Technique targets cancer cells and leaves healthy ones alone
It is a feeling that many who receive a cancer diagnosis can identify with: heartbreak and fear, followed by hopes that chemotherapy will save the […]
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These memoirs show us the role women had in eradicating smallpox from India
Smallpox is one of the only diseases to have been eradicated by sustained human effort. But before it was eradicated in 1977, it claimed an […]
Read moreChanges in pupils after asymptomatic high-acceleration head impacts indicate changes in brain function
Researchers from the University of Michigan found significant pupillary changes in high-school football athletes after they had sustained a high-acceleration head impact. The changes were […]
Read moreDepression: Men far more at risk than women in deprived areas
Depression is a major cause of disability around the world, and if left untreated, can lead to substance abuse, anxiety and suicide. Major depressive disorder […]
Read moreEnvironmental enrichment corrects errors in brain development
Environmental enrichment can partially correct miswired neurons in the visual pathway, according to research in mice recently published in eNeuro. During normal development, neurons exit […]
Read moreThe nature of salmonella is changing—and it’s meaner
Salmonella is acting up in Michigan, and it could be a model for what’s happening in other states, according to a new Michigan State University […]
Read moreCould psychedelic drugs be a new treatment option for people with depression?
After being relegated to the fringes of legitimate scientific inquiry for nearly five decades, an increasing number of researchers, including Javier González-Maeso, Ph.D., and Mario […]
Read moreMusicians at serious risk of tinnitus, researchers show
The research team found that health and lifestyle factors had relatively little impact on Tinnitus and hearing difficulties. Noise exposure was by far the biggest […]
Read moreResearchers develop new database of druggable fusion targets
When sections from two separate genes merge due to various factors, such as translocation or splicing, the hybrid that is formed is called a gene […]
Read moreAyahuasca compound changes brainwaves to vivid ‘waking-dream’ state
Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain’s electrical activity. DMT (or dimethyltryptamine) is […]
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