Archive: 01/06/2017

Heavy-drinking Lithuania bans alcohol ads, raises minimum age

Lithuania on Thursday banned alcohol advertising and raised the legal drinking age to 20 from 18 as part of efforts to curb consumption in one of the world's hardest-drinking nations.

Jun 1, 2017

Neuroscientists rewire brain of one species to have connectivity of another

ATLANTA-Scientists at Georgia State University have rewired the neural circuit of one species and given it the connections of another species to test a hypothesis about the evolution of neural circuits and behavior.

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Puberty hormones trigger changes in youthful learning

A University of California, Berkeley, study of mice reveals, for the first time, how puberty hormones might impede some aspects of flexible youthful learning.

Jun 1, 2017

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Why antibiotics fail—biologists correct a flaw in the way bacterial susceptibility to these drugs is tested

When a patient is prescribed the wrong antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection, it's not necessarily the physician who is at fault. The current antibiotic assay—standardized in 1961 by the World Health Organization and ...

Jun 1, 2017

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Intra-arterial treatment effective with extracranial carotid disease

(HealthDay)—Acute intra-arterial treatment (IAT) seems to be as effective for patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by intracranial proximal occlusion with, versus those without, extracranial carotid disease (ECD), ...

Jun 1, 2017

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MicroRNA biomarker signature identified for allergic asthma

(HealthDay)—Certain plasma microRNAs (miRNAs) are differentially regulated in allergic asthma and correlate with clinical characteristics, according to an experimental study published online May 17 in Allergy.

Jun 1, 2017

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Telehealth reduces wait time, improves care for children with autism living in remote areas

Long wait times have been a persistent issue for families waiting to see an autism specialist, with waits often exceeding a year. Additionally, children with autism living in rural areas have added costs associated with traveling ...

Jun 1, 2017

New insights into how the Zika virus causes microcephaly

A study published today in Science shows that the Zika virus hijacks a human protein called Musashi-1 (MSI1) to allow it to replicate in, and kill, neural stem cells. Almost all MSI1 protein in the developing embryo is produced ...

Jun 1, 2017

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Perseverance pays off in fight against deadly Lassa virus

Before Ebola virus ever struck West Africa, locals were already on the lookout for a deadly pathogen: Lassa virus. With thousands dying from Lassa every year—and the potential for the virus to cause even larger outbreaks—researchers ...

Jun 1, 2017

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Five years before diagnosis, brain cancer causes changes detectable in blood

Changes in immune activity appear to signal a growing brain tumor five years before symptoms arise, new research has found.

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