Neuroscience
Brain cells use a 'telephone trick' to report what they see
"How many fingers am I holding up?"
Nov 29, 2022
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eLife
Genetics
Type 2 diabetes genes linked with gestational diabetes in South Asian women
The same complex genetics that contribute to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes may also increase the risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy among women of South Asian descent, a study published today in eLife shows.
Nov 22, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study: Risk of cancer doubles for people with 'skewed' blood cells
A study led by King's and published in eLife today has shed new light on how a process called skewed X chromosome inactivation (XCI-skew) is linked to developing chronic disease.
Nov 22, 2022
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Medical research
COVID-19: The spike protein is no longer the only target
Structural details of an attractive drug target in coronaviruses that could be used against SARS-CoV-2 and in future pandemics have been published today in eLife.
Nov 22, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How do we experience the pain of other people?
A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience recorded the neurons of human patients to show that the pain of others is directly mapped onto neurons in the insula—a brain region critical for our own emotions.
Nov 11, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Breathing may measurably modulate neural responses across brain, study finds
Mental health practitioners and meditation gurus have long credited intentional breathing with the ability to induce inner calm, but scientists do not fully understand how the brain is involved in the process. Using functional ...
Nov 11, 2022
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Neuroscience
What happens to the dopamine system when we experience aversive events?
A new study at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience has examined how the dopamine system processes aversive unpleasant events.
Nov 11, 2022
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Neuroscience
Most detailed map of brain's memory hub finds connectivity puzzle
The most detailed map ever made of the communication links between the hippocampus—the brain's memory control center—and the rest of the brain has been created by Australian scientists. And it may change how we think ...
Nov 9, 2022
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Medical research
Gut parasites may increase onward transmission of respiratory bugs
Rabbits co-infected with a respiratory bacterial infection and one or more gut helminth parasites are more likely to shed bacteria that can infect others, according to a report led by researchers at Penn State and published ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene interactions classify bowel tumors for personalized medicine
Bowel cancers can be grouped into six clinically meaningful subtypes based on patterns of gene interactions commonly seen within tumor cells, according to research published today in eLife.
Nov 8, 2022
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