Brain imaging study reveals our brains 'divide and conquer'
University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have found human brains 'divide and conquer' when people learn to navigate around new environments.
View ArticleHampshire pig Nemo gets pioneering chemo
Playful as a puppy even at 730 pounds, Nemo, a rescued black-and-white Hampshire pig, became a porcine pioneer when lymphoma struck.
View ArticleScientists unlock structure of elusive 'stress' protein (w/ Video)
Scientists working to design advanced medicines that are perfectly targeted to control the body's natural receptors have made a major discovery using Diamond's Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography...
View ArticleJust sing!
A new computer program can automatically extract the vocals from a random collection of mp3 music files and classify each track depending on whether the singer is male or female, a trained singer, a...
View ArticleHow Legionella subverts to survive
(Medical Xpress)—Bacteria of the genus Legionella have evolved a sophisticated system to replicate in the phagocytic cells of their hosts. LMU researchers have now identified a novel component of this...
View ArticleHerpes research turns up genetic combatant
(Medical Xpress)—A molecule that could potentially be used to fight herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) has been discovered by Curtin University scientists.
View ArticleUltrasensitive calcium sensors shine new light on neuron activity
Every time you say a word, take a step, or read a sentence, a collection of neurons sends a speedy relay of messages throughout your brain to process the information. Now, researchers have a new way of...
View ArticleStem cell research reveals clues to brain disease
(Medical Xpress)—The development of new drugs for improving treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease is a step closer after recent research into how stem cells migrate and form circuits in the...
View ArticleStudy demonstrates link between reclassification of cannabis and cannabis...
Researchers from the University of York have demonstrated that the change in cannabis declassification in 2009 has coincided with a significant increase in hospital admissions for cannabis psychosis -...
View ArticleBacteriophages battle superbugs
IFR microbiologists are reinvigorating a way of battling C. difficile infections that they hope will help overcome the growing problem of antibiotic resistant superbugs in hospitals.
View ArticleScientists developed innovative technique that can tell if drugs have hit...
The search for new drugs, including those for cancer, is set to speed up thanks to a new research technique invented by scientists at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
View ArticleBiochemical mapping helps explain who will respond to antidepressants
Duke Medicine researchers have identified biochemical changes in people taking antidepressants – but only in those whose depression improves. These changes occur in a neurotransmitter pathway that is...
View ArticleThwarting protein production slows cancer cells' malignant march
Protein production or translation is tightly coupled to a highly conserved stress response that cancer cells rely on for survival and proliferation, according to Whitehead Institute researchers. In...
View ArticleGene mutation linked to obesity
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have identified a genetic cause of severe obesity that, though rare, raises new questions about weight gain and energy use in the general obese population. The...
View ArticleScientists develop new way to measure cumulative effect of head hits in football
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a new way to measure the cumulative effect of impacts to the head incurred by football players.
View ArticleWeight loss drug helps curb cocaine addictions, study finds
The drug topiramate, typically used to treat epilepsy and more recently weight loss, may also help people addicted to both cocaine and alcohol use less cocaine, particularly heavy users, researchers in...
View ArticleHow mice teach us about disease
Researchers have created a large new resource of more than 900 genes switched off one-at-a-time in mice to discover which genes are important for a wide range of biological functions such as fertility...
View ArticleCellular channels vital for hearing identified
Ending a 30-year search by scientists, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have identified two proteins in the inner ear that are critical for hearing, which, when damaged by genetic mutations,...
View ArticleResearch leads to successful restoration of hearing and balance
The sounds of success are ringing at Kansas State University through a research project that has potential to treat human deafness and loss of balance.
View ArticleResearchers report a complete description of gene expression in the human retina
Investigators at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have published the most thorough description of gene expression in the human retina reported to date. In a study published today in...
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