Antibiotic resistance in a leech’s gut
Plastic surgery patients were getting infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria, and no one knew why. UConn microbiologists found the answer in a leech's gut. Their...
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Report from the leech’s gut: Even trace amounts of antibiotics boost resistant bacteria
Washington, DC - July 24, 2018 - An international team of researchers recently took a deep dive into the microbiome of blood-sucking medicinal leeches and...
What would your dog do to help if you were upset? Quite a bit, study finds
Dogs are thought to be very aware of people's emotions, but if a pup's owner was really upset, would it actually go out of its...
Research shows a promising new class of antibodies protects against HIV-1 infection
Credit: Chris Wager San Antonio, Texas (July 24, 2018) - A group of scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have zeroed in on a new...
UCLA biologist works to create a new field, merging the sciences and architecture
Credit: Roy Wollman How do spaces affect us, and animals? UCLA biologist Noa Pinter-Wollman had the idea that we can learn from the way animals...
Experts band together to eradicate prostate cancer
Credit: Monash University Monday 23 July, 2018 A team of scientists and clinicians have developed a faster and more accurate way to test new treatments...
Unless we spot changes, most life experiences are fabricated from memories
Credit: Graphic by Wahlheim/Zacks re-posted with permission from article: 'Memory guides the processing of event changes for older and younger adults' We may not be...
Intractable hiccups may be more common than we think
MAYWOOD, IL - Everyone gets hiccups, but some people suffer intractable hiccups that last longer than a month, according to two Loyola Medicine neurologists. "Intractable...
Fitness trackers prove helpful in monitoring cancer patients
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (July 24, 2018) -- Fitness trackers can be valuable tools for assessing the quality of life and daily functioning of cancer...
Advances along the gut-liver-brain axis in Alzheimer’s disease
Chicago, July 24, 2018 - Four new studies reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 in Chicago investigated how the digestive system, including...
Alzheimer’s disease risk impacted by the liver, diet
CHICAGO -Reduced levels of plasmalogens--a class of lipids created in the liver that are integral to cell membranes in the brain--are associated with an increased...
Skin’s immune ‘alarm’ may explain light-induced rashes in lupus patients
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Imagine being so sensitive to the sun's rays that you're forced to either slather yourself in sunscreen or risk a rash...
Researchers characterize ‘mutational burden’ of human induced pluripotent stem cells
The therapeutic potential of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which are capable of becoming almost any type of cell in the human body, is...
Widespread connections among neurons help the brain distinguish smells
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(July 24, 2018) Can you tell the smell of a rose from the scent of a lilac? If so, you have...
Link found between resilience to dyslexia and gray matter in the frontal brain
Dyslexia, a reading disorder, is characterized by a difficulty in "decoding" -- navigating between the visual form and sounds of a written language. But a...
