The skin is a human being's largest sensory organ, helping to distinguish between a pleasant contact, like a caress, and a negative sensation, like a pinch or a burn. Previous studies have shown that these sensations are ...
Jan 30, 2013
0
0
Scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have identified two genes involved in establishing the neuronal circuits required for breathing. They report their findings in a study published in the December issue of Nature Neuroscience. ...
Nov 29, 2012
0
0
Prostate cancer presents a dilemma for patients and the physicians who treat them. Which cancers are essentially indolent and present no risk and which are life threatening? Which can be watched and which need aggressive ...
Nov 28, 2012
0
1
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have used an innovative mathematical technique to find markers that effectively predict how deadly a cancer will be. The discovery, which in this case concerned bladder ...
Jan 17, 2012
0
0
By comparing data for the immune response to natural infection by dengue virus to data for activation of the immune system by dengue vaccines, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) have identified molecular markers ...
Mar 20, 2024
0
1
Current diagnostic methods do not always reliably distinguish between chronic inflammation of the pancreas and pancreatic cancer. About one third of all diagnoses are inconclusive. Scientists from the German Cancer Research ...
Sep 20, 2023
0
0
Gestational diabetes and preeclampsia may be linked to slower biological development in infants, according to a new study led by USC.
Feb 24, 2023
0
8
Drs. Akash Patel and Tiemo Klisch, investigators at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital and faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, have found that the loss of a ...
Feb 17, 2023
0
4
It may soon be possible to identify Group 4 medulloblastomas—the most common malignant brain tumor in children—from more aggressive Group 3 tumors. Research based on a little-explored part of RNA, which creates proteins, ...
Sep 21, 2022
0
3
Separation and extraction of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from biofluid samples is a difficult task due to the samples' short lengths and rarity. In a recent breakthrough, scientists from the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, ...
Feb 4, 2022
0
2
