Neuroscience
Ethics debate overdue in human brain research: experts
What if human brain tissue implanted into a pig transferred some of the donor's self-awareness and memories?
Apr 25, 2018
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News tagged with journal science
Surgery
'Life support' for transplant livers better than freezing: study
Keeping transplant livers on "life support" at body temperature preserves them better than the prevailing method of near-freezing, and could reduce the number of donor organs thrown away, a study said Wednesday.
Apr 18, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Developmental science research sheds new light on the origins of discrimination, social exclusion
Experiencing prejudice and discrimination in childhood can have long term consequences, including depression, poor academic performance and negative health outcomes.
Oct 19, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Research points to possible new prevention strategies for ovarian cancer
Research revealing early changes at epigenetic level points to possible new prevention strategies for ovarian cancer
May 24, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Do Wi-Fi and mobile phones really cause cancer? Experts respond
On 16th February, Catalyst aired an episode on the ABC titled "Wi-Fried", hosted by Dr Maryanne Demasi, claiming that radiation from mobile phones and Wi-Fi may constitute a brain cancer risk.
Feb 17, 2016
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Clinician's exposure to basic science articles has significantly declined
Breaking up may not be that hard to do after all. A new report appearing in The FASEB Journal suggests that the once close relationship between basic science and clinical medicine appears to be on the rocks, as the number ...
Feb 5, 2016
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Basic science disappearing from medical journals, study finds
A new study has found a steep decline in the number of scholarly papers about basic science published in leading medical journals in the last 20 years.
Feb 1, 2016
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Neuroscience
Researchers reveal how a common mutation causes neurodegenerative disease
Researchers have determined how the most common gene mutation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) disrupts normal cell function, providing insight likely to advance efforts to develop ...
Aug 26, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola could be defeated by year's end: WHO
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could be completely over by the end of the year if efforts to root out new cases are kept up, the WHO chief said Thursday.
Aug 13, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Finish the fight against Ebola,' MSF head urges
All the ingredients for the west African Ebola outbreak are still there one year after a public health emergency was declared, the head of medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday.
Aug 5, 2015
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