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Monday, Mar 04

Your brain in the zone: A new neuroimaging study reveals how the brain achieves a creative flow state

Effortless, enjoyable productivity is a state of consciousness prized and sought after by people in business, the arts, research, education and anyone else who wants to produce a stream of creative ideas and products. That's ...

Mar 4, 2024

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Low iron levels resulting from infection could be key trigger of long COVID

Problems with iron levels in the blood and the body's ability to regulate this important nutrient as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection could be a key trigger for long COVID, new research has discovered.

Mar 4, 2024

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Exposure to different kinds of music influences how the brain interprets rhythm

When listening to music, the human brain appears to be biased toward hearing and producing rhythms composed of simple integer ratios—for example, a series of four beats separated by equal time intervals (forming a 1:1:1 ...

Mar 4, 2024

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Dancing cells show how the brain awakens from anesthesia

According to a Mayo Clinic study published in Nature Neuroscience, the cells that act as the central nervous system's first line of defense against harm also play a role in helping the brain awaken from anesthesia. This discovery ...

Mar 4, 2024

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Common immune response is found to be protective across many diseases

Combined, infection, autoimmunity and cancer account for 4 out of every 10 deaths worldwide, and represent major global health challenges. In a paper in the journal Cell Reports, Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) researchers ...

Mar 4, 2024

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121

Silver diamine fluoride prevents cavities and keeps existing ones from worsening in school-based program

An inexpensive, cavity-fighting liquid called silver diamine fluoride (SDF) works as well as dental sealants to keep tooth decay at bay in a school cavity prevention and treatment program, according to a new study by researchers ...

Mar 4, 2024

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A potential active ingredient for nerve regeneration

Nerve fibers (axons) transmit brain and spinal cord signals through nerves to target muscles or skin, and vice versa. Damage to these fibers thus leads to a disruption of connections and, consequently, to paralysis or numbness. ...

Mar 4, 2024

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Tuesday, Mar 05

Researchers investigate immune response of a man who received 217 COVID vaccinations

Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have examined a man who has received more than 200 vaccinations against COVID-19. They learned of his case via newspaper ...

Mar 5, 2024

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Sweetened drinks linked to atrial fibrillation risk

Adults who reported drinking two liters (about 67 ounces) or more of sugar- or artificially sweetened drinks per week had a higher risk of an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation than adults who drank fewer ...

Mar 5, 2024

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Too little sleep raises risk of type 2 diabetes, suggests study

Adults who sleep only three to five hours a day are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This is demonstrated in a new study from Uppsala University, published in JAMA Network Open. It also shows that chronic sleep ...

Mar 5, 2024

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Short-term exposure to high levels of air pollution kills 1 million globally every year, new study finds

Every year, more than one million deaths globally occur because of exposure to short-term (hours to days) fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in air pollution, according to a new report, with Eastern Asia reporting more than ...

Mar 5, 2024

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World-first trial of regenerative hearing drug is successfully completed

Researchers at UCL and UCLH have successfully completed the first trial of a therapy designed to restore hearing loss. The REGAIN trial, the results of which were published in Nature Communications, was the first study of ...

Mar 5, 2024

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'Like a lab in your pocket': New test strips raise game in gene-based diagnostics

When the pandemic started, people who felt unwell had to join long queues for lab-based PCR tests and then wait for two days to learn if they had the COVID-19 virus or not.

Mar 5, 2024

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Earliest-yet Alzheimer's biomarker found in mouse model could point to new targets

A surge of a neural-specific protein in the brain is the earliest-yet biomarker for Alzheimer's disease, report University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers studying a mouse model of the disease. Furthermore, the increased ...

Mar 5, 2024

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Wednesday, Mar 06

Researchers decode neuronal basis of decision-making processes to predict actions

For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to understand how we manage to make the best possible decisions. Due to technical limitations, researchers have so far had to rely on experiments in which monkeys perform tasks ...

