Naked mole-rats need carbon dioxide to avoid seizures and here’s why
Credit: Roland Gockel African naked mole-rats are sometimes referred to as animal superheroes. They resist cancer, tolerate pain, and live ...
Tag: Physiology
Arteries respond in opposite ways for males and females
UC Davis Health researchers lead the way toward sex-specific hypertension treatmentCredit: Copyright UC Regents/UC Davis Health A protein known to ...
Latest results of myriapod research from the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology
Credit: 18th International Congress of Myriapodology Last year, the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology brought together 92 of the world's ...
Eye pupil an indicator of effective decision making, study finds
Credit: US Army image ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 27, 2020) - A team of Army and academic researchers are ...
Breathing during exercise is harder for women than men
With smaller airways, overcoming resistance takes more workCredit: Paolo Dominelli, University of Waterloo Bethesda, MD - While both sexes have ...
Scientists trace path from PTSD to heart disease
Young adults with post-traumatic stress disorder show changes in small blood vesselsCredit: Jennifer Weggen, Virginia Commonwealth University Bethesda, MD - ...
Light helps arthritis treatments target joints
New drug delivery method could reduce side effects from rheumatoid arthritis drugsCredit: Victoria Wickenheisser Bethesda, MD - Although today's rheumatoid ...
Blood test offers early warning of chemotherapy-related heart problems
Accessible, cost-effective method could help doctors intervene before heart damage occursCredit: Hari Vishal Lakhani, Marshall University Bethesda, MD - Scientists ...
No time to waste to avoid future food shortages
Credit: Natalia Bateman, ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis During the past few weeks, empty supermarket shelves, without pasta, ...
Electronic skin fully powered by sweat can monitor health
Credit: Caltech One of the ways we experience the world around us is through our skin. From sensing temperature and ...
Tetracycline-family antibiotics may offer early diagnostic for degenerative eye disease
The research is published in SPIE's Journal of Biomedical OpticsCredit: SPIE A paper published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics ...
Researchers delay onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in laboratory models
Credit: Courtesy of University of Toronto TORONTO, ON - A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of ...
Study finds male-female cardiac repair differences in heart failure survival post-MI
University of South Florida-led mouse cardiac healing study may lead to more precise, sex-specific therapies for heart failure, a leading ...
Rare South American ground beetles sport unusual, likely multi-purpose antennal cleaners
Credit: Terry L. Erwin For 157 years, scientists have wished they could understand the evolutionary relationships of a curious South ...
Exercise during pregnancy reduces obesity among offspring
Credit: WSU When physically fit women exercise during pregnancy they could be setting their children up for better fitness too. ...
New route of assembly and ionic channel traffic in cardiac cells
Ionic channels: frontiers in cell membranesCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Ionic channels -integral proteins in the cell membrane- are essential in ...
New nanocarrier drug delivery technology crosses the blood-brain barrier
Credit: Professor Sumio Ohtsuki A Japanese research team has developed a cyclic peptide (a chain of amino acids bonded circularly) ...
Solving the puzzle of Mitchell disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine When a patient with puzzling neurological symptoms enrolled in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, researchers led ...
Researchers discover treatment for spasticity in mice, following spinal cord injuries
Credit: Kiehn Lab, University of Copenhagen. In experiments with mice, researchers have studied neuronal mechanisms and found a way to ...
Novel sperm membrane protein FIMP facilitates mammalian fertilization
Researchers from Osaka University identify a novel protein essential for the sperm-oocyte interaction and fusion of gamete membranes that is ...
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