Zeroing in on dopamine
Credit: Kaeser lab At a glance: Harvard Medical School scientists have identified the molecular machinery responsible for release of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Neurons secrete dopamine...
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CU-Boulder study: Sleep-deprived preschoolers eat more
Credit: CU Boulder The preschoolers, all regular afternoon nappers, were deprived of roughly three hours of sleep on one day – they had no afternoon...
MU researchers receives kudos for program aimed at reducing nursing…
IMAGE: Marilyn Rantz is leading the Missouri Quality Initiative for Nursing Homes which received accolades from CMS for improving care and lowering health care costs....
Skin bacteria could protect against disease
Credit: Matthias Mörgelin, Lund University There are more and more examples of the ways in which we can benefit from our bacteria. According to researcher...
Peptide mutants may help to identify vulnerability in tumor cells
Researchers from MIPT, the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, the Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, and the Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Medicine have presented...
Drug developed at University of Minnesota increases survival in dogs…
Credit: University of Minnesota A breakthrough trial at the University of Minnesota testing a new UMN-developed drug resulted in improved survival rates for dogs diagnosed...
Hibernation study yields insights about organ protection
Novel adaptations discovered in hibernating animals may reveal ways to mitigate injuries associated with strokes, heart attacks and organ transplants, according to researchers at the...
Scientists uncover how part of a protein helps primates fight HIV
London, January 14, 2016 – Scientists have uncovered part of a protein found in humans and other primates that can help us fight off HIV....
UA Cancer Center research team explores anti-breast cancer properties of soy
Credit: University of Arizona Cancer Center A University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is engaged in a series of studies to investigate how genistein,...
The Human Vaccines Project, Vanderbilt and Illumina join to decode the human immunome
Credit: Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University Medical Center The Human Vaccines Project and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) today announced that they joined forces with...
Why does an anesthetic make us lose consciousness?
Credits: Wikimedia Commons FRANKFURT. To date, researchers assumed that anesthetics interrupt signal transmission between different areas of the brain and that is why we lose...
Immunotherapy, gene therapy combination shows promise against…
Credit: University of Michigan "Devastating" and "dismal." That's how leading researchers describe the present outlook for malignant brain tumors. The median survival rate for patients...
Attractive drug candidate identified to target glioma brain tumors
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In a paper published today in Cancer Research, researchers: 1) identify a biomarker enzyme associated with aggressive glioma brain tumors,...
Researchers identify gene largely accounting for 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Researchers are closer to solving the puzzle of a complex neurological condition called 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome. Individuals with this condition...
New approach measures early human butchering practices
Credit: Purdue University photo/Mark Simons WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers, led by a Purdue University anthropology professor, have found that statistical methods and 3D imaging...
