Untangling brain neuron dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A decay of brain function is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, or DLB. Specifically, cognitive...
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Most oncologists have discussed medical marijuana with patients
Data from a new survey show that as many as 80% of oncologists have discussed medical marijuana use with their patients. According to the authors,...
Rising religious ‘none’ rates linked to conservative Christian politics
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Religious "nones," people who do not officially associate themselves with a specific religion, are on the rise in the United States. While...
PATH statement on White House Summit on AI for American Industry
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers May 10, 2018, Washington, DC - The Partnership for Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Healthcare (PATH) applauds today's White...
Levitation yields better neutron-lifetime measurement
Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 10, 2018--Being repulsive can have its advantages. In the case of an experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory's linear...
Divide and conquer: Israeli researchers find key to creating better medicines with fewer side effects
Credit: Palitel and Naaman. Today, a new study published in Science by Professors Yossi Paltiel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ron Naaman from...
UMass Amherst chemists develop molecular switch for on-demand cargo release
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In an unexpected finding, chemist Sankaran "Thai" Thayumanavan and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst show for the...
Tau-tolly microtubular!
Credit: Berkeley Lab Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley have combined cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) with comput..
Study finds prenatal marijuana use can affect infant size, behavior
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Smoking during pregnancy has well-documented negative effects on birth weight in infants and is linked to several childhood health problems. Now, researchers...
Scientists uncover brain circuits behind putting up a fight or freezing in place
Credit: Dr. Andrew Huberman and Lindsey Salay, Stanford University In a study of mice, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers describe a new circuit involved in...
Using proteomics to understand pathogens
Credit: CDC/Dr. Libero Ajello, via CDC Public Health Image Library Recent studies in the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics have shed light on pathogenic mechanisms...
Published study reports molecule could improve memory, reduce Alzheimer’s degradation
Credit: Neurodon A Purdue University graduate and a Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana (NWI) startup have published a research study in Bioorganic & Medicinal...
High efficiency synthesis of insulin by self-assembly based organic chemistry
Credit: Michio Iwaoka Researchers at Tokai, Osaka, Tohoku and Fukuoka Universities report in the journal Communications Chemistry on the synthesis of insulin based on the...
IU School of Medicine forms research collaboration with Lung Biotechnology PBC
Credit: Eric Schoch | Indiana University School of Medicine The ability to artificially grow organs may seem futuristic, but Indiana University School of Medicine researchers...
New tool analyzes disease and drug effects with unprecedented accuracy and consistency
Credit: Jun Qu BUFFALO, N.Y. - A new protein analysis tool developed at the University at Buffalo could vastly increase the speed and precision with...
