Archive: 31/05/2017

Collaborating laboratories combat cholera

Anne Woodbrey, a doctoral student, is the linchpin connecting three Dartmouth laboratories that are collaborating on a treatment for cholera—an acute diarrheal disease that can kill within hours if not treated. A recent ...

May 31, 2017

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Peer navigators help mental health clients to make medical appointments and communicate with providers

A new model of care could improve the physical health of people with mental illness, potentially increasing the life span of individuals who typically die 25 years earlier than the general population.

May 31, 2017

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Study shows when people feel anxious they are less reliable at reading emotions in other faces

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit and the U.K. Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies has found evidence of impaired emotional face reading by people when they are feeling ...

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The science of taste, or why you choose fries over broccoli

Most people say that if there is a healthy choice on a menu they will take it. But observations and research show this is generally not the case.

May 31, 2017

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Individual adverse drug responses could be predicted by a simple blood test

Severe illnesses sometimes require treatment regimens carrying grave risks, including organ failure. Now, a non-invasive technique developed at A*STAR could help predict patient vulnerability to potentially toxic drugs.

May 31, 2017

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Organic compound found in red wine boosts the body's ability to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis

An organic compound found in grape skins can stimulate the mouse immune system to fight even the most persistent tuberculosis strains. Such immune-based therapies, commonly used to treat cancer, could be the only hope against ...

May 31, 2017

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New role discovered for a well-known gene in the survival of white blood cells

Researchers have clarified the role of a gene critical for the development of a type of white blood cells, known as B cells, which produce antibodies and serve as a "memory" for the immune system. This finding may open up ...

May 31, 2017

Sour-sensing taste pathway also mediates water detection in mammalian tongue

New research from Caltech shows that sour-sensing taste cells play an important role in detecting water on the tongue.

May 31, 2017

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What a locust's nose taught engineers about monkeys' ears

Is there an opposite for the smell of a rose? Is silence simply the absence of sound? The results of a recent study by a team of biomedical engineers in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University ...

May 31, 2017

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Tea consumption leads to epigenetic changes in women

Epigenetic changes are chemical modifications that turn our genes off or on. In a new study from Uppsala University, researchers show that tea consumption in women leads to epigenetic changes in genes that are known to interact ...

May 31, 2017

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