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Scientists at Harvard Medical School identity of the sensor protein responsible for hearing and...
Scientists at Harvard Medical School say they have ended a 40-year-quest for the elusive identity of the sensor protein responsible for hearing and balance.
The...
Chronic allergic inflammation in the sinus – conseguence of Cellular changes
Chronic rhinosinusitis is distinct from your average case of seasonal allergies.
It causes the sinuses to become inflamed and swollen for months to years at...
Scientists identified the function of a protein that has been confounding metabolism researchers for...
Scientists at the University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University have identified the function of a protein that has been confounding metabolism researchers for more...
For the first time scientists were able to specifically change the way the brain’s...
For the first time, scientists were able to specifically change the way the brain's memory centers form new memories, according to a new Northwestern...
Robots may hold the keys to social success for kids with autism
That's the takeaway from an experimental home-based therapy in which autonomous "social" robots modeled and encouraged behaviors like maintaining eye contact and paying attention...
Researchers has uncovered a destructive mechanism at the molecular level that causes a well-known...
They found that mice fed a high-fat diet produce an enzyme named MMP-2 that clips receptors for the hormone leptin from the surface of...
Combination immunotherapy shrank melanoma that has spread to the brain in more than half...
Combination immunotherapy shrank melanoma that has spread to the brain in more than half of the patients in a clinical trial reported in the...
A universal flu vaccine that protects people against most influenza strains is one step...
A universal flu vaccine that protects people against most influenza strains is one step closer to reality, with a study from the Perelman School...
UCLA study : Neuroscientists restore significant bladder control to five men with spinal cord...
More than 80 percent of the 250,000 Americans living with a spinal cord injury lose the ability to urinate voluntarily after their injury.
According to...
Individuals with weaker muscles do not typically live as long as their stronger peers
After adjusting for sociodemographic factors, chronic health conditions and smoking history, the study published in the Journal of Gerontology:
Medical Sciences found that people with...
Researchers find how the brain suppresses the act of revenge
The desire for revenge can be the consequence of a feeling of anger.
But is this the case at the cerebral level?
What happens in the...
Moscow will deliver sophisticated S-400 anti-ballistic missile defense systems to Turkey in 2019
The S-400 Triumf, which NATO calls the SA-21 Growler, is a fourth-generation long-range missile-defense system that Russia began developing in 1993.
Russian Defense Ministry
It's the...
Developed an actuation technology for plain paper
One of the oldest, most versatile and inexpensive of materials—paper—seemingly springs to life, bending, folding or flattening itself, by means of a low-cost actuation...
This lithium-ion batteries can’t catch fire
Lithium-ion batteries commonly used in consumer electronics are notorious for bursting into flame when damaged or improperly packaged.
These incidents occasionally have grave consequences, including...
Developmental shift in sensory dominance as children grow older
Even with an acute sense of hearing adults don't always pick up exactly what someone has said.
That's because from childhood to adulthood we rely...
