Archive: 04/10/2013

Sparing the body, breast cancer treatment via nipple injection

On October 4, JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, will publish a new technique for breast cancer treatment and prevention—injection of therapeutics via the nipple. The procedure, demonstrated on mice, offers direct ...

Oct 4, 2013

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Parents play a role in teen eating disorders, study finds

The ways parents or caregivers interact with children around mealtimes can have unintended consequences, according to a new report in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The study found that teenagers' negative attitudes toward ...

Oct 4, 2013

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Researcher finds method to improve morphine's effect on managing pain

A method to prevent the body from developing tolerance to morphine, a powerful and commonly used pain medication, has been discovered by a Georgia State University researcher.

Oct 4, 2013

Motor neurone disease association opens Manchester-based global DNA bank

A specialist DNA Bank, based at The University of Manchester, is now open to the worldwide research community, supporting more crucial discoveries about motor neurone disease (MND), a devastating terminal illness.

Oct 4, 2013

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Creative app for dementia careworkers

Dementia is an ageing-related condition affecting mental acuity and memory. Incidence doubles in a population for every five years over the age of 65 years, so that almost one fifth of those living to 85 can expect to have ...

Oct 4, 2013

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Elucidation of mechanism underlying acquisition of specificity for ATP

The mechanism underlying the acquisition of specificity for ATP has been elucidated by researchers in a new report published in Scientific Reports on September 11th, 2013.

Oct 4, 2013

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Researchers find hormone vasopressin involved in jet lag

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers from several research centers in Japan has together found what appears to be a connection between the hormone vasopressin and jet-lag. In their paper published in the journal Science, ...

Oct 4, 2013 report

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Inhibiting formation of a branched sugar molecule could lead to new treatments for multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating condition that involves the degeneration of myelin—the fatty tissue that insulates nerve fibers and helps them to conduct impulses. This process, called demyelination, can lead to deficits ...

Oct 4, 2013

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A protein in neurons in the nose controls the sensitivity of mice to smells in their environment

Information about odorant molecules in the environment helps animals to find food, select mates and avoid predators. Yoshihiro Yoshihara and colleagues from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute have now identified a protein ...

Oct 4, 2013

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Older sperm donors reduce pregnancy success

The increasing amount of sperm donors over the age of 45 years appears to be adversely affecting the clinical pregnancy success rates of women undergoing donor insemination (DI).

Oct 4, 2013

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