Oncology & Cancer
Turning a patient's own cells into cancer fighters
The next cancer therapy could be a patient's own cells.
Apr 9, 2019
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News tagged with life sciences
Neuroscience
Shining lasers on mouse brains sheds light on cells central to Alzheimer's, schizophrenia
Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia are some of the most common brain disorders and have been associated with problems in cells that contain a type of protein, called parvalbumin. These parvalbumin-containing cells account ...
Apr 9, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Feeling guilty versus feeling angry—who can tell the difference?
When you rear-end the car in front of you at a stoplight, you may feel a mix of different emotions such as anger, anxiety, and guilt. The person whose car you rear-ended may feel angered and frustrated by your carelessness, ...
Sep 24, 2012
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Medical research
Snap freezing reveals a truer structure of brain connections
Scientists at EPFL have used a snap-freezing method to reveal the true structure of the connections that join neurons together in the adult brain.
Jan 18, 2021
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Cardiology
Move more to live longer
Improving fitness doesn't require doing activities you don't like. That's the main message of research presented today at EuroPrevent 2019. The largest study to date of cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy people found that ...
Apr 12, 2019
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Neuroscience
Study finds tiny brain area controls work for rewards
A tiny but important area in the middle of the brain acts as a switch that determines when an animal is willing to work for a reward and when it stops working, according to a study published Aug. 31 in the journal Current ...
Aug 31, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Life sciences startup licenses technology to detect cancer cells
The founder of a life sciences startup that is commercializing a Purdue University innovation says a test to detect circulating tumor cells in a patient's bloodstream could improve the chances of survival and quality of life.
Nov 19, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mind vs. body? Dualist beliefs linked with less concern for healthy behaviors
(Medical Xpress) -- Many people, whether they know it or not, are philosophical dualists. That is, they believe that the brain and the mind are two separate entities. Despite the fact dualist beliefs are found in virtually ...
Jul 25, 2012
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Medical research
Your viruses could reveal your travel history, and more
The genomes of two distinct strains of the virus that causes the common lip cold sore, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), have been identified within an individual person—an achievement that could be useful to forensic ...
Apr 1, 2016
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Neuroscience
Goodbye large neural probes: Changing electrophysiology methods with an ultrasmall needle technology
A research team at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science, and the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary ...
Mar 22, 2021
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