangered North Atlantic right whales. This...
Targeting strategy may open door to better cancer drug delivery
Credit: Zhang lab/vecteezy.com Bioengineers may be able to use the unique mechanical properties of diseased cells, such as metastatic cancer cells, to help improve delivery...
Teenage girls are more impacted by sleepiness than teen boys are
Preliminary results of a recent study show that teen girls reported a higher degree of interference of daytime sleepiness on multiple aspects of their school...
Early indicators of bone loss after hip replacement discovered
Hip replacements relieve pain and restore mobility for hundreds of thousands of patients in the United States each year, but about 40,000 of the more...
Antibody blocks inflammation, protects mice from hardened arteries and liver disease
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine discovered that they can block inflammation in mice with a...
Insilico to present advances in AI and blockchain for healthcare at Data Science in Africa Workshop
Wednesday, June 6, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of artificial intelligence for drug discovery, biomarker development and...
Emergency physicians debunk ‘dry drowning’ myths, highlight drowning risk in older swimmers
June 6, 2018 - Parents have been reading--and sharing--alarming reports of children who died or nearly died due to "dry drowning" over the past year....
California’s other gold
Sea urchin roe is an acquired taste. Served as sushi, uni -- the Japanese word for this delicacy -- is actually the reproductive organ of...
Fake organs guide the way for ‘impossible’ cancer surgery
Anthony Camnetar remembers the first time he was told that he had von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. He was 12 years old and...
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