Chasing fire: Fever and human mobility in an epidemic
Credit: NASA image Disease ecologists working in the Amazonian city of Iquitos, Peru, have quantified for the first time how a fever affects human mobility...
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Genes that increase children’s risk of blood infection…
A team led by Oxford University has identified genes that make certain children more susceptible to invasive bacterial infections by performing a large genome-wide association...
Schizophrenia’s strongest known genetic risk deconstructed
IMAGE: The site in Chromosome 6 harboring the gene C4 towers far above other risk-associated areas on schizophrenia's genomic "skyline, " marking its strongest known...
Remembrance of things past — bacterial memory of gut inflammation
Credit: Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School. (BOSTON) – The microbiome, or the collections of microorganisms present in the body, is known to affect human...
1 in 4 kids sexually harassed by friends online
IMAGE: Research led by Michigan State University criminologist Thomas J. Holt suggests 1 in 4 children are sexually harassed by friends online. Credit: Michigan State...
New dental implant with built-in reservoir reduces risk of infections
Credit: © KU Leuven – Kaat De Cremer A multidisciplinary team of researchers at KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium) has developed a dental implant...
Starting age of marijuana use may have long-term effects on brain development
IMAGE: These are divergent patterns in overlapping areas of anterior prefrontal cortex. Credit: Center for BrainHealth The age at which an adolescent begins using marijuana...
Emoji fans take heart: Scientists pinpoint 27 states of emotion
Credit: Courtesy of Alan Cowen. The Emoji Movie, in which the protagonist can't help but express a wide variety of emotions instead of the one...
How spatial navigation correlates with language
Credit: Nikola Vukovic, Yury Shtyrov Cognitive neuroscientists from the Higher School of Economics and Aarhus University experimentally demonstrate how spatial navigation impacts language comprehensi..
Incoming Regenstrief Institute president Embi named chair-elect of…
Credit: Ohio State University INDIANAPOLIS — Peter J. Embi, MD, MS, who joins the Regenstrief Institute as president and CEO on December 15, has been...
Womb natural killer cell discovery could lead to screening for miscarriage risk
Credit: Jan Brosens Previously unknown functions of natural killer cells identified Cells remodel and 'refresh' the lining of the womb in preparation for pregnancy Process...
A network of molecular interactions in brain cells infected by Zika virus reveals new…
Credit: D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) Zika virus (ZIKV) interferes with the cellular machinery controlling cell division and alters the expression of hundreds...
‘Orphan drug’ loophole needs closing, Johns Hopkins researchers say
Health experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine are calling on lawmakers and regulators to close loopholes in the Orphan Drug Act they claim give drug companies...
Fighting penicilliosis — identification of fungal protein Mp1p…
Penicilliosis, caused by the fungus Talaromyces marneffei, is a major opportunistic infection in Southeast Asia. A study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases reports that...
Colon cancer: APC protein affects immunity by preventing pre-cancerous…
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is a gene whose mutations are associated with a rare, hereditary form of colorectal cancer known as...
