Radiology & Imaging
Human images from world's first total-body scanner unveiled
EXPLORER, the world's first medical imaging scanner that can capture a 3-D picture of the whole human body at once, has produced its first scans.
Nov 19, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Obesity both feeds tumors and helps immunotherapy kill cancer
A groundbreaking new study by UC Davis researchers has uncovered why obesity both fuels cancer growth and allows blockbuster new immunotherapies to work better against those same tumors.
Nov 12, 2018
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Neuroscience
Brain wave device enhances memory function
The entrainment of theta brain waves with a commercially available device not only enhances theta wave activity, but also boosts memory performance. That's according to new research from the Center for Neuroscience at the ...
Oct 22, 2018
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Medical research
'Cellular memory' of DNA damage in oocyte quality control
Females are born with a finite number of eggs that are steadily depleted throughout their lifetime. This reserve of eggs is selected from a much larger pool of millions of precursor cells, or oocytes, that form during fetal ...
Sep 27, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Breakthrough in designing a better Salmonella vaccine
UC Davis researchers announce in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week a breakthrough in understanding which cells afford optimal protection against Salmonella infection—a critical step in developing ...
Sep 24, 2018
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Neuroscience
How experience changes basics of memory formation
We know instinctively that our experiences shape the way we learn. If we are highly familiar with a particular task, like cooking for example, learning a new recipe is much easier than it was when we were a novice. New research ...
Jul 23, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rhesus macaque model offers route to study Zika brain pathology
Rhesus macaque monkeys infected in utero with Zika virus develop similar brain pathology to human infants, according to a report by researchers at the California National Primate Research Center and School of Veterinary Medicine ...
Jun 21, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Success is not just how you play your cards, but how you play your opponents
In high-stakes environments, success is not just about playing your cards right, but also playing your opponents right.
Jun 15, 2018
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Neuroscience
Functional MRI reveals memory in sleeping toddlers
Our ability to remember past events develops rapidly in the first couple of years of life, but it's not clear exactly how this happens. Researchers at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis have ...
Jun 4, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Long-term and short-term relationships initially indistinguishable: study
Long-term and short-term relationships are obviously different from each other. Some people are the type you'd want to marry; others are good primarily for the sex.
May 14, 2018
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