Many people have felt the sudden and uncontrollable urge to eat a certain food. These urges—known as cravings—are very common, mostly during pregnancy. At this stage, the mother's body undergoes a series of physiological ...
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains harder to treat therapeutically due to the high existing genetic heterogeneity not only between patients but also between the population of subclones of cancer cells within the same person. ...
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The gene of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is associated with several processes related to memory and brain plasticity. Now, a paper reveals that it is easier to alter the cognitive activity through transcranial ...
Jan 25, 2022
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Researchers of the University of Barcelona and IDIBELL have found a mechanism that could explain the reappearance of tumors after clinical treatment. According to their research study, tumor cells are able to detect when ...
Dec 1, 2021
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People's ability to perceive speech sounds has been deeply studied, specially during someone's first year of life, but what happens during the first hours after birth? Are babies born with innate abilities to perceive speech ...
Apr 26, 2021
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Ataxia is a minority disease with genetic origins, known for its neuromuscular alterations due to the selective loss of neurons in the cerebellum, the organ of our nervous systems which controls movement and balance. UB researchers ...
Nov 25, 2020
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An international study published in the journal Cell, has described 109 genetic variants associated with eight psychiatric disorders: autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder ...
Mar 10, 2020
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The RAF protein could be a therapeutical target to treat tumor growth in regulated pathways by the p38 protein, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports by a team of experts of the Faculty of Medicine ...
Feb 20, 2020
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The primary cause of the loss of functionality in transplanted pancreatic islets is their low capacity to create new vessels to transport nutrients. Researchers from the University of Barcelona and IDIBAPS have led a study ...
Jun 20, 2019
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One of the most important and surprising traits of the brain is its ability to dynamically reconfigure the connections to process and respond properly to stimuli. Researchers from Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) and the ...
Nov 14, 2018
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