Archive: 30/03/2023

Study shows autism may be linked to different perceptions of movement in infancy

A new study from researchers at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet shows that children who go on to develop symptoms of autism have different activity in their brain's visual cortex from as early as five months ...

Mar 30, 2023

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Pulsating blood vessels wash your brain while you sleep

The word "brainwashing" usually triggers negative associations. But our brain health for sure depends on it. Scientists at the University of Oslo have recently made new and important discoveries about how and why this happens ...

Mar 30, 2023

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A bright spot in the treatment of lateral disk meniscus injuries for youth

Tearing their meniscus—a crescent-shaped piece of a soft cushion of cartilage located between the femur and tibia—can be devastating for young athletes. It is easily damaged in people with congenital lateral discoid meniscus ...

Mar 30, 2023

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E.Guinea Marburg deaths rise to nine on wider fears

The death toll from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea has reached nine, the health ministry told AFP on Thursday amid World Health Organization estimates the real toll is double that.

Mar 30, 2023

New circuit model offers insights into brain function

The thalamus and thalamic reticular nucleus are situated at the heart of the mammalian brain and are known to play a key role in a wide range of functions, including the transmission of sensory information to the cortex and ...

Mar 30, 2023

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Severe hepatitis outbreak linked to common childhood viruses

A new UC San Francisco-led study brings scientists closer to understanding the causes of a mysterious rash of cases of acute severe hepatitis that began appearing in otherwise healthy children after COVID-19 lockdowns eased ...

Mar 30, 2023

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Genome analysis just got personal

Life on Earth comes in a beautiful assortment of different shapes, sizes and colors, thanks to genetic mutations. Some mutations are beneficial, some are perilous, and some don't do much of anything. Every person has around ...

Mar 30, 2023

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Scientists discover brain region linking short-term to long-term memory

We have a pretty good idea of where memory starts and ends—short-term memories form in the hippocampus and, if the situation calls for it, stabilize into long-term memories in the cortex. But what happens along the winding ...

Mar 30, 2023

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Buprenorphine initiation in the ER found safe and effective for individuals with opioid use disorder who use fentanyl

Results from a multi-site clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health showed that less than 1% of people with opioid use disorder whose drug use includes fentanyl experienced withdrawal when starting buprenorphine ...

Mar 30, 2023

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Allies or enemies of cancer: The dual fate of neutrophils

Why do cancer immunotherapies work so extraordinarily well in a minority of patients, but fail in so many others? By analyzing the role of neutrophils, immune cells whose presence usually signals treatment failure, scientists ...

Mar 30, 2023

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