Oncology & Cancer
Research: Cancer gene inhibition shows step toward beating neuroblastomas
Neuroblastoma is a devastating solid tumor of childhood and emerges in the sympathetic nervous system while many kids who develop it are still toddlers.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could our immune system be why COVID-19 is so deadly?
Respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 (causing COVID-19) can often catalyze an overactive immune response that leads to a life-threatening cycle, known as a cytokine storm. Analyzing cytokine responses from patients infected ...
Mar 1, 2021
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Neuroscience
What catches our eye
Unconscious gaze is controlled by an automatic selection process computed by a neural network in the brain. Details of this computation have now been studied by an international team collaborating with the Technical University ...
Sep 12, 2018
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Medical research
Estrogen discovery could shed new light on fertility problems
Estrogen produced in the brain is necessary for ovulation in monkeys, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who have upended the traditional understanding of the hormonal cascade that leads to release ...
Dec 12, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How rod-shaped particles might distract an out-of-control COVID immune response
A long-ignored white blood cell may be central to the immune system overreaction that is the most common cause of death for COVID-19 patients—and University of Michigan researchers found that rod-shaped particles can take ...
Jun 10, 2020
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Neuroscience
New brain imaging research shows that when we expect something to hurt it does, even if the stimulus isn't so painful
Expect a shot to hurt and it probably will, even if the needle poke isn't really so painful. Brace for a second shot and you'll likely flinch again, even though—second time around—you should know better.
Nov 14, 2018
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Health
Is aging a disease? Treating it like one could be worth trillions, study says
We're living longer, but not necessarily better. As the population over 65 in the United States is projected to double by 2060—with one in five residents in retirement age—so will the number of Americans needing long-term ...
Jul 19, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
A way to target the Achilles heel of neuroblastoma
Australian scientists have identified a critical molecular 'feedback loop' that helps initiate and drive neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system in children that is triggered in embryonal nerve cells.
Nov 4, 2015
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Neuroscience
Holding information in mind may mean storing it among synapses
Between the time you read the Wi-Fi password off the café's menu board and the time you can get back to your laptop to enter it, you have to hold it in mind. If you've ever wondered how your brain does that, you are asking ...
Dec 29, 2022
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Neuroscience
Living model of brain reveals how human neurons work together to process information
A paper published in Nature Communications shows that when neurons are given information about the changing world around them (task-related sensory input) it changes how they behave, putting them on edge so that tiny inputs ...
Sep 5, 2023
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