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Wiring diagram of the brain provides a clearer picture of brain scan data Posted: 15 Dec 2018 11:13 AM PST Neuroscientists have used data from the human brain connectome -- a publicly available 'wiring diagram' of the human brain based on data from thousands of healthy human volunteers -- to reassess the findings from neuroimaging studies of patients with Alzheimer's disease. |
Treatment shown to improve the odds against bone marrow cancer Posted: 15 Dec 2018 11:13 AM PST Hope has emerged for patients with a serious type of bone marrow cancer as new research into a therapeutic drug has revealed improved outcomes and survival rates. |
Researchers uncover molecular mechanisms linked to autism and schizophrenia Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:21 AM PST Studies have linked DNA changes to their molecular effects in the brain, uncovering new mechanisms for psychiatric diseases. The findings provide a roadmap for developing a new generation of therapies for conditions like autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. |
The immune system's supercell -- how it matures Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:15 AM PST NK cells, or natural killer cells, play an important role in the body's defences against cancer and various infections. Now scientists have mapped how the different steps of the maturation process of these supercells from blood producing stem cells in the bone marrow are regulated: knowledge which is crucial for the development of new immunotherapies against cancer. |
New drug seeks receptors in sarcoma cells, attacks tumors in animal trials Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:15 AM PST A new compound that targets a receptor within sarcoma cancer cells shrank tumors and hampered their ability to spread in mice and pigs, a study reports. The researchers conducted a multi-year, cross-disciplinary study that went from screening potential drug candidates to identifying and synthesizing one compound, to packaging it into nanoparticles for delivery in cells, to testing it in cell cultures and finally in mice and pigs with sarcoma tumors. |
Control HIV by treating schistosomiasis, new study suggests Posted: 13 Dec 2018 11:15 AM PST Of the 34 million people worldwide with HIV, and the 200 million with schistosomiasis, the majority live in Africa -- where millions of people are simultaneously infected with both diseases. Now, researchers have shown that schistosomiasis infections are associated with increased HIV onward transmission, HIV acquisition in HIV negative women with urogenital schistosomiasis, and progression to death in HIV positive women. |
Probiotics could help millions of patients suffering from bipolar disorder Posted: 13 Dec 2018 05:36 AM PST About 3 million people in the US are diagnosed every year with bipolar disorder, a psychiatric condition characterized by dramatic shifts in mood from depression to mania. Currently, the standard treatment includes a combination of psychotherapy and prescription medications such as mood stabilizers and antipsychotics. |
Vaccine could help address the opioid epidemic Posted: 13 Dec 2018 05:36 AM PST Synthetic psychoactive drugs have become a serious public health threat in recent years. This is particularly true of the fentanyls, a large family of synthetic opioids, which can be up to 10,000 times more potent than morphine. Synthetic opioids are highly addictive and, because of their potency, often prove fatal: among the roughly 72,000 drug overdose deaths in the US in 2017, some 30,000 were related to synthetic opioids. |
How parents protect children from the long-term effects of stress Posted: 13 Dec 2018 05:36 AM PST When young children experience violence or poverty, the effect can last well into adulthood. But new research suggests that a strong parental relationship could override some of these effects, by changing how children perceive the environmental cues that help them distinguish between what's safe or dangerous. |
Video game players frequently exposed to graphic content may see world differently Posted: 13 Dec 2018 05:36 AM PST Disturbing imagery disrupts perception, but not as much among violent video game players, psychologists have shown. |
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