Neuroscience
Deciding to stay or go is a deep-seated brain function
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even little kids picking strawberries do it.
Jun 6, 2011
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Medical research
Developing research into mpox infections
A study, "Mpox infection protects against re-challenge in rhesus macaques," published in Cell, leads researchers to believe that the successful development of a mpox (previously known as monkeypox) vaccine may prevent humans ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Medical research
New Chagas research unravels decades-long mystery of how the tropical disease progresses
New research from Tulane University may shed light on how parasite strain diversity can impact Chagas disease progression and severity.
Sep 5, 2023
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Neuroscience
Maturation of visual pathways spotlights early effects of social status on social development: Macaques study
Emory University and Marcus Autism Center researchers recently learned how eye contact with others when we are very young is related to brain growth. This research has the potential to identify early brain and behavioral ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers develop effective method to genetically modify brain organoids
Primates are among the most intelligent creatures with distinct cognitive abilities. Their brains are relatively large in relation to their body stature and have a complex structure. However, how the brain has developed over ...
May 16, 2023
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Biomedical technology
First nonhuman primate model of Usher syndrome confirmed
Those with Usher Syndrome—the leading hereditary cause for simultaneous deafness and blindness, for which there is no treatment—may have a new reason for hope now that researchers have confirmed the first-ever nonhuman ...
Feb 11, 2023
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Immunology
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine offers long-term protection against severe disease
In 2021, a group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that the Moderna mRNA vaccine and a protein-based vaccine candidate ...
Dec 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID infects penis, testicles and prostate
Multiple tissues of the male genital tract can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study in large animal models. The study, in SARS-CoV-2 infected-rhesus macaques, revealed the prostate, vasculature ...
Mar 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify immunological markers for SARS-CoV-2 reinfection
Many experts now predict that COVID-19, which so far has killed more than 5.5 million people worldwide, will remain endemic as new, infectious variants of SARS-CoV-2 emerge. These new variants could pose a greater risk of ...
Jan 25, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
A new breakthrough for treatment of male infertility
With global rates of male infertility continuing to rise, a new study in spermatogonial stem cell research led by researchers at the University of Georgia provides hope for future clinical therapies.
Oct 19, 2021
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