CU Boulder: A new window on mitochondria division
Credit: Matthew West. October 31, 2016 Putting the squeeze on mitochondria: The final cut A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows for the first...
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TSRI scientists take step toward mapping how the brain stores memories
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA – January 3, 2017 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)...
New report finds growing number of people in Ontario treated for opioid addiction
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2017–The rate at which people are being prescribed opioids to treat pain in Ontario has stabilized...
Listeria may be serious miscarriage threat early in pregnancy
Credit: CDC/James Archer MADISON, Wis. — Listeria, a common food-borne bacterium, may pose a greater risk of miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy than...
Researcher finds potential way to reduce drug cravings
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas A new preclinical study led by a University of Texas at Dallas researcher shows that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)...
Infants with congenital Zika virus syndrome suffer serious visual…
Credit: Journal of AAPOS San Francisco, CA, September 13, 2017 – Although one of the most serious consequences of the Zika virus (ZIKV) in infants...
What mediates the beneficial effects of exercise on breast cancer…
Bottom Line: The ability of serum obtained from women with breast cancer immediately after finishing two hours of moderate to intense exercise to prevent the...
Infants show apparent awareness of ethnic differences, UCLA psychologists report
Credit: Anantha Singarajah/UCLA Psychology Infants less than a year old, who have yet to learn language, appear to notice differences when looking at adult women...
CNIC scientists discover how a decades-old drug reduces the size of a…
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have discovered a new mechanism of action of metoprolol, a drug that...
Volunteering might prevent substance abuse for female student-athletes
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – More than 180,000 student-athletes from 450 colleges and universities compete in Division III sports, the largest NCAA division;...
IBD patients may stay healthier when doctors monitor medications before they lose efficacy
Credit: BIDMC BOSTON – In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the body attacks the lining of the digestive tract. Up to half of patients...
Microscope using UV instead of visible light emerging as diagnostic tool
Credit: Richard Levenson, UC Davis December 4, 2017 MUSE image of sebaceous glandA microscope using ultraviolet light to illuminate samples enables pathologists to assess high-resolution...
NIH, Scientific American, Science salute UVA brain discovery
IMAGE: Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, is a professor of neuroscience at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and director of UVA's Center for Brain Immunology...
Discovered: Gene associated with schizophrenia risk regulates early…
Credit: Yingwei Mao lab, Penn State University University Park, PA — A gene associated with the risk of schizophrenia regulates critical components of early brain...
Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from water
The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has just unveiled two new catalysts developed in close cooperation with the...
