Salmonella jams signals from bacteria-fighting mast cells
A protein in Salmonella inactivates mast cells—critical players in the body's fight against bacteria and other pathogens—rendering them unable to protect against bacterial spread in the body, according...
View ArticlePartially blocking blood vessels' energy source may stop cancer growth,...
Inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels is a common strategy for treating a range of conditions such as cancer, inflammatory diseases, and age-related macular degeneration. Unfortunately, drug...
View ArticleNeuroscience method of optogenetics as good as electrical stimulation
Neuroscientists are eagerly, but not always successfully, looking for proof that optogenetics – a celebrated technique that uses pulses of visible light to genetically alter brain cells to be excited...
View ArticleFor altitude training, a narrow window for success
Researchers and athletes have long known that living at altitude holds the potential to improve athletic performance. Many competitive endurance athletes follow a "Live High – Train Low" training...
View ArticleSniffing out danger: Scientists say fearful memories can trigger heightened...
Most people – including scientists – assumed we can't just sniff out danger.
View ArticleUsing air transportation data to predict pandemics
Computational work conducted at Northwestern University has led to a new mathematical theory for understanding the global spread of epidemics. The resulting insights could not only help identify an...
View ArticleRecent reproductive coercion associated with unintended pregnancy
Birth control sabotage and pressure to become pregnant by male partners, also called "reproductive coercion," in the past three months is associated with recent unintended pregnancy among adolescent...
View ArticleA variant of NKH is uncovered
People from around the country and the world turn to Johan Van Hove, MD, PhD, for advice on a rare metabolic disease known as NKH, which can disrupt the body in devastating and even deadly ways. Now,...
View ArticleNew models of drug-resistant breast cancer point to better treatments
Human breast tumors transplanted into mice are excellent models of metastatic cancer and are providing insights into how to attack breast cancers that no longer respond to the drugs used to treat them,...
View ArticleFrom friend to foe: How benign bacteria evolve to virulent pathogens
Bacteria can evolve rapidly to adapt to environmental change. When the "environment" is the immune response of an infected host, this evolution can turn harmless bacteria into life-threatening...
View ArticleScientists and practitioners don't see eye to eye on repressed memory
Skepticism about repressed traumatic memories has increased over time, but new research shows that psychology researchers and practitioners still tend to hold different beliefs about whether such...
View ArticleConsumption of lead contaminated water may increase risk of miscarriages and...
(Medical Xpress)—New research by Virginia Tech College of Engineering Professor Marc Edwards shows that fetal death rates in Washington, D.C., increased during two separate lead-in-water contamination...
View ArticleSimple blood test could ID people at risk of diabetes
(Medical Xpress)—Medical researchers with the University of Alberta played an important role in a Massachusetts General Hospital-led discovery that a blood test could pinpoint those at risk of...
View ArticleHappiness results in fewer doctor visits
(Medical Xpress)—An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but happiness may be the best prescription, says a University of Michigan researcher.
View ArticleStem cell scientists first to track joint cartilage development in humans
(Medical Xpress)—Stem cell researchers from UCLA have published the first study to identify the origin cells and track the early development of human articular cartilage, providing what could be a new...
View ArticleStudy breaks blood-brain barriers to understanding Alzheimer's
A study in mice shows how a breakdown of the brain's blood vessels may amplify or cause problems associated with Alzheimer's disease. The results published in Nature Communications suggest that blood...
View ArticleScientists improve human self-control through electrical brain stimulation
If you have ever said or done the wrong thing at the wrong time, you should read this. Neuroscientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and the University of...
View ArticleZebrafish help decode link between calcium deficiency and colon cancer
A tiny, transparent fish embryo and a string of surprises led scientists to a deeper understanding of the perplexing link between low calcium and colon cancer.
View ArticleBreakthrough could lead to protection from fatal infections
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a way to block a disease pathway that could be a breakthrough in defeating some of the world's most devastating human...
View ArticleNew drug, study method show breast cancer promise (Update 2)
A novel way to speed the testing of cancer drugs and quickly separate winners from duds has yielded its first big result: an experimental medicine that shows promise against a hard-to-treat form of...
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