California took on anti-vaxxers, and won (HealthDay)—California's crackdown on childhood vaccination exemptions cut in half the percentage of kindergartners who didn't have their required immunizations, a new study shows. Jul 2, 2019 1 0
Air pollution means pregnant women can't breathe easy Pregnant women receive a lot of instructions to ensure the healthiest possible baby: what to eat and drink, what to avoid, which vitamins to take, which activities to avoid and more. Jul 2, 2019 1 0
Innate immune responses to high-fat diets lead to obesity Why is eating a high fat diet a recipe for obesity? According to a new study from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan, the answer involves the activity of a specific type of immune cell that lives ... Jul 2, 2019 3 1
The neuroscience of autism: New clues for how condition begins UNC School of Medicine scientists unveiled how a particular gene helps organize the scaffolding of brain cells called radial progenitors necessary for the orderly formation of the brain. Previous studies have shown that this ... Jul 2, 2019 0 5
HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals In a major collaborative effort, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have for the first time eliminated replication-competent HIV-1 DNA—the ... Jul 2, 2019 0 2
Gut microbes protect against flu virus infection in mice Commensal gut microbes stimulate antiviral signals in non-immune lung cells to protect against the flu virus during early stages of infection, researchers report July 2nd in the journal Cell Reports. Enhanced baseline type ... Jul 2, 2019 0 0
Misjudging the strength of other people's emotions based on egocentric bias People of all ages tend to misjudge the strength of other people's emotions based on an egocentric bias, according to a new study by Associate Professor Hajimu Hayashi, Kobe University Graduate School of Human Development ... Jul 2, 2019 0 1
Researchers describe a new resistance mechanism Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the ProCure Program of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) published today inCancer Research a study describing a new mechanism in cancer that turns ... Jul 2, 2019 0 0
Genetic variation linked to response to anxiety could inform personalised therapies A new study in marmoset monkeys suggests that individual variation in genes alters our ability to regulate emotions, providing new insights that could help in the development of personalised therapies to tackle anxiety and ... Jul 2, 2019 0 0
Study finds dramatic differences in tests assessing preschoolers' language skills About 1 in 10 babies in the United States is born premature. These children are at an increased risk for adverse outcomes across a broad spectrum of neurodevelopmental domains, including language skills. They also are at ... Jul 2, 2019 0 0