Monthly Archives: Gennaio 2019
Preventive strategy against depression : physical activity
While many studies have found associations between greater levels of physical activity and lower rates of depression, a key question has remained—does physical activity...
Porphyromonas gingivalis : Bacterial pathogen may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease
Cortexyme, Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to alter the course of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other degenerative disorders, today announced...
New approach to protecting against malaria
Early research on a new approach to protecting against malaria is offering promising, potentially long-lasting results against the persistent parasite that sickens hundreds of...
Developed a process to 3-D print piezoelectric materials
The piezoelectric materials that inhabit everything from our cell phones to musical greeting cards may be getting an upgrade thanks to work discussed in...
Negative interactions on social media may increase feelings of loneliness and social isolation in...
Positive interactions on social media are not making young adults feel more connected, whereas negative experiences increase the likelihood of them reporting loneliness, scientists...
Physicians should treat eSports players as athletes
With more than 80 US colleges offering varsity eSport teams, physicians writing in the British Journal of Medicine say collegiate players should be treated as athletes,...
Children’s age at parental divorce has implications for their chance of suffering from depression...
Divorce has become increasingly common in recent decades, not just in Norway.
Married couples currently have 40% chance of divorce.
More adults are living...
A targeted therapy that blocks a protein called LSD1 shrinks deadly pediatric brain tumors
Chemotherapy and radiation are effective cancer treatments because they kill rapidly dividing cells, including tumor cells.
But for children—whose tiny bodies are still growing—these...
Researchers has discovered a new type of blood vessel in the bones
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across Germany has discovered a new type of blood vessel in mouse bones.
In their paper...
Growing muscle tissue on grooved platforms helps neurons more effectively integrate with the muscle
Growing muscle tissue on grooved platforms helps neurons more effectively integrate with the muscle, a requirement for engineering muscle in the lab that responds...
Multiple sclerosis – Researchers have discovered how the body try to repair any damage...
Diseases such as multiple sclerosis are characterized by damage to the myelin sheath, a protective covering wrapped around nerve cells akin to insulation around...
Our brains are evolved to have the latest sophisticated programming, but more vulnerable to...
Prof. Rony Paz of the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests that our brains are like modern washing machines—evolved to have the latest sophisticated programming,...
Found a possible link between shopping centres and high blood pressure
A new study using Pop-Up health check stations found a possible link between 'unhealthy' shopping centres and the number of cases of suspected or...
Researchers have developed a new method to detect false data injection (FDI)
Researchers at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) have recently developed a new method to detect false data injection (FDI) attacks on critical infrastructure such...
Research : it is possible to form strong attraction between molecules deep in the...
A McGill-led international research team provides the first experimental and theoretical proof that it is possible to form strong, stable attractions between some of...
