Change in brain cells linked to opiate addiction, narcolepsy
Two discoveries—one in the brains of people with heroin addiction and the other in the brains of sleepy mice—shed light on chemical messengers in...
Researchers has identified the electrical activity specific to the start of migraines and demonstrated...
When migraine sufferers see the tell-tale squiggly lines, light flashes and blind spots of a migraine aura, they prepare for a migraine. When researchers...
Genetically humanized mice could boost fight against aggressive hepatitis
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) causes the most aggressive form of viral hepatitis in humans, putting at least 20 million people worldwide at risk of...
Researchers identify key protein involved in triggering inflammation
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a protein that is crucial for activating inflammation—both the good kind of inflammation that...
Exercise may be just as crucial to a depression patient’s good health as finding...
A new study of nearly 18,000 participants found that those with high fitness at middle age were significantly less likely to die from heart...
In-game purchasing systems, such as ‘loot boxes’, in popular online games resemble gambling and...
The researchers have examined a range of popular online games that include the option of paying small fees ('microtransactions') to access additional features or...
A next-gen EEG device under development at the Department of Energy’s SLAC could bring...
A device under development at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University could help bring back lost brain function by...
University of Queensland researchers have discovered how to reverse drug resistance in skin and...
UQ Diamantina Institute Associate Professor Nicholas Saunders said squamous cell carcinomas was curable when diagnosed early but difficult to eradicate once the cancer spread.
"This cancer of...
Unpatched WordPress Flaw Gives Attackers Full Control Over Your Site
Last week we received a tip about an unpatched vulnerability in the WordPress core, which could allow a low-privileged user to hijack the whole...
Two gene mutations transform harmless bacteria into a strain that could cause major epidemics
Since 2013, a new strain of meningococcal bacteria has spread rapidly in Niger and Nigeria, leading to large-scale outbreaks of meningitis.
Analysis of the genetic...
Patients with Type 2 diabetes who were treated with the newer generation of insulin...
The study is published in the June 23 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.
"We compared the newer and older types of insulin...
Carbohydrates in infant formula shape gut metabolites profile
The risk of preterm infants developing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is higher when they are fed formula than when they feed on breast milk.
Of the...
Experimental drug combined with radiation kills brain tumors in pre-clinical studies
A new study led by scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center has shown that an experimental drug known as AZ32 selectively sensitizes brain tumors...
Psychological effects of early life stress and parental separation
In recent months, more than 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their families at the United States/Mexico border.
Questions about the policy, including...
Researchers say free will may promote moral behavior in specific contexts, but it is...
Contrary to a widely-held view in psychology and other fields of research, belief in free will appears to be unrelated to moral behavior.
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