A new analysis shows that individuals with high levels of genetic variation and elevated exposure to ozone in the environment are at an even higher risk for developing autism than would be expected by adding the two risk ...
Jun 23, 2017
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Compounds from grapes may kill colon cancer stem cells both in a petri dish and in mice, according to a team of researchers.
Jun 19, 2017
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Despite conventional wisdom that suggests women are better than men at facial recognition, Penn State psychologists found no difference between men and women in their ability to recognize faces and categorize facial expressions.
May 9, 2017
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Like air-traffic controllers scrambling to reconnect flights when a major hub goes down, the brain has a remarkable ability to rewire itself after suffering an injury. However, maintaining these new connections between brain ...
Apr 24, 2017
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Whole-exome DNA sequencing—a technology that saves time and money by sequencing only protein-coding regions and not the entire genome—may routinely miss detecting some genetic variations associated with disease, according ...
Apr 21, 2017
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Our brains process foreign-accented speech with better real-time accuracy if we can identify the accent we hear, according to a team of neurolinguists.
Apr 20, 2017
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Eating peanuts with a meal may help protect against cardiovascular diseases which can lead to heart attacks and stroke, according to an international team of researchers.
Mar 29, 2017
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A component of vertebrate neurons – known as the axon initial segment (AIS) – that is responsible for regulating the nerve cell's output has long been thought by scientists to have evolved relatively recently, and specifically ...
Mar 8, 2017
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A process using human stem cells can generate the cells that cover the external surface of a human heart—epicardium cells—according to a multidisciplinary team of researchers.
Jan 11, 2017
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Some researchers are working to discover new, safer ways to deliver cancer-fighting drugs to tumors without damaging healthy cells. Others are finding ways to boost the body's own immune system to attack cancer cells. Researchers ...
Jan 4, 2017
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