Mar 6, 2024

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Schizophrenia and aging may share a common biological basis: Genetic changes in two types of brain cells

Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have uncovered a strikingly similar suite of changes in gene activity in brain tissue from people with schizophrenia and ...

Mar 6, 2024

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How fusion proteins hijack gene regulators to spur childhood cancer

Many childhood cancers start with a hijacking at the molecular level. A group of abnormal proteins known as fusion proteins aberrantly engages with a collection of proteins that switches genes on and off. As a result, genes ...

Mar 6, 2024

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Micro- and nanoplastics in the body are passed on during cancer cell division, finds study

The gastrointestinal tract is already known to researchers as a major storage site for micro- and nanoplastic particles (MNPs) in the human body. A research consortium consisting of the University of Vienna, the Medical University ...

Mar 6, 2024

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Gene discovered that can protect against severe muscle disease

A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down in serious muscle diseases, or muscular dystrophies. This is shown in a new study carried out at Umeå University, Sweden, ...

Mar 6, 2024

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Study could lead to new way to detect brain changes associated with Alzheimer's risk

New research suggests there is a link between abnormal blood levels of amyloid—a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease—and subtle changes in brain microstructures on a type of MRI, findings that could lead to a ...

Mar 6, 2024

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Study reveals genetic clusters and biological pathways that may explain differences in type 2 diabetes risk

The development and progression of type 2 diabetes are affected by numerous biological processes, such as the body's response to insulin, the health of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells, and the functioning of metabolic ...

Mar 6, 2024

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Thursday, Mar 07

COVID-19 virus can stay in the body more than a year after infection, research finds

The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended, according to new research from UC San Francisco that offers potential clues to why some ...

Mar 7, 2024

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Scientists identify genetic anxiety 'switch'

Research from the University of Aberdeen has identified an area of DNA in the human genome that plays a role in controlling anxiety. In the study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, the team, led by Professor Alasdair Mackenzie, ...

Mar 7, 2024

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New study expands understanding of brain blood flow and neurological disorders

The hippocampus—a seahorse-shaped region of the brain that plays a particularly important role in cognitive aging and memory function—has been studied as a singular region for several years. However, until now, there ...

Mar 7, 2024

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Dopamine fluctuations in distinct brain subregions predict rewards over a range of time-scales

Previous neuroscience studies suggest that transient increases in brain dopamine are critical signals for learning about reward, and the motivation to obtain more rewards. Researchers at University of California San Francisco ...

Mar 7, 2024 feature

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Scientists find brain responses to sentence structure differ for speaking and listening

How does the brain respond to sentence structure as we speak and listen? In a neuroimaging study published in PNAS, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (MPI) and Radboud University in Nijmegen ...

Mar 7, 2024

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Neuroscientists unveil the novel therapeutic potential of metaxalone for treating nerve injuries

Traumatic injuries to the peripheral nervous system are a leading cause of disability, especially in patients with proximal peripheral nerve injury. It's hard to regenerate and regain normal function in a short period, and ...

Mar 7, 2024

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Release of inhibitory pathways may promote immune response to HIV

Recent work from the laboratory of Elena Martinelli, Ph.D., MPH, professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and of Microbiology–Immunology, has discovered how inhibiting an immune cell singling pathway ...

Mar 7, 2024

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Friday, Mar 08

Lack of focus doesn't equal lack of intelligence: It's proof of an intricate brain, say scientists

Imagine a busy restaurant: dishes clattering, music playing, people talking loudly over one another. It's a wonder that anyone in that kind of environment can focus enough to have a conversation. A new study by researchers ...

Mar 8, 2024

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The brain builds emotions regardless of the senses, neuroscientists find

How much do our emotions depend on our senses? Does our brain and body react in the same way when we hear a fearful scream, see an eerie shadow, or smell a sinister odor? And does hearing upbeat music or seeing a colorful ...

