Liking on Facebook good for teens’ stress, but being liked…not so much
Facebook can have positive and negative effects on teens levels of a stress hormone, say researchers at the University of Montreal and the Institut universitaire...
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NIH creates Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations
Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have collaborated with physicians and medical geneticists around the...
Stroke prevention may also reduce dementia
Credit: Western University May 1, 2017 Stroke prevention among older Ontarians may also reduce risk of some dementias Ontario's stroke prevention strategy appears to have...
HKBU study finds Tianjiu therapy improves allergic rhinitis patients’ daily life…
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) recently conducted a "Tianjiu therapy for allergic rhinitis:...
Why one eye-targeting virus could make for a useful gene-delivery tool
Credit: Image courtesy Vijay Reddy LA JOLLA, CA – May 11, 2017 – In their quest to replicate themselves, viruses have gotten awfully good at...
Sibling bonding is stronger when dad’s around
Credit: Emily C. Lynch, Project Papio, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey For many female mammals, mothers and maternal sisters dominate all aspects of...
Squirrels use ‘chunking’ to organize their favorite nuts
Credit: Amber Engle Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts by variety, quality and possibly even preference,...
Kent study recommends solution to end unsustainable agricultural practices
Credit: Valeria Boron A University of Kent study has suggested that rural areas can provide for both people and wildlife in biodiversity-rich tropical countries such...
‘I feel for you’ — some really do
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware When a student in a University of Delaware study watched a video of someone else's hand being touched, she felt...
UA physician-scientist awarded grant to develop first diagnostic test for schizophrenia
Credit: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Amelia Gallitano, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, has received...
Heat shock protein appears to turn on Schistosoma invasion
A protein known for helping cells withstand stress may also act as a switch that triggers free-swimming Schistosoma larvae to begin penetrating the skin and...
Listeria: Hypervirulent strains with cerebral and placental tropism
IMAGE: This image shows tissue infected by Listeria (bacteria appear in red). Credit: YH Tsai, M Lecuit, © Institut Pasteur. This news release is available...
Brain’s immune cells linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, schizophrenia
LA JOLLA–Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain’s front lines of immune defense–cells called microglia–unique. In the process,...
Forty years after first Ebola outbreak, survivors show signs they can…
Credit: Nicole Hoff Survivors of the first known Ebola outbreak, which occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976, may be key to...
How migrating birds ‘run a marathon,’ burning muscles and…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for some shorebirds to reach breeding...
