Immunology
Researchers advance understanding in immune response to infections
University of Leicester researchers have released evidence substantiating an unexpected dual role of an important component of the immune system.
Jul 16, 2014
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Neuroscience
Sleep deprivation leads to symptoms of schizophrenia
Twenty-four hours of sleep deprivation can lead to conditions in healthy persons similar to the symptoms of schizophrenia. This discovery was made by an international team of researchers under the guidance of the University ...
Jul 7, 2014
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Neuroscience
Neuroscience's grand question: A new model to understand neural self-regulation
When your car needs a new spark plug, you take it to a shop where it sits, out of commission, until the repair is finished. But what if your car could replace its own spark plug while speeding down the Mass Pike?
May 21, 2014
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Medical research
How rotavirus infection accelerates autoimmune diabetes in a mouse model
A combination of genetic predisposition and environmental factors is believed to cause autoimmune (type 1) diabetes. A study published on March 27th in PLOS Pathogens gets at the mechanisms by which rotavirus infection contributes ...
Mar 27, 2014
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Immunology
Researchers find potential target for drug to treat allergic asthma
An enzyme that helps maintain immune system function by "throwing away" a specific protein has a vital role in controlling symptoms of allergic asthma, new research in mice suggests.
Mar 5, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Protein serves as a natural boost for immune system fight against tumors
Substances called adjuvants that enhance the body's immune response are critical to getting the most out of vaccines. These boosters stimulate the regular production of antibodies—caused by foreign substances in the body—toxins, ...
Jan 30, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
In addiction, meditation is helpful when coupled with drug and cognitive therapies
Using a computational model of addiction, a literature review and an in silico experiment, theoretical computer scientist Yariv Levy and colleagues suggest in a new paper this week that rehabilitation strategies coupling ...
Dec 19, 2013
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Neuroscience
The brain's got rhythm: Extracting temporal patterns from visual input
(Medical Xpress)—To understand how the brain recognizes speech, appreciates music and performs other higher-level functions, it is necessary to understand how neural systems process temporal information. Recently, scientists ...
Oncology & Cancer
Malignant brain tumours can be transformed into benign forms
Cells of malignant brain tumours deceive our immune system so effectively that it starts working for them. But who lives by the sword, dies by the sword. Researchers from the Nencki Institute in Warsaw show how to deceive ...
Sep 26, 2013
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Neuroscience
To predict, perchance to update: Neural responses to the unexpected
(Medical Xpress)—Among the brain's many functions is the use of predictive models to processing expected stimuli or actions. In such a model, we experience surprise when presented with an unexpected stimulus – that is, ...
