Archive: 16/03/2016

Mitochondrial metabolism linked to acute kidney injury

Approximately one out of five hospitalized adults and one out of three hospitalized children worldwide experience acute kidney injury, the sudden loss of kidney function. Many different factors, including surgery, chemotherapy ...

Mar 16, 2016

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Electrical brain stimulation could support stroke recovery

Applying an electric current to the brain can help recovery from stroke, Oxford University researchers have found.

Mar 16, 2016

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'Lost' memories can be found

In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, patients are often unable to remember recent experiences. However, a new study from MIT suggests that those memories are still stored in the brain—they just can't be easily accessed.

Mar 16, 2016

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Scientists discover a link between psoriasis and general bone loss

Researchers from the Genes, Development and Disease Group, headed by Erwin Wagner at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered that psoriasis patients experience a widespread bone loss as a result ...

Mar 16, 2016

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Starvation signals control intestinal inflammation in mice

Intestinal inflammation in mice can be dampened by subjecting them briefly to a diet restricted in amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, research scheduled for publication in Nature shows.

Mar 16, 2016

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Experimental dengue vaccine protects all recipients in virus challenge study

A clinical trial in which volunteers were infected with dengue virus six months after receiving either an experimental dengue vaccine developed by scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or a placebo injection ...

Mar 16, 2016

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Counterattack of the hepatitis B virus

The hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is up to 100 times more infectious than HIV, is primarily transmitted through blood or other bodily fluids. HBV infects liver cells and chronic infection can lead to serious health problems ...

Mar 16, 2016

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Senate effort to block food labeling of modified food stalls

Senate Republican efforts to stop mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods have stalled.

Mar 16, 2016

Trained technicians using CV software improved the accuracy and quality of LDCT scans

Trained technician screeners with assisted computer-aided nodule detection or computer vision (CV) screening workstations can efficiently and accurately review and triage abnormal low-dose computed topography (LDCT) scans ...

Mar 16, 2016

Why are some people more attached to their phones than others?

Some people frequently check and re-check their mobile phones. Once this impulse is triggered, it may be more a question of not being able to leave the device alone than actually hoping to gain some reward from it. These ...

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Archive: 16/03/2016

Mitochondrial metabolism linked to acute kidney injury

Electrical brain stimulation could support stroke recovery

'Lost' memories can be found

Scientists discover a link between psoriasis and general bone loss

Starvation signals control intestinal inflammation in mice

Experimental dengue vaccine protects all recipients in virus challenge study

Counterattack of the hepatitis B virus

Senate effort to block food labeling of modified food stalls

Trained technicians using CV software improved the accuracy and quality of LDCT scans

Why are some people more attached to their phones than others?

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