Freedom from fear: dopamine’s role in unlearning fearful associations
Credit: RIKEN National Science Institute Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science have discovered a circuit in the brain that is necessary for unlearning...
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Bioanalysis publishes special focus issue on ‘Biomarker Assay Validation’
The Future Science Group (FSG) published journal, Bioanalysis, which is a leading MEDLINE indexed journal for bioanalysts, today announced the release of its Special Focus...
Student-run mental health education efforts may improve college mental health climate
Getting college students to engage with peer-run organizations that focus on mental health awareness can improve college students' knowledge about mental health, reduce stigma and...
War, lack of democracy and urbanisation contribute to double burden of malnutrition in adolescents in developing countries
Influences include war, lack of democracy, food insecurity, urbanisation & economic growth Effects on health include stunting, obesity and thinness Researchers call for action to...
Can older, frail patients benefit from ‘prehabilitation’ before heart surgery?
Credit: Canadian Journal of Cardiology Philadelphia, June 27, 2018 - High risk, frail heart patients might derive benefits from "prehabilitation," a strategy designed to enhance...
UA genetics research verifies purity of the Mexican wolf
In October 2015, two small minnows in the Lower Colorado River Basin -- the headwater chub and the roundtail chub -- were proposed for listing...
Salk Institute researchers win five competitive grants for cancer research
Credit: Padres Pedal the Cause LA JOLLA--(June 26, 2018) Salk Institute scientists Ronald Evans, Diana Hargreaves, Tony Hunter, Graham McVicker and Geoffrey Wahl are among...
VHIO scientists reveal novel drug-target to strangle sleeping cancer cells
(Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology) Latest discovery promises new weaponry against dormant tumor cells to counteract resistance and prevent disease relapse. Findings show epigenetic enzyme...
Substance found in grapes prevents agglomeration of a mutant protein that leads to cancer
Researchers at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) have made a discovery that may...
Fluorescence imaging technique goes from micro to macro, moves closer to clinic
Credit: Vladislav Shcheslavskiy WASHINGTON -- Researchers have scaled up a powerful fluorescence imaging technique used to study biological processes on the cellular level. Previously limited...
What nipple size means for evolutionary biology
Nipple size varies markedly from woman to woman, whereas male nipples are more uniform. This finding goes against a common assumption of evolutionary biology, say...
New insights into pruning
Credit: S. Herzmann et al./Development During the development of the human nervous system, billions of nerve cells connect up in order to communicate with each...
Novel genetic method improves efficiency of enzyme
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Georgia developed a new genetic engineering technique to...
NSF, NASA scientists explore ocean’s ‘twilight zone’ to uncover links between carbon and plankton
Credit: NASA Equipped with advanced underwater robotics and an array of analytical instrumentation, a team of scientists will set sail for the northeastern Pacific Ocean...
History of side-necked turtle diversification revealed
Credit: Gabriel Ferreira (FFCLRP-USP) A work authored by a group of paleontologists affiliated to University of São Paulo's Biology Department in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil -...
