Health
Body donor's rare anatomy offers valuable lessons
Medical students have long learned the human body's intricacies by carefully examining a donated body in a gross anatomy class.
Apr 8, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers determine how a major tumor suppressor pathway becomes deactivated
The Hippo pathway is an important biological tumor suppressor program that controls cell growth and organ size in humans. Cancer cells have been found to frequently deactivate Hippo signaling in order to achieve increased ...
Apr 4, 2019
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Neuroscience
3-D-printed transparent skull provides a window to the brain
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a unique 3-D-printed transparent skull implant for mice that provides an opportunity to watch activity of the entire brain surface in real time. The device allows ...
Apr 2, 2019
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Medical research
Microneedle technology gets green light
Innovators at Cardiff Medicentre have pioneered microneedle technology that could end certain types of injections.
Mar 25, 2019
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Health
Be nice to your doctor—you may receive better care
The good news: A new Tel Aviv University study published in Pediatrics on March 7 finds that positive interactions with patients drive improved medical team performance under most conditions. The bad news: Positive interactions ...
Mar 7, 2019
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Medical research
The climate change within—missing microbes and the evolution of the microbiome
The human microbiome – that invisible world of bacteria, viruses and fungi in and on our bodies – has been relatively unstudied even though scientists have known about it for centuries. But thanks to researchers like ...
Mar 6, 2019
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Inflammatory disorders
Researchers find blocking an inflammatory pathway protects tendons from injury
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and one in the U.K. has found that blocking a certain inflammatory pathway in mice protects tendons from injury. In their paper published in the journal ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself
Rates of sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the past four years to record highs in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest analysis. In California, the state health ...
Feb 15, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Gasp! First audio map of oohs, aahs and uh-ohs spans 24 emotions
Ooh, surprise! Those spontaneous sounds we make to express everything from elation (woohoo) to embarrassment (oops) say a lot more about what we're feeling than previously understood, according to new UC Berkeley research.
Feb 5, 2019
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Genetics
Big data provides clues for characterizing immunity in Japanese
Although genes are distributed widely across chromosomes, many genes related to the immune system are clustered together on human chromosome 6 in a segment called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region. The density ...
Jan 29, 2019
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