Archive: 28/09/2017

Highly virulent bacterium causes rampant caries in some children

Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have made a novel discovery connecting highly variant types of the caries bacterium Streptococcus mutans and their adhesive function to children with rampant caries and increased ...

Sep 28, 2017

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Study says zinc can halt the growth of cancer cells

Zinc supplements can significantly inhibit the proliferation of esophageal cancer cells, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Texas at Arlington researcher.

Sep 28, 2017

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Acculturation may be a predictor of psychological birth trauma adolescent Latina moms

Acculturation may play a key role in psychological birth trauma among young Latina mothers, according to a study by a researcher at the University of Texas at Arlington's College of Nursing and Health Innovation.

Sep 28, 2017

For boys at risk of psychopathy, laughter isn't so contagious

For most people, laughter is highly contagious. It's nearly impossible to hear or see someone laughing and not feel the urge to join in. But researchers reporting in Current Biology on September 28 have new evidence to show ...

Sep 28, 2017

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Study splits incurable childhood brain tumors into 10 new diseases

Scientists have found that deadly childhood brain tumours are actually 10 different diseases that should each be diagnosed and treated based on their specific genetic faults.

Sep 28, 2017

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How do we sense moonlight? Daylight? There's a cell for that

Reporting in today's Cell, neuroscientists at Boston Children's Hospital describe an unexpected way that we sense the overall degree of illumination in our environment. They found that neurons in the retina of the eye divvy ...

Sep 28, 2017

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How brain develops before birth is tightly controlled by RNA modification

A chemical tag added to RNA during embryonic development regulates how the early brain grows, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings are published this week ...

Sep 28, 2017

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Successful correction of genetic mutation in stem cells offers promise for lung diseases

For the first time, researchers have developed a way to coax pluripotent stem cells into a specific type of mature lung cell called "alveolar epithelial type II cells" (AEC2s) and to correct a mutant gene whose dysfunction ...

Sep 28, 2017

In people with OCD, actions are at odds with beliefs

The repeated behaviors that characterize obsessive-compulsive disorder are a manifestation of an underlying brain dysfunction that is not yet well understood. Now, in a study appearing on September 28 in the journal Neuron, ...

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Uncovering why psoriasis recurs

New research by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Rockefeller University helps address a longstanding question about the inflammatory skin condition psoriasis: Why do skin lesions that have resolved with therapy ...

Sep 28, 2017

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Archive: 28/09/2017

Highly virulent bacterium causes rampant caries in some children

Study says zinc can halt the growth of cancer cells

Acculturation may be a predictor of psychological birth trauma adolescent Latina moms

For boys at risk of psychopathy, laughter isn't so contagious

Study splits incurable childhood brain tumors into 10 new diseases

How do we sense moonlight? Daylight? There's a cell for that

How brain develops before birth is tightly controlled by RNA modification

Successful correction of genetic mutation in stem cells offers promise for lung diseases

In people with OCD, actions are at odds with beliefs

Uncovering why psoriasis recurs

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