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The human nervous system is a complex structure that sends electrical signals from the brain to the rest of the body, enabling us to move...

To treat pain, you need to treat the patient

Credit: University of Washington Center for Pain Relief People in chronic pain are some of the most difficult patients to treat. They have complex circumstances...

Dancer’s brains react quickly to changes in music

(University of Helsinki) According to Hanna Poikonen's doctoral study, professional dancers' brains react more quickly to changes in music than those of professional musicians. Dancers'..

Study shows minorities widely underrepresented in autism diagnoses

Credit: Jason Travers, Exceptional Children LAWRENCE -- In education circles, it is widely accepted that minorities are overrepresented in special education. New research from the...

Targeted ‘click-to-release’ chemotherapy gives good results in mice

Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) are relatively new anti-cancer drugs. They consist of an antibody to which a cell-killing molecule (chemotherapy) is attached. Antibodies can recognize...

How low is too low? Experts debate blood pressure targets in post-SPRINT era

Philadelphia, May 4, 2018 - Following the landmark SPRINT trial, there is a growing body of evidence for reducing systolic blood pressure targets, resulting in...

First robotic system plays tic tac toe to improve task performance

Credit: Ben-Gurion University NEW YORK...May 3, 2018 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel have demonstrated for the first time...

Luke Skywalker’s hand inspires scientists to create robotic skin

Scientists at the University of Bristol are engineering human skin on artificial robotic muscles that can stretch and bend the tissue just like in the...

Increased nerve activity may raise blood pressure in anxiety

Bethesda, Md. (May 3, 2018)--Sympathetic nerve activity to skeletal muscle blood vessels--a function of the nervous system that helps regulate blood pressure--increases during physiological and...

Newly discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases

Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic inflammation, fatty liver disease, diabetes,...

Anti-alcoholism drug shows promise in animal models

Credit: James Sahn/University of Texas at Austin Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully tested in animals a drug that, they say,...

Walnuts impact gut microbiome and improve health

URBANA, Ill. - Diets rich in nuts, such as walnuts, have been shown to play a role in heart health and in reducing colorectal cancer....

Marmoset monkey model of Zika virus infection offers new insights into the human condition

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A novel marmoset model of human Zika virus infection offers new opportunities for better understanding of how the virus causes...

Highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bioprinting of new tissues

Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bio-printing of materials that mimic natural human...

CWD prions discovered in Wisconsin soils for the first time