How visual attention selects important information
Credit: Satoshi Shioiri Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed multiple functions of visual attention, the process of selecting important information from retinal images. Studies of...
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Mild cognitive impairment patients take about 3 medications for concomittant diseases
Researchers from 20 European centres of the European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium (EADC) studied 880 Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) patients (375 males, 505 females) older than...
Tiny super magnets could be the future of drug delivery
Credit: Elsevier B.V Microscopic crystals could soon be zipping drugs around your body, taking them to diseased organs. In the past, this was thought to...
Unique book on nutrigenomics explores the interplay of genes, diet and health
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Oslo have published a unique textbook on nutrigenomics, an emerging field of research investigating...
Fetal movement proved to be essential for neuron development in rats
A newborn rat's brain development stage is close to that of a human embryo in the second half of pregnancy, so this discovery allows to...
Study reveals 82 percent of the core ecological processes are now affected by climate change
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Most studies of global climate change attempt to predict what might happen to the Earth as temperatures rise in...
Insilico Medicine launches a deep learned biomarker of aging, Aging.AI 2.0 for testing
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, November 14, 2016, Baltimore, MD - Today, Insilico Medicine, Inc., a company applying latest advances in deep learning to biomarker development,...
Oxidative stress induces senescence in cultured RPE cell
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of worldwide blindness in the elderly. It is a bilateral ocular condition that impairs the central retina...
Long-term use of opioid patches common among persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Approximately seven per cent of persons with Alzheimer's disease use strong pain medicines, opioids, for non-cancer pain for a period longer than six months, according...
Endocrine cells in the brain influence the optimization of behavior
A person exposed to stress can usually rapidly adapt the own behavior to the specific situation. Biochemical messenger substances in the brain or so-called neurotransmitters...
Solid-phase extraction of ibuprofen from pharmaceuticals
Credit: Dr. Michal Klivický et al., Bentham Science Publishers The content of active ingredients in pharmaceuticals is mostly assessed by reversed-phase HPLC. Nevertheless, the excipients...
Enrollment completed for RE-DUAL PCI™ study of 2,700 atrial fibrillation patients
(WHITECOAT STRATEGIES, LLC) The Baim Institute announces that patient enrollment into the international Phase IIIb RE-DUAL PCI™ study is complete. The study evaluates the safety...
$1.8 million grant funds digestive disease research in El Paso
Credit: Photo by Brian Wancho EL PASO, Texas -- Co-principal investigators Richard McCallum, M.D., and Irene Sarosiek, M.D., have received a five-year, $1.8 million grant...
Insect vector feeding recognized by machine learning
Credit: PROMark Yokoyama / Flickr (CCBY) Scientists have used machine learning algorithms to teach computers to recognize the insect feeding patterns involved in pathogen transmission....
When fish come to school, kids get hooked on science
Credit: David Schmelick and Deirdre Hammer/JHU A program that brings live fish into classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology not only helps students learn,...
