Neuroscience

Study calls for new approach to studying concussion

Understanding the puzzling and complex nature of concussion and how to treat it will take a whole new way of approaching the problem, according to new research led by Portland State University.

Immunology

Study unveils T cell signaling process central to immune response

The immune system cells known as T cells play a central role in the body's ability to fight infections and cancer. For decades, however, details of the molecular signaling process that leads to T cell activation have remained ...

Immunology

Understanding how HIV evades the immune system

Monash University (Australia) and Cardiff University (UK) researchers have come a step further in understanding how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) evades the immune system.

Neuroscience

The art of non-deterministic behaviour

From the dreams of a mouse to real snail email, "boredomresearch" extract the poetic dynamics of natural complex systems.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New mathematical model provides 'disease causation index'

Patients with complex diseases have a higher risk of developing others. Multi-morbidity represents a huge problem in everyday clinical practice, because it makes it more difficult to provide successful treatment. By analysing ...

Genetics

Researchers use mathematics to explain treatment resistance

Modern medicine and treatments for bacterial infections and cancer have significantly increased life spans and improved quality-of-life. However, many drugs eventually fail because of the outgrowth and survival of treatment-resistant ...

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