Monthly Archives: Novembre 2018
A newborn baby’s brain responds to being touched on the face
A newborn baby's brain responds to being touched on the face, according to new research co-led by UCL.
Babies use this sense of touch—facial somatosensation—to...
Parents advocating nonviolent responses to conflict protect kids from perpetrating violence in their romantic...
Parents who talk to their children about nonviolent ways of resolving conflict may reduce children's likelihood of physically or psychologically abusing their dating partners...
A single season of high school football may be enough to cause microscopic changes...
A single season of high school football may be enough to cause microscopic changes in the structure of the brain, according to a new...
There’s a new health-promoting gut bacterium called Akkermansia muciniphila
Move over Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus.
There's a new health-promoting gut bacterium in town, and it's called Akkermansia muciniphila.
You will not find its benefits at the...
Researchers believe the symptoms of autism may result from sustained connections between regions of...
For decades, scientists have examined how regions of the brain communicate to understand autism.
Researchers at University of Utah Health believe the symptoms of autism...
A new deep learning algorithm may help children affected by abuse to disclose information...
When children are victims of crimes, the legal testimony they provide is known as forensic interviews.
However, since victims are often traumatized and potentially...
Researchers have identified a specific protein in the cell membranes of sperm that help...
Researchers have found that a protein in the cell membranes of sperm plays a key role in how they find their way to eggs.
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Researchers say the sight and smell of food alone may be enough to prompt...
The sight or smell of something delicious is often enough to get your mouth watering, but the physiological response to food perception may go...
Researchers detail how cholortoxin, a peptide in scorpion venom, can cross the blood-brain barrier...
The Peptides and Proteins lab at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine has published a paper in Chemical Communications describing the capacity of a...
Researchers explain the patchy nature of joint inflammation in human arthritis
Chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondylo-arthritis (SpA) are chronic, disabling diseases with a poor outcome for loco-motoric function if...
College students prefer food deprivation over smartphone deprivation
University at Buffalo researchers have found that college students prefer food deprivation over smartphone deprivation, according to results from a paper in Addictive Behaviors.
Sara...
Report : Truths about a gluten free diet
Just as fat was vilified in the 1990s and carbs have been scorned more recently, gluten—a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye—has become...
Researchers demonstrate that a low-gluten, high-fiber diet may be healthier than gluten-free
When healthy people eat a low-gluten and fibre-rich diet compared with a high-gluten diet, they experience less intestinal discomfort including less bloating.
Researchers at University...
Biotechnology – fertility clinics – someday they’ll be able to offer lead to the...
Recent announcements by two biotechnology companies have stoked fears that designer babies could soon be an option for those who can afford to pick...
FDA approved drugs can help fight back triple-negative breast cancer
Screening Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved compounds for their ability to stop cancer growth in the lab led to the finding that the drug...
