Medical research
Antiviral peptide prevents SARS-CoV-2 from infecting host cells
Emory Vaccine Center researchers say they have identified the Achilles heel of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Sep 26, 2023
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Scientific Reports
Neuroscience
Research team uses immersive VR to shed light on tactile gating and 'phantom touch illusion'
If you've ever tried to tickle yourself, you may not have succeeded. This is due to your nervous system suppressing the expected sensation of your own actions, a mechanism known as tactile gating. Until now, this mechanism ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Flat-faced dogs might get more human help thanks to their baby faces
Flat-faced or brachycephalic dogs breeds such as English and French bulldogs may be likely to display "helpless" traits by looking at humans more often than a longer-muzzled dog breed during a food retrieval task, suggests ...
Sep 24, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover learning and memory deficits after ingestion of aspartame
Ongoing work by Florida State University College of Medicine researchers into how aspartame affects the brain has linked the artificial sweetener with learning and memory deficits in mice.
Sep 18, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers have found multiple types of dopamine neurons with different functions
Dopamine seems to be having a moment in the zeitgeist. You may have read about it in the news, seen viral social media posts about "dopamine hacking" or listened to podcasts about how to harness what this molecule is doing ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Cardiology
A mathematical model of the heart to revolutionize cardiac research
The iHEART simulator is a mathematical and computational model of the human heart entirely developed at Politecnico di Milano and designed for studying coronary artery disease. This is the focus of research published in Scientific ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Health
New parent? Night shift? New analysis suggests the ideal nap strategy to survive all-nighters
New analysis of pilot studies on night shift naps conducted from 2012 to 2018 revealed the ideal snoozing strategy that might help counteract drowsiness and fatigue during a 16-hour overnight duty. The findings can also benefit ...
Sep 15, 2023
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Ophthalmology
Pioneering trial offers hope for late treatment of 'lazy eye'
In children with amblyopia or "lazy eye," one eye is weaker than the other for any of a number of reasons. It may not focus as well, it may be misaligned due to strabismus, or its vision may be obstructed by a cataract or ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
A 3-D bioprinted tumor-on-a-chip model
The resistance to cancer treatment is often credited to the heterogenous cellular nature within a tumor. The tumor cell-cell interaction and cell-microenvironment have a key role in the invasion and progression of tumors ...
Oncology & Cancer
ER-positive breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in African American, white women: Study
New research has found the most common form of breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in the blood of African American women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer compared with non-Hispanic white women. ...
Sep 11, 2023
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