Neuroscience
Three ways studying organic chemistry changes the brain
Academic learning is about gaining new knowledge and skill, but only recently has it been possible to see new knowledge appear in a human brain.
Mar 7, 2019
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Immunology
Breast milk and babies' saliva shape oral microbiome
Newborn breastfed babies' saliva combines with breastmilk to release antibacterial compounds that help to shape the bacterial communities (microbiota) in babies' mouths, biomedical scientists have found.
Nov 8, 2018
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Medical research
The complicated biology of garlic
Researchers today generally agree that eating garlic, used for thousands of years to treat human disease, can reduce the risk of developing certain kinds of cancers, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. Nevertheless, ...
Apr 26, 2018
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Colon cancer breakthrough could lead to prevention – and the foods that can help
Colon cancer, Crohn's, and other diseases of the gut could be better treated – or even prevented – thanks to a new link between inflammation and a common cellular process, established by the University of Warwick.
Nov 2, 2017
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Health
Bisphenol A exposure through the skin from store receipts takes longer to be excreted
(Medical Xpress)—A pair of researchers, one with the University of Alberta the other with Stockholm University, has found that it takes longer for people to excrete bisphenol A from the body than when the compound is consumed. ...
Medications
Non-psychotropic cannabinoids show promise for pain relief
Some cancers love bone. They thrive in its nutrient-rich environment while gnawing away at the very substrate that sustains them, all the while releasing inflammatory substances that cause pain—pain so severe that opioids ...
Sep 4, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Tumour blood supply stopped in its tracks by modified natural compound
Researchers have discovered how the modified natural compound dextran-catechin disrupts formation of blood vessels that fuel growth in the childhood cancer neuroblastoma.
Aug 10, 2017
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'Exercise-in-a-pill' boosts athletic endurance by 70 percent
Every week, there seems to be another story about the health benefits of running. That's great—but what if you can't run? For the elderly, obese or otherwise mobility-limited, the rewards of aerobic exercise have long been ...
May 2, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team makes Zika drug breakthrough
A team of researchers from Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health has found existing drug compounds that can both stop Zika from replicating in the body and from damaging ...
Aug 29, 2016
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Common antimicrobial agent triclosan rapidly disrupts gut bacteria
A new study suggests that triclosan, an antimicrobial and antifungal agent found in many consumer products ranging from hand soaps to toys and even toothpaste, can rapidly disrupt bacterial communities found in the gut.
May 18, 2016
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