Healthcare cuts ‘strongly linked’ to the resurgence of measles
Credit: European Journal of Public Health Recent trends show that primary reason for the measles outbreak, affecting several European countries, is the decline in vaccination...
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ADHD may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease and similar disorders
Credit: University of Utah Health While about 11 percent of children (4-17 years old) nationwide have been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the long-term...
To flee or not to flee: how the brain decides what to do in the face of danger
Credit: Gil Costa, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Though it has been many millennia since human lives were regularly threatened by predatory wild animals, the...
Discovery of new neurons in the inner ear can lead to new therapies for hearing disorders
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified four types of neurons in the peripheral auditory system, three of which are new to science. The...
New sensors track dopamine in the brain for more than year
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Dopamine, a signaling molecule used throughout the brain, plays a major role in regulating our mood, as well as controlling movement. Many...
Researchers explain how viral protein promotes deadly infection by Nipah and Hendra viruses
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Researchers have identified how a viral protein, which plays a major role in causing deadly Nipah and Hendra virus infections, targets...
Caffeine consumption may extend life expectancy for people with kidney disease
A new study in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation indicates that consuming more caffeine may help reduce the risk of death for people with chronic kidney disease....
AACR releases annual Cancer Progress Report
PHILADELPHIA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today released its annual Cancer Progress Report highlighting how federally funded research discoveries are fueling the...
New hope for PKDL patients in Africa as clinical trial aims to make treatment safer and easier
A clinical trial to find a better treatment for severe or chronic cases of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) in Africa has begun in Dooka,...
Joan A. Steitz receives 2018 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
Credit: Brian Ach/AP Images for HHMI The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced today that Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator Joan A. Steitz of...
Beetle adapts chemical mimicry to parasitize different bee species
Credit: Photo by Leslie Saul-Gershenz) A beetle that tricks bees into carrying it into their nests where it can live off their pollen, nectar and...
Scientists identified enzyme in milk production as target for novel breast cancer drugs
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have identified a protein involved in milk production that stimulates the growth and spread of...
Coral bleaching increases disease risk in threatened species
Credit: Conor Goulding/Mote Marine Laboratory Bleaching events caused by rising water temperatures could increase mortality among a coral species already threatened by disease, says new...
Natural mechanism could lower emissions from tropical peatlands
Credit: Duke Univ. DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have long feared that as Earth warms, tropical peatlands -- which store up to 10 percent of the...
Folding poisons
Credit: Source: Klaus Aktories Treating bacterial infections with antibiotics often kills intestinal flora, leading to diarrhoea and inflammation of the gut. Often it is bacteria...
