Study expands understanding of how the brain encodes fear memory
Credit: Cho lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Research published by scientists at the University of California, Riverside on "fear memory" could lead to the...
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Elimination of specific neurons outside the brain triggers obesity
Credit: Roksana Pirzgalska, IGC. A research team led by Ana Domingos, from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), developed a new genetic technique that allows...
New clues found to how ‘cruise-ship’ virus gets inside…
Norovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea worldwide, but scientists still know little about how it infects people and causes disease. Research has...
HIV treatment keeps uninfected partner from contracting the virus
Chapel Hill, N.C. – Anti-HIV medications suppress the viral load of people living with HIV and provide durable protection against heterosexual transmission a study led...
New research describes how bacteria resists ‘last-resort’…
Credit: Dr. Phil Hinchliffe An international research team, led by the University of Bristol, has provided the first clues to understand how the mcr-1 gene...
New research opens the door to ‘functional cure’ for HIV
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – Oct. 17, 2017 – In findings that open the door to a completely different approach to curing...
Drug yields high response rates for lung cancer patients with harsh…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A targeted therapy resurrected by the Moon Shots Program™ at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has produced...
Manmade peptides reduce breast cancer’s spread
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 27, 2017) – Manmade peptides that directly disrupt the inner workings of a gene known to support cancer's spread...
7 Years Later: BP oil spill settlement funding new way to manage fish…
Credit: University of South Florida photographer Ryan Noone ST. PETERSBURG, FL (April 19, 2017)- More than 30,000 fish species exist. But it's always been a...
Science meets archaeology with discovery that dental X-rays reveal Vitamin D deficiency
Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Nov. 7, 2017 – Human teeth hold vital information about Vitamin D deficiency, a serious but often hidden condition that...
University of Arizona scientists awarded space research grant
Credit: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix The Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine is doing its part to protect the health of astronauts on...
Body tightly controls inflammatory response to pathogens, study finds
IMAGE: This is a photograph of a Tasmanian Devil with facial tumor. Credit: Gregory Woods, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania ATLANTA–The body...
Study: Vacations can lead to weight gain, contribute to…
IMAGE: Jamie Cooper is an associate professor in the University of Georgia department of foods and nutrition. Credit: Cal Powell/University of Georgia Athens, Ga. –...
Study investigates effects of domestic violence on workplaces — by asking…
Credit: (Shutterstock) Researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and Western University released a new study today,...
Helpers at the nest may allow mother birds to lay smaller eggs
Credit: Jessie Walton Cooperatively breeding birds and fish may have evolved the adaptive ability to reduce the size of their eggs when helpers are available...
