Monthly Archives: Maggio 2019
We make complex decisions using distributed network areas in the frontal cortex
When making a complex decision, we often break the problem down into a series of smaller decisions.
For example, when deciding how to treat...
Why didn’t the victims of sexual harassment report the incident?
Why don't good people report bad things?
By the time the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke in October 2017, my co-authors, McKenzie Rees of Southern Methodist...
First operational test of MRSAM naval air defense missile by the Indian Navy
On January 2019 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced it has entered this week agreements worth $93 million for provision of Naval MRSAM (Medium Range...
RAFAEL has signed a cooperation agreement with Lockheed Martin to produce and use the...
Precise Impact and Cost-Effective (SPICE) missile guidance kits is currently in service with the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and other international customers, the system...
Traumatic brain injury: Stress increase the likelihood of developing epilepsy
For the over one million Canadians living with traumatic brain injury, the likelihood of developing epilepsy increases significantly because of their injury.
When faced...
Skin vaccination can generate protective CD8 T-cells to fight sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
In a study published today in the Nature Communications, researchers from King's College London have shown how skin vaccination can generate protective CD8 T-cells...
Researchers have shown that rare genetic mutations are a major cause of lupus
In a world first, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have shown previously ignored rare genetic mutations are a major cause of lupus.
The...
Toxoplasma gondii parasites hijack the brain and affect the host’s behavior
We’re not the same when we get sick. Whether it is sneezing when we get a cold, or ferociously biting people when we get...
Scientists have definitively linked mast cells to the development of osteoarthritis
Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have definitively linked mast cells, a class of cells belonging to the immune system, to the development of...
If you change your evaluation of someone, you will likely also change your memory...
As our memories fade, we rely on our current assessment of a person to remember how we felt about them in the past, and...
Researchers have identified the first human-specific fusion gene implicated in Alzheimer’s disease
University at Buffalo researchers have identified the first human-specific fusion gene - a hybrid of two genes - implicated in Alzheimer's disease.
The finding...
New treatment for asthma that works by targeting the cause of the disease
A potential new treatment for asthma that works by targeting the cause of the disease, rather than just masking its symptoms, has been revealed...
All cells in the foetal gut have the potential to develop into stem cells
A sensational new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen disproves traditional knowledge of stem cell development.
The study reveals that the destiny of...
Researchers finds two protein biomarkers to diagnose acute interstitial nephritis (AIN)
A team led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers says it has identified two protein biomarkers in urine that may one day be used to...
Cancer treatment – New nanometer-sized drug systen can delivery simultaneously multiple drugs
As cancer treatment gets more sophisticated, we need more refined drug delivery systems that can simultaneously deliver multiple drugs with different chemical makeups.
Now, researchers...
