It is possible to reprogram one mature neuron type into another without first reverting...
Attempting to make dopamine-producing neurons out of glial cells in mouse brains, a group of researchers instead converted mature inhibitory neurons into dopaminergic cells.
Their...
DNA searching consumer websites – DNA profiles of just 2 percent of a population...
About 60 percent of the U.S. population with European heritage may be identifiable from their DNA by searching consumer websites, even if they've never...
Contrary to popular belief – the orgasm face is not the same as the...
A team of researchers from the UK and Spain has found evidence showing that contrary to popular belief, the orgasm face is not the...
Researchers suggests Jewish men who practice wearing tefillin may receive cardiovascular health benefits
A pilot study led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine suggests Jewish men who practice wearing tefillin, which involves...
LSD’s potential medical benefits
Lysergic acid diethylamide was labelled a "problem child" by the man who discovered its hallucinogenic properties in 1943: as it turns 75, the drug...
The age at which young women experience their first menstrual bleeding is linked to...
The age at which young women experience their first menstrual bleeding is linked to the age at which their sons start puberty, according to...
Mistakes in “proofreading” the genetic code of retinal cells is the cause of a...
Mistakes in "proofreading" the genetic code of retinal cells is the cause of a form of inherited blindness, retinitis pigmentosa (RP) caused by mutations...
Unfavorable methods of teaching statistics in schools and universities may be to blame for...
Unfavorable methods of teaching statistics in schools and universities may be to blame for people ignoring simple solutions to statistical problems, making them hard...
A study of gut microbes from more than 400 children points to how the...
A study of gut microbes from more than 400 children points to how the microbiome behaves in this inflammatory bowel disease.
The gastrointestinal tract hosts...
REPORT : EMP – the spark that will extinguish the world
The evolution of defense technologies and information technology is bringing to the extreme the opposite socio-political fronts.
The international powers have begun to clash both...
Scientists for the first time succeeded in growing three-dimensional salivary gland tissue that produces...
A research group led by scientists from Showa University and the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Japan have, for the first time,...
Decongestants should not be given to children under 6
Decongestants should not be given to children under 6—and given with caution in children under 12—as there is no evidence that they alleviate symptoms...
PIEZO1 gene may be responsible for tactile allodynia, a reaction to injury that makes...
Ever wonder why things that normally feel gentle, like putting on soft shirts, are painful after a sunburn?
In a study of four patients...
Depression : Why Some Are More Prone Than Others ?
Depression is notoriously hard to study, but what if you could switch depression on and off and look at the biological differences between when...
Binge drinking leads to more instances of drinking under stress and when anxious in...
Researchers with the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System and Oregon Health & Sciences University found that a history of binge drinking made male...
