Get easily out of breath? It may be because you were small at birth, study finds
Credit: Karolinska Institutet Babies born with low birth weights are more likely to have poor cardiorespiratory fitness later in life ...
Tag: Physiology
Brain tumors remodel neuronal synapses to promote growth
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine have found new evidence that glioma, a lethal form ...
Never too late to quit — protective cells could cut risk of lung cancer for ex-smokers
Credit: The Sanger Institute / UCL Protective cells in the lungs of ex-smokers could explain why quitting smoking reduces the ...
UB chemist awarded $2 million NIH grant for enzyme research
One major objective is to understand molecular interactions that enable enzymes to accelerate chemical reactionsCredit: Credit: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki / ...
The universities of Bern and Zurich offer continuing education in gender-specific medicine
Credit: USZ At present, a focus on males in basic research and clinical trials means that models of disease are ...
AI could deceive us as much as the human eye does in the search for extraterrestrials
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA An artificial neural network has identified a square structure within a triangular one in a crater on the ...
Histamine: an unexpected defender against heart and kidney damage
University of Tsukuba study shows that a histamine agonist drug prevents further damage in a mouse model of cardiorenal dysfunctionCredit: ...
Unanticipated response to estrogen at the single cell level
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that not only do ...
Protein AKAP8 suppresses breast cancer metastasis
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A protein naturally produced in the body has been found to suppress breast cancer metastasis ...
Micro-scaled method holds promise as improved cancer diagnostic platform
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Using a single-needle biopsy and new technology for tumor diagnosis developed by Baylor College of ...
Genomics experts dispute nine genes linked to congenital heart condition
NHGRI-funded ClinGen panel also validates three genes believed to be associated with long QT syndromeCredit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI Geneticists and ...
High air pollution exposure in 1-year-olds linked to structural brain changes at age 12
Credit: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center CINCINNATI -- A new study suggests that significant early childhood exposure to traffic-related air ...
The ‘place’ of emotions
A study of the IMT School Studies Lucca describes how affective states are mapped in the brainCredit: Luca Cecchetti, IMT ...
New light shed on damaging impact of infrared and visible rays on skin
Credit: Newcastle University, UK The damage visible and infrared light can do to our skin has been revealed for the ...
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