Smartphone games can help to detect the long-lasting effects of traumatic brain injuries New research from the University of Hertfordshire has found that a mobile-phone game app can help identify ongoing problems with navigation—a common long-term symptom of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)—making these issues ... Mar 21, 2023 0 67
New research shows strong heredity component to middle ear cholesteatoma A nationwide Swedish study including more than 10,000 cases of cholesteatoma, a lesion in the middle ear, shows a strong hereditary component to the disease. Mar 21, 2023 0 6
What makes blood stem cells transform? Regulation of RNA splicing may be an answer Researchers at Lund University Faculty of Medicine have determined a novel mechanism linking the metabolism of ribonucleic acids, RNA, to the development of leukemia in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patients. In a study ... Mar 21, 2023 0 47
New intracellular 'smoke detector' discovered Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Singapore have discovered a new intracellular "smoke detector." The sensor warns of damage to the mitochondria—the microscopic power plants that supply the cell with energy. If ... Mar 21, 2023 0 50
How the defunding of prevention and effects of climate change drive the rebound of malaria in Peru Malaria control programs in Amazonian Peru helped reduce the incidence of the deadly parasitic disease by 78 percent. That is, until the programs ceased to operate. Mar 21, 2023 0 53
Exploring how vocal tract size, shape dictate speech sounds Only humans have the ability to use speech. Remarkably, this communication is understandable across accent, social background and anatomy despite a wide variety of ways to produce the necessary sounds. Mar 21, 2023 0 7
Researchers find strong adolescent–parent relationships lead to better long-term health outcomes in young adults Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found that adolescents who report strong relationships with their parents have better long-term health outcomes. Study findings, published today in JAMA Network ... Mar 21, 2023 0 22
Newborn babies' brains reveal new insights in child development Researchers publishing in Nature Human Behaviour, looked at how different (asymmetrical) the left and right side of babies' brains were in terms of their shape and patterns of brain activity to establish a benchmark for future ... Mar 21, 2023 0 551
Novel machine-learning algorithm creates atlas of cancer with potential as universal diagnostic platform In the first broad comparison of pediatric and adult cancer, researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have analyzed 13,000 individual cancers and built an "atlas" of pediatric cancer using a novel machine-learning ... Mar 21, 2023 0 50
Mental decline comes later than previously thought, finds study Recent research from University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) shows that our brain declines later than previously thought. Instead of after our 25th year of life, it happens when we are between the ages of 30 and 40. ... Mar 21, 2023 0 77