Medical research
Is the first cure for advanced rabies near?
Rabies virus is incurable and almost always fatal once it has invaded the central nervous system, with the victim doomed to suffer a horrible death.
Sep 28, 2023
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Genetics
Study finds protein p53 regulates learning, memory and sociability in mice
Researchers have established the protein p53 as critical for regulating sociability, repetitive behavior, and hippocampus-related learning and memory in mice, illuminating the relationship between the protein-coding gene ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experimental study proposes therapy to correct memory deficit caused by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
A research team of the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) involving the Hospital del Mar Research Institute has for the first time, in mice, identified and validated the neurobiological ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Medical research
Study shows that perception is driven by variability of neural activity in the sensory cortex
The brain is a sophisticated biological system known to produce different experiences and perceptions via complex dynamics. Different brain regions and neural populations commonly work in tandem, communicating with each other ...
Overweight & Obesity
Exercise-mimicking drug sheds weight, boosts muscle activity in mice
A brand-new kind of drug, tested in mice, shows promising new results that could lead to the development of a new weight-loss drug that mimics exercise.
Sep 25, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study in mice shows how chronic caffeine consumption alters sleep pattern and blood flow
A new study finds that chronic caffeine consumption has surprising effects on sleep patterns and brain blood flow in mice, increasing brain blood flow during sleep.
Sep 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Contagious omicron strain found to replicate early in infection
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has produced a number of variants, including alpha, beta, delta and omicron, each with its own subvariants.
Sep 25, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New findings illuminate asbestos-induced mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a very aggressive type of cancer that primarily affects the thin tissue lining of the chest and the abdomen. It leads to approximately 3,200 deaths per year in the U.S. and is often caused by exposure to asbestos.
Sep 22, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study finds specific brain wiring in mice that controls getting ready for bed
A team, led by Imperial College London researchers, has uncovered the wiring in mouse brains that leads them to begin nesting in preparation for sleep. Published in Nature Neuroscience, the study reveals that preparing properly ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Diabetes
Examining the association between low oxygen conditions induced by hyperglycemia and impaired insulin secretion
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is characterized by persistent hyperglycemia (high glucose in blood) that leads to hypoxia (low oxygen condition) in pancreatic β-cells.
Sep 20, 2023
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