Mar 8, 2024

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145

Zika virus vaccine emerges as an unlikely hero in battling brain cancer

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) have developed a new approach using the Zika virus to destroy brain cancer cells and inhibit tumor growth, while sparing healthy cells. Using Zika virus vaccine candidates ...

Mar 8, 2024

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Brain waves found to travel in one direction when memories are made and the opposite when recalled

In the space of just a few seconds, a person walking down a city block might check their phone, yawn, worry about making rent, and adjust their path to avoid a puddle. The smell from a food cart could suddenly conjure a memory ...

Mar 8, 2024

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Mobile phone users who talk longer do not have a higher risk of brain tumors, international study finds

A large international research study, COSMOS, initiated by Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Imperial College London, has studied more than 250,000 mobile phone users to investigate whether those who use mobile phones ...

Mar 8, 2024

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Research sheds light on new strategy to treat infertility

New research from Oregon Health & Science University describes the science behind a promising technique to treat infertility by turning a skin cell into an egg that is capable of producing viable embryos.

Mar 8, 2024

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73

Video consults for chronic knee pain as effective as in-person care, study shows

Australians experiencing chronic knee pain achieve similar pain reduction whether they consult with physiotherapists via video or attend in-person physiotherapy sessions, new research shows, expanding the scope of treatment ...

Mar 8, 2024

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Saturday, Mar 09

Our brains take rhythmic snapshots of the world as we walk

For decades, psychology departments around the world have studied human behavior in darkened laboratories that restrict natural movement.

Mar 9, 2024

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54

Man vaccinated for COVID 217 times reports no side effects: scientists

A German man who deliberately got vaccinated for COVID-19 a whopping 217 times did not report any side effects from his many jabs, according to researchers studying possibly the "most vaccinated person in history".

Mar 9, 2024

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Blood pressure control in veterans declined during the COVID-19 pandemic

A multi-institution team led by researchers at the White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont found that Veterans' blood pressure control worsened due to disrupted care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings were ...

Mar 9, 2024

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US FDA approves Wegovy to cut risk of heart problems

The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for a popular anti-obesity drug to be used to prevent serious heart conditions for the first time, in a move likely to expand insurance coverage.

Mar 9, 2024

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Male hormonal birth control? It may be closer than you think

Matthew Treviño and Emily Fletcher are self-described DINKWADs—double income, no kids, with a dog. The Sacramento couple, who met and work at UC Davis, are as committed to each other as they are to not having children, ...

Mar 9, 2024

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What's behind the surge of fatty liver disease in Latinx kids?

For Latinx kids, unreliable access to food at age 4 raises the odds of having fatty liver disease later in childhood by nearly four times, a new UC San Francisco-led study found.

Mar 9, 2024

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Primary care provider shortages heighten risk of emergency surgeries and post-surgical complications

America's shortage of primary care doctors and nurse practitioners has a downstream effect in the nation's operating rooms, a new study finds.

Mar 9, 2024

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Sunday, Mar 10

For people who speak many languages, there's something special about their native tongue

A new study of people who speak many languages has found that there is something special about how the brain processes their native language.

Mar 10, 2024

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Blood-based marker developed to identify sleep deprivation

A blood test that can accurately detect when someone has not slept for 24 hours has been developed by experts at Monash University, in Australia, and the University of Birmingham, in the UK.

Mar 10, 2024

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Immune cells can adapt to invading pathogens, deciding whether to fight now or prepare for the next battle

How does your immune system decide between fighting invading pathogens now or preparing to fight them in the future? Turns out, it can change its mind.

Mar 10, 2024

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Heart disease doesn't have to keep you from donating blood

As blood centers and hospitals face critically low levels of blood supplies, many people with heart disease may wonder if they can help by donating.

Mar 10, 2024

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Cut-price malaria vaccine to begin Africa rollout from May

The world's biggest vaccine maker will start rolling out a cheap new malaria inoculation in Africa from May, bolstering the fight against one of the most deadly infectious diseases globally.

Mar 10, 2024

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