Archive: 27/10/2017

Newly discovered microRNA regulates mobility of tumor cells

Cancer cells can reactivate a cellular process that is an essential part of embryonic development. This allows them to leave the primary tumor, penetrate the surrounding tissue and form metastases in peripheral organs. In ...

Oct 27, 2017

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Artificial intelligence to evaluate brain maturity of preterm infants

Researchers at the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University Hospital (HUH) have developed software based on machine learning that can independently interpret EEG signals from a premature infant and generate an estimate ...

Oct 27, 2017

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New method to dampen nerve signals

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have discovered a previously unknown molecular binding site that can influence electrical impulses in nerves. The results are presented in the journal Science Advances. The discovery ...

Oct 27, 2017

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Why the clocks changing are great for your brain

October is a dismal time of year. The clocks go back, which accelerates the onset of darker evenings and the "shorter days" inevitably lead to calls for the tradition of putting clocks forward or backward to stop.

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Studies in renal hypertension find important immune system differences between sexes

Women account for half of all cases of high blood pressure (hypertension) in the U.S., yet the majority of hypertension research focuses on men. A review of more than 80 studies highlights sex differences in hypertension-related ...

Oct 27, 2017

When commuters vanish—the effect of darkness on active travel

Picture the scene: it is 5:30pm on a Tuesday at the end of October and the streets are full of people walking and cycling home from work. The following week, at the same time, the number of walkers and cyclists has dropped ...

Oct 27, 2017

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Don't use technology as a bargaining chip with your kids

Do you take away your teenager's phone to manage their behaviour? Maybe when they arrive home late from a party or receive a bad report card?

Oct 27, 2017

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The family relationship between film characters clearly affects the reactions in the viewers' brain

Are we more prone to help the person that resembles us the most? Social neuroscientists have studied the effects of similarity by showing a re-edited version of the film My Sister's Keeper to a group of subjects and by giving ...

Oct 27, 2017

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Burned out trainee surgeons at high risk for alcohol abuse, depression, suicidal thoughts

Seven out of 10 trainee surgeons surveyed experienced burnout driven by emotional exhaustion, "depersonalization" and doubts about their effectiveness at work, impacting their own performance and potentially patients' health, ...

Oct 27, 2017

3-D scaffold map to help the search for new cancer treatments

Melbourne researchers have produced the first three-dimensional (3-D) map of a molecular 'scaffold' called SgK223, known to play a critical role in the development and spread of aggressive breast, colon and pancreatic cancers.

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