Ten-year project redraws the map of bird brains
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View ArticleStudy suggests brain is hard-wired for chronic pain
The structure of the brain may predict whether a person will suffer chronic low back pain, according to researchers who used brain scans. The results, published in the journal Pain, support the growing...
View ArticlePancreatic stem cells isolated from mice
Scientists have succeeded in growing stem cells that have the ability to develop into two different types of cells that make up a healthy pancreas. The research team led by Dr. Hans Clevers of the...
View ArticleReport sees continued advances in war against cancer
(HealthDay)—Nearly 14 million people in the United States, or one in 23, are now cancer survivors.
View ArticleRed grapes, blueberries may enhance immune function
In an analysis of 446 compounds for their the ability to boost the innate immune system in humans, researchers in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University discovered just two that stood...
View ArticleSpeeding up cancer diagnosis during surgery
Tissue-conserving cancer surgery is a highly skilled procedure which involves time-consuming tissue preparation to detect the margins of cancerous tissue. The goal is to remove as much of the tumour as...
View ArticleResearchers gain insight into protective mechanisms for hearing loss
Researchers from the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have created a new mouse model in which by expressing a gene in the inner ear hair cells—the...
View ArticleMental fog with tamoxifen is real, study finds possible antidote
A team from the University of Rochester Medical Center has shown scientifically what many women report anecdotally: that the breast cancer drug tamoxifen is toxic to cells of the brain and central...
View ArticleNeed steroids? Maybe not for lower back pain: Analysis suggests saline shots...
New research from Johns Hopkins suggests that it may not be the steroids in spinal shots that provide relief from lower back pain, but the mere introduction of any of a number of fluids, such as...
View ArticleThe importance of keeping a beat: Researchers link ability to keep a beat to...
The findings of a Northwestern University study of more than 100 high school students lend proof to the surprising link between music, rhythmic abilities and language skills.
View ArticleStudy finds that a subset of children often considered to have autism may be...
Children with a genetic disorder called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, who frequently are believed to also have autism, often may be misidentified because the social impairments associated with their...
View ArticleThe 'choosy uterus': New insight into why embryos do not implant
(Medical Xpress)—Fertility experts at the University of Southampton and University of Warwick have found new insights into why some fertilized eggs can embed in a uterus and why some do not.
View ArticleYoung children quickly adopt ritualistic behavior, study shows
(Medical Xpress)—Although rituals such as shaking hands or saying, "bless you" after a sneeze don't make practical sense, these arbitrary social conventions give people a sense of belonging in a...
View ArticleShining light on neurodegenerative pathway
University of Adelaide researchers have identified a likely molecular pathway that causes a group of untreatable neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington's disease and Lou Gehrig's disease.
View ArticleScientists find promising way to boost body's immune surveillance via p53
Researchers at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new mechanism involving p53, the famous tumour suppressor, to fight against aggressive cancers. This strategy works by...
View ArticleFragile X syndrome protein linked to breast cancer progression
A research team led by scientists from VIB/KU Leuven, Belgium, and the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, in collaboration with several research centers and hospitals in Italy, the United Kingdom...
View ArticleAre nanodiamond-encrusted teeth the future of dental implants?
(Medical Xpress)—UCLA researchers have discovered that diamonds on a much, much smaller scale than those used in jewelry could be used to promote bone growth and the durability of dental implants.
View ArticleNovel vaccine approach to human cytomegalovirus found effective
An experimental vaccine against human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, which endangers the developing fetus, organ transplant recipients, patients with HIV and others who have a weakened immune system,...
View ArticleDifferent hormone therapy formulations may pose different risks for heart...
Post-menopausal women whose doctors prescribe hormone replacement therapy for severe hot flashes and other menopause symptoms may want to consider taking low doses of Food and Drug...
View ArticleNovel treatment for gonorrhea acts like a 'live vaccine,' prevents reinfection
A new gonorrhea treatment, based on an anti-cancer therapy developed by a Buffalo startup company, has successfully eliminated gonococcal infection from female mice and prevented reinfection, according...
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