Rare in-vivo study shows weak brain nodes have strong influence on memory network
Our ability to learn, remember, problem solve, and speak are all cognitive functions related to different parts of our brain. If researchers can identify how...
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Potential to replace race as a risk factor for kidney-transplant failure
Credit: Children's National Health System Right now, more than 100,000 adult and pediatric patients in the U.S. are waiting for a life-saving kidney donation. Thirteen...
New therapeutic opportunity for the treatment of resistant malignant melanoma
(University of Liege) Researchers have revealed that malignant melanoma can reprogram their protein synthesis machinery and become addicted to a new family of enzymes that...
What a pain: The iPad neck plagues women more
Credit: (R. Marsh Starks/ UNLV Creative Services) Is your iPad being a literal pain in the neck? The answer is likely yes -- especially if...
Scientists unravel DNA code behind rare neurologic disease
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 20, 2018 - Scientists conducting one of the largest full DNA analyses of a rare disease have identified a...
Workplace health clinics can lower health care spending
Opening onsite health clinics to provide comprehensive primary care to teachers and their families can lower a school district's health care costs and decrease teacher...
Putting the brakes on metastatic cancer
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio A groundbreaking discovery by University of Alberta researchers has identified previously-unknown therapeutic targets that could be key to preventing the spread of...
Daily cannabis use is on the rise in American adults
NEW YORK (June 20, 2018)--Cannabis use may be decreasing among teens, but a new study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health...
Possible link found between diabetes and common white pigment
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. In a pilot study by a team of researchers at The University of Texas...
Study explores satisfaction, quality of life after breast reconstruction
Boston, MA -- More than 60 percent of women who undergo a mastectomy to treat breast cancer choose breast reconstruction, and the demand for that...
New screening tool could help diagnose early cognitive decline in dementia from home
An international team of scientists have developed a new way to screen for age-related cognitive decline at home using a test which asks people to...
Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals receives $3.4 million grant from NINDS to advance new therapies for ALS
Credit: © Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- June 20, 2018 -- Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals, leaders in stress granule biology, an exciting new target for the development...
University of Michigan researchers use gene silencing to alleviate common ataxia
In what researchers are calling a game changer for future ataxia treatments, a new study showed the ability to turn down the disease progression of...
Planned movements and spontaneous reactions are processed differently in the brain
Credit: German Primate Center -- Leibniz Institute for Primate Research The runners are lined up at the starting line, patiently awaiting the start signal for...
Simple sugar delays neurodegeneration caused by enzyme deficiency
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new therapeutic approach may one day delay neurodegeneration typical of a disease called mucopolysaccharidoses IIIB (MPS IIIB). Neurodegeneration in...
