Neuroscience

Fruit flies offer clues to how brains make reward-based decisions

Like many collectors of L.P. records, James Fitzgerald's brother-in-law has a favorite store where he consistently finds the best vinyl for his collection. But there are times when he spends hours at the store and comes up ...

Medications

Study reveals potential of methotrexate to treat liver cancer

Liver cancer is one of the most prevalent and deadly types of cancer worldwide. Most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage, which leaves them with few treatment options. Unfortunately, the first-line drugs used in advanced ...

Neuroscience

New study challenges classic tenet of memory research

Connections among one set of activated neurons in rat brains grew stronger while memories were being formed, but those in another weakened, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered. The findings, at odds ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

India's Nipah virus outbreak: what do we know so far?

Authorities in India are scrambling to contain a rare outbreak of Nipah, a virus spread from animals to humans that causes deadly fever with a high mortality rate.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

India imposes curbs after two die of Nipah virus

India has curbed public gatherings and shut some schools in the southern state of Kerala after two people died of Nipah, a virus from bats or pigs that causes deadly fever, officials said Thursday.

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