Scientists enable a blind woman to see simple shapes
Newly published research details how a team of scientists from the University Miguel Hernández (Spain), the Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience...
Newly published research details how a team of scientists from the University Miguel Hernández (Spain), the Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience...
The clock is always ticking in the emergency room. A patient is rushed in with a condition that may be...
Although sometimes hard to accept, with aging, many things in our bodies change. One of these is the ability of...
A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the New York Genome Center, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital...
Describing a previously unknown genetic condition that affects children, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and...
The APOE gene -- coding for a protein involved in lipid transport and implicated in the clearance of amyloid-beta, one...
While research has shown that poor cardiovascular health can damage blood flow to the brain increasing the risk for dementia,...
A study on how structural economic risk at the occupational level is linked to long-term health outcomes of employees found...
A team of UNLV neuroscientists has strengthened the link between Type II diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. In a study published...
A team of international researchers, including McGill Professor Stéphane Laporte, have discovered the working mechanism of potential drug targets for...
A new study delves into the evolution and function of the human growth hormone receptor gene, and asks what forces...
Neuroinflammation can worsen outcomes in stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, as well as accelerate neurodegenerative diseases like...
Has the scent of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies ever taken you back to afternoons at your grandmother's house? Has...
Aging takes a toll on the body and on the mind. For example, the tissue of aging human brains sometimes...
Potential new treatments for Parkinson's disease developed by researchers at Rush University Medical Center have shown success in slowing progression...
Allergic reactions to the new mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are rare, typically mild and treatable, and they should not deter people...
Bristol-led research has identified specific drug targets within the neural circuits that encode memories, paving the way for significant advances...
Nearly half of New York City mothers who had been trying to become pregnant again before the coronavirus pandemic began...
An international research team with participation of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has revealed a secret about a marine animal's...
Natural killer cells do not just kill cancer cells or cells infected with viruses, they also mediate a trade-off between...
Common medications can accumulate in gut bacteria, a new study has found, altering bacterial function and potentially reducing the effectiveness...
Monash University researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that could pave the way for the development of novel non-opioid painkillers...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians have noted that certain patients are at especially high risk of developing severe illness or...
Emoji, that universal lexicon of colorful and clever symbols meant to replace the written and spoken word, could be a...
By developing the first statistical model to finely characterize how ketamine anesthesia affects the brain, a team of researchers at...
With a goal of developing rheumatoid arthritis therapies with minimal side effects, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in...
A study led by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital has established a new resource for exploring and understanding Alzheimer's...
Watercoolers have become a staple in homes, offices and schools, but their tanks and parts are made of materials that...
There is a clear link between taking antibiotics and an increased risk of developing colon cancer within the next five...
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has come up with a new solution to boost...
In recent years, scientists have developed monoclonal antibodies -- proteins that mimic the body's own immune defenses -- that can...
COVID-19 survivors report significantly higher symptoms of post-traumatic stress, and these symptoms are associated with changes to the brain's connectivity,...
Neuroinflammation is the key driver of the spread of pathologically misfolded proteins in the brain and causes cognitive impairment in...
For the first time, Penn Medicine researchers showed how restoring levels of the protein DAXX and a large group of...
Researchers found new genetic risk factors for osteoarthritis and identified novel drug targets. Their finding is a milestone towards the...
People whose scores on a dementia risk test indicated a less brain-healthy lifestyle, including smoking, high blood pressure and a...
Just like the COVID-19 vaccine protects against contracting the contagious virus, the collective elements of self-efficacy, optimism, hope and resiliency...
The COVID-19 pandemic may be the deadliest viral outbreak the world has seen in more than a century. But statistically,...
When it comes to building a kidney, only nature possesses the complete set of blueprints. But a USC-led team of...
Diclofenac and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may limit the passage of gamma hydroxybutyric acid (a narcolepsy medication and illicit...
Exosomes are nano-sized biological capsules that cells produce to protect and courier delicate molecules throughout the body. The capsules are...
Innovators at Purdue University and Houston Methodist Research Institute have created a novel strategy for developing an effective vaccine for...
It's long been believed that advancing age leads to broad declines in our mental abilities. Now new research from Georgetown...
Proteins are the "tools" of our cells -- they are essential to all vital tasks. However, they are only able...
Healthy adult brains are endowed with a vast number of synapses, structures that relay signals across nerve cells to enable...
One of the most challenging aspects of cancer treatment is the huge variety of different tumours that can occur with...
Rates of physical and psychological aggression among couples increased significantly after the implementation of shelter-in-place restrictions at the outset of...
An international research team led by scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed a...
While gut microbiota play a critical role in the induction of adaptive immune responses to influenza virus infection, the role...
The potassium channel KCNQ3 is required for our brain to generate accurate spatial maps. In mice, defects in KCNQ3 function...
Last month, three states -- Virginia, South Dakota and Connecticut -- joined the ranks of more than a dozen others...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common of all genetic heart diseases and is the leading cause of sudden cardiac...
A drug used to treat certain advanced breast cancers may offer a new treatment option for a deadly blood cancer...
Increased air pollution in recent years has not only contributed to deteriorating environmental conditions in cities across the globe. It...