Brain's flexible hub network helps humans adapt: Switching stations route...
(Medical Xpress)—One thing that sets humans apart from other animals is our ability to intelligently and rapidly adapt to a wide variety of new challenges—using skills learned in much different...
View ArticleMajor birth defects associated with moderately increased cancer risk in children
A multistate study led by researchers at the University of Utah has revealed that the risk for childhood cancer is moderately increased among children and young adolescents with certain types of major...
View ArticleLess is more: Single antibiotic as effective, but safer than combo therapy to...
Children with invasive bloodstream infections treated with a single antibiotic are just as likely to overcome their infections as those who get two-drug therapy, but at half the risk of drug-induced...
View ArticleBiological changes found in pregnant women with chronic stress
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing have identified underlying biological changes among minority and low-income pregnant women that occur in response to...
View ArticlePrelamin A protein causes accelerated ageing disorders and also prevents the...
Researchers have found that a protein responsible for accelerated aging disorders can dramatically slow down the spread of cancers.
View ArticleNew clue on the origin of Huntington's disease
The synapses in the brain act as key communication points between approximately one hundred billion neurons. They form a complex network connecting various centres in the brain through electrical...
View ArticleTeam to use 'organ-on-a-chip' microdevices to evaluate therapies for lethal...
A team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has received a $5.6 million grant award from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use its...
View ArticleResearchers advance understanding of schistosome reproduction
Ancient Egyptian mummies revealed that humans have been hosting parasitic flatworms called schistosomes for more than 5,000 years. Today the parasites continue to plague millions of people across the...
View ArticleAggressive breast cancers may be sensitive to drugs clogging their waste...
In a new paper in Cancer Cell, a team led by Judy Lieberman, PhD, of Boston Children's Hospital's Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine reports "triple-negative" breast cancers may be vulnerable...
View ArticleEstrogen enhancers tied to aggressive breast cancer
Adding to the picture of what prompts breast cancers to form, researchers from the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio today...
View Article'Dark-horse' molecule is a potential new anti-cancer target
Australian researchers have identified a molecule called interleukin-11 as a potential new target for anti-cancer therapies.
View ArticleNew evidence that cancer cells change while moving throughout body
For the majority of cancer patients, it's not the primary tumor that is deadly, but the spread or "metastasis" of cancer cells from the primary tumor to secondary locations throughout the body that is...
View ArticlePredicting individual breast cancer risk may be possible
An international scientific collaborative led by the Harvard Stem Cell Institute's Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD, has discovered why women who give birth in their early twenties are less likely to...
View ArticleScientists make new discoveries in the transmission of viruses between...
Outbreaks such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS) have afflicted people around the world, yet many people think these trends are on the...
View ArticleElectrical signatures of consciousness in the dying brain
The near-death experience reported by cardiac arrest survivors worldwide may be grounded in science, according to research at the University of Michigan Health System.
View Article'Molecular flashlight' illuminates brain tumors in mice
In a breakthrough that could have wide-ranging applications in molecular medicine, Stanford University researchers have created a bioengineered peptide that enables imaging of medulloblastomas, among...
View ArticleResearchers find 'grammar' plays key role in activating genes
Researchers have probed deep into the cell's genome, beyond the basic genetic code, to begin learning the "grammar" that helps determine whether or not a gene gets switched on to make the protein it...
View ArticleInducing and augmenting labor may be associated with increased risk of autism
Pregnant women whose labors are induced or augmented may have an increased risk of bearing children with autism, especially if the baby is male, according to a large, retrospective analysis by...
View ArticleFrom Einstein to Oprah: Famous faces may help spot early dementia
A new study suggests that simple tests that measure the ability to recognize and name famous people such as Albert Einstein, Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey may help doctors identify early dementia in...
View ArticleNew gene repair technique promises advances in regenerative medicine
Using human pluripotent stem cells and DNA-cutting protein from meningitis bacteria, researchers from the Morgridge Institute for Research and Northwestern University have created an efficient way to...
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