News tagged with chemical interactions


Ills of aging blood: Short-circuited stem cell programming linked to failing blood development

As blood stem cells age, changes in the epigenome—the system that regulates which genes are switched on and which are switched off throughout the body—alter these cells in ways that lead to reduced immune ...

Medical research created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bullying by childhood peers leaves a trace that can change the expression of a gene linked to mood

A recent study by a researcher at the Centre for Studies on Human Stress (CSHS) at the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine and professor at the Université de Montréal suggests that bullying by peers changes the structure surrounding ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research yields insights into Parkinson's disease

Researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) used an innovative technique to examine chemical interactions that are implicated in Parkinson's Disease.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Jun 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Agent reduces autism-like behaviors in mice

National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of the three core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). An experimental compound, called GRN-529, increased social ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast