Obstetrics & gynaecology
How does a baby 'breathe' while inside its mom?
"Mothering" is synonymous with "nurturing," probably because moms start providing for their kids even before they're born.
May 5, 2020
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Medical research
Hardware store parts transformed into virus-destroying devices
A team of USC researchers has devised a simple but effective way to sterilize medical equipment in response to the urgent need for more safety gear for doctors and nurses treating COVID-19 patients.
Apr 6, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals how drug meant for Ebola may also work against coronaviruses
A group of University of Alberta researchers who have discovered why the drug remdesivir is effective in treating the coronaviruses that cause Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome ...
Feb 27, 2020
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Medical research
Research reverses the reproductive clock in mice
Researchers have lifted fertility rates in older female mice with small doses of a metabolic compound that reverses the aging process in eggs, offering hope for some women struggling to conceive.
Feb 12, 2020
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Medications
Mathematical model predicts drug concentration in the brain
Do medicines arrive in the right amount at the right spot in our brain? By making a model that depicts our brain in small "brain blocks," Ph.D. student Esmée Vendel tries to find an answer to this question. She made a mathematical ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Deepening our understanding of selfish behavior
Is a selfish person just processing the decisions that result in rewards to others differently? Perhaps, suggests a recent RIKEN study. A RIKEN team, led by Hiroyuki Nakahara of the Laboratory for Integrated Theoretical Neuroscience ...
Dec 13, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Have you found meaning in life? Answer determines health and well-being
Over the last three decades, meaning in life has emerged as an important question in medical research, especially in the context of an aging population. A recent study by researchers at University of California San Diego ...
Dec 10, 2019
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Medical research
Earthquake-like brain-wave bursts found to be essential for healthy sleep
New research in rats shows that cortical arousals and brief awakenings during sleep exhibit non-equilibrium dynamics and complex organization across time scales necessary for spontaneous sleep-stage transitions and for maintaining ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Medical research
Cancer cells can reuse apparent 'dead end metabolites'
Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered that an apparent "dead end metabolite" has a previously unknown function regulating cell growth. The finding could guide efforts to target cancer ...
Oct 4, 2019
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Medical research
'Relaxed' enzymes may be at the root of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Treatments have been hard to pinpoint for a rare neurological disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), in part because so many variations of the condition exist. So far, mutations on more than 90 genes have been positively ...
Oct 1, 2019
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