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Oncology & Cancer
Turning the molecular clock back on halts neuroblastoma tumor growth
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Cancer Center have found that the molecular clock may be key to treating neuroblastoma. The researchers studied patients with high expression of MYCN, known to ...
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Eating for hunger or pleasure? Regulating these feeding behaviors involves different brain circuits
Many times we eat, not because we are hungry, but because of social pressures or because the food is so appetizing, that, even though we are full, we just want another bite.
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Medical Research News
Another byproduct of the pandemic: paranoia
The COVID-19 pandemic increased our feelings of paranoia, particularly in states where wearing masks was mandated, a new Yale study has shown. That heightened paranoia was particularly acute in states where adherence to mask ...
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Inhaled dry powder formulation of broad-spectrum antiviral against COVID-19 and influenza
The collaborative research team formed by the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy and Department of Microbiology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has developed an inhalable dry powder formulation ...
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Scientists uncover how decisions about what we see are relayed back through the brain
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered that decisions based on visual information, which involve a complex stream of data flowing forward and backwards along the brain's visual pathways, is broadcast ...
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Novel discovery describes the mechanisms of wound detection in the body
A new study from Vanderbilt University researchers has established a novel way to understand how the body discovers and responds to wounds. The research was led by graduate student James O'Connor and Professor Andrea Page-McCaw ...
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Emphasize personal health benefits of COVID-19 vaccination, researchers say
Messages emphasizing the personal health benefits of COVID-19 vaccines have the best chance of increasing vaccination levels across the nation, according to research conducted by University of Wyoming economists.
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Premature birth associated with 'profound reduction' in brain connections
Researchers from the £12 million Developing Human Connectome Project have used a novel type of medical imaging to show how different areas of a newborn baby's brain communicate with each other.
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Topical molecular imaging tracer enables real-time detection of cervical cancer
With the help of a topical fluorescent imaging agent, cervical cancer can be identified by physicians with a hand-held microscope, according to research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Targeting ...
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Study suggests postpartum depression differs from major depression
Women with postpartum depression experience smell differently than other women, a University of Otago study has found.
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Model can predict how drug interactions influence antibiotic resistance
Scientists have proposed a modeling framework which could predict how antibiotic resistance will evolve in response to different treatment combinations, according to a study published in eLife.
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Tracking the traces of light in the short-lived memory of the eyes
What we see leaves traces. In rapid movements, or so-called 'saccades', our gaze jumps from one location to the next to project what is happening in front of our eyes as sharply as possible onto the central, high-acuity part ...
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Exploring empathy in everyday life
Researchers at the University of Toronto are studying our capacity for empathy, or our ability to sense and understand someone else's emotions, and are debunking some common misconceptions along the way.
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Brain fingerprints help doctors detect neurological disease
An EPFL scientist has found that brain fingerprints—or maps of the neural connections within our brain—can be used to detect a decline in cognitive ability. That's because the fingerprints are harder to detect in people ...
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Modifiable risk factors increase risk of brain complications in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
A new study highlights the range of brain complications experienced by hospitalized adults in the UK with severe COVID-19. Researchers found that strokes were a common complication, with higher rates than expected amongst ...
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Digitally unfolding the hippocampus to better understand brain disorders
A new technique developed at Western University to visually iron out the wrinkles and folds in one region of the brain may provide researchers a more accurate picture to understand brain disorders.
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'Light flash' treatment might help slow Alzheimer's
While efforts to develop Alzheimer's medications have so far borne little fruit, new research highlights the therapeutic promise of two non-drug tools: light and sound.
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Fruit fly study reveals function of taste neurons
What can the fruit fly teach us about taste and how chemicals cause our taste buds to recognize sweet, sour, bitter, umami, and salty tastes? Quite a lot, according to University of California, Riverside, researchers who ...
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What makes some immune cells better at killing melanoma
T cells rely on surface proteins called T cell receptors (TCRs) to bind to and destroy viruses, cancer cells, and other invaders in the body. T cells that infiltrate tumors, however, can have varied, sometimes ineffective ...
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Receptor protein in adipose tissue plays a role in controlling blood sugar levels
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have identified a receptor protein found in adipose tissue that may play a role in controlling blood sugar and could offer an important therapeutic pathway for ...
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