Archive: 15/06/2017

Egocentric hearing: Study clarifies how we can tell where a sound is coming from

A new UCL and University of Nottingham study has found that most neurons in the brain's auditory cortex detect where a sound is coming from relative to the head, but some are tuned to a sound source's actual position in the ...

Jun 15, 2017

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Investigation tests drug to activate immune system, help fight cancer

On Earth, research into antibody-drug conjugates to treat cancer has been around a while. The research presents a problem, though, because Earth-based laboratories aren't able to mimic the shape of the cancer cell within ...

Jun 15, 2017

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Early stress confers lifelong vulnerability causing alterations in a specific brain region

Early life stress encodes lifelong susceptibility to stress through long-lasting transcriptional programming in a brain reward region implicated in mood and depression, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of ...

Jun 15, 2017

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Hi-res view of protein complex shows how it breaks up protein tangles

Misfolded proteins are the culprits behind amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and other neurodegenerative brain disorders. These distorted proteins are unable to perform their normal ...

Jun 15, 2017

Newly discovered cellular pathway may lead to cancer therapies

Scientists have discovered a new cellular pathway that can promote and support the growth of cancer cells. In a mouse model of melanoma, blocking this pathway resulted in reduction of tumor growth. The study, which appears ...

Jun 15, 2017

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A rusty and sweet side of sepsis

Sepsis is a major global healthcare problem that affects over 18 million individuals per year, every single year, corresponding to 1,400 deaths per day. In Europe and the US alone, there are an estimated 135,000 and 215,000 ...

Jun 15, 2017

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Women who focus negatively, magnify chronic pain, more likely to be taking prescribed opioids

Female chronic pain sufferers who catastrophize, a psychological condition in which pain is exaggerated or irrationally focused on, not only report greater pain intensity, but are more likely to be taking prescribed opioids ...

Jun 15, 2017

Program developed to provide free hearing aids to low-income adults

An intervention at a free clinic that included comprehensive care for hearing was able to provide recycled, donated hearing aids to low-income adults, according to a study published by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Jun 15, 2017

Study examines facial fractures from recreational activity in adults 55 and older

Aerobic activity and muscle-strengthening activities are encouraged for older adults but there are implications for injury patterns and prevention.

Jun 15, 2017

Research on crucial cutting enzyme maps sites of DNA damage in leukemias and other cancers

Researchers studying a DNA-cutting enzyme with a crucial role in regulating the structure of genes have discovered a broad role for its cutting activity in driving abnormal genetic rearrangements called translocations that ...

Jun 15, 2017

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Archive: 15/06/2017

Egocentric hearing: Study clarifies how we can tell where a sound is coming from

Investigation tests drug to activate immune system, help fight cancer

Early stress confers lifelong vulnerability causing alterations in a specific brain region

Hi-res view of protein complex shows how it breaks up protein tangles

Newly discovered cellular pathway may lead to cancer therapies

A rusty and sweet side of sepsis

Women who focus negatively, magnify chronic pain, more likely to be taking prescribed opioids

Program developed to provide free hearing aids to low-income adults

Study examines facial fractures from recreational activity in adults 55 and older

Research on crucial cutting enzyme maps sites of DNA damage in leukemias and other cancers

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