Monthly Archives: Settembre 2018
Ancient retrovirus HK2 is frequently found in drug addicts
New research from an international team led by Oxford University's Department of Zoology and the National-Kapodistrian University of Athens, published today in Proceedings of...
Overlooked signal in MRI scans reveal how many and which brain cells are present...
An MRI scan often generates an ocean of data, most of which is never used.
When overlooked data is analyzed using a new technique developed...
Mayo Clinic in Minnesota : implant helps paralysed man walk again
Five years after he was paralysed in a snowmobile accident, a man in the US has learned to walk again aided by an electrical...
UCLA scientists reversed a sensory impairment in mice with symptoms of autism
Using a genetic technique that allows certain neurons in the brain to be switched on or off, UCLA scientists reversed a sensory impairment in...
Listening to a speaker repeating a belief does increase the believability of the statement
Beliefs can be hard to change, even if they are scientifically wrong.
But those on the fence about an idea can be swayed after hearing...
Autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease : benefit of physical activity on cognition and dementia progression
For individuals carrying a genetic mutation that causes Alzheimer's disease, engaging in at least 2.5 hours of physical activity per week may have beneficial...
Persistent lung inflammation may be one possible explanation for why having asthma during childhood...
Persistent lung inflammation may be one possible explanation for why having asthma during childhood increases your risk for developing anxiety later in life, according...
American teens whose behavior, appearance or lifestyle do not conform to widely held views...
American teens whose behavior, appearance or lifestyle do not conform to widely held views on what it is to be a "normal" male or...
People blink every five seconds. During this brief moment, no light falls on the...
People blink every five seconds. During this brief moment, no light falls on the retina, yet people continue to observe a stable picture of...
NUS pharmaceutical scientists have developed a nanomaterial-based hydrogel that encourages amniotic epithelial cells to...
NUS pharmaceutical scientists, together with clinicians from the National University Health System (NUHS), have developed a nanomaterial-based hydrogel that encourages amniotic epithelial cells (a...
New method for treating chronic colitis with regular insulin
Diabetes is not the only disease on which insulin has an effect, it appears.
In a new study using tests on mice, researchers from the...
Awe-inspiring experience can have negative consequences as well as benefits
Religion and nature can both lead to awe, and turning to one or the other is a common coping strategy for the stress that...
New avenues are now being opened toward treatment of Laing distal myopathy
New avenues are now being opened toward treatment of Laing distal myopathy, a rare disorder that causes atrophy of the muscles in the feet,...
Stepfathers – Cinderella effect
Long-held assumptions that stepfathers are far more likely to be responsible for child deaths than genetic parents have been challenged by researchers at the...
Being obese or overweight during pregnancy can result in serious health problems for the...
Being obese or overweight during pregnancy can result in serious health problems for the mother and child.
Obstetricians are often reluctant to recommend restricted weight...
