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'Power shift' needed to improve gender balance in energy research Posted: 14 Jun 2019 04:21 PM PDT Women still face significant barriers in forging successful and influential careers in UK energy research, a new high-level report has revealed. |
Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs Posted: 14 Jun 2019 01:31 PM PDT Researchers have isolated a cluster of neurons in a mouse's brain that are crucial to making the squeaky, ultrasonic 'songs' a male mouse produces when courting a potential mate. |
Beyond Queen's stomp-stomp-clap: Concerts and computer science converge in new research Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:58 AM PDT New research suggests how to get large numbers of people engaged in participating during a live performance like a concert -- or a lecture -- and channel that energy for a sustained time period. |
Discovery could lead to improved therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:58 AM PDT Researchers found that the protein sarcospan can play a major role in combating heart failure in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. |
Scientists develop 'mini-brain' model of human prion disease Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:19 AM PDT Scientists have used human skin cells to create what they believe is the first cerebral organoid system, or 'mini-brain,' for studying sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). CJD is a fatal neurodegenerative brain disease of humans believed to be caused by infectious prion protein. The researchers hope the human organoid model will enable them to evaluate potential CJD therapeutics and provide greater detail about human prion disease subtypes. |
Phantom sensations: When the sense of touch deceives Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:19 AM PDT Without being aware of it, people sometimes wrongly perceive tactile sensations. A new study shows how healthy people can sometimes mis-attribute touch to the wrong side of their body, or even to a completely wrong part of the body. |
Language-savvy parents improve their children's reading development, study shows Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:19 AM PDT Parents with higher reading-related knowledge are not only more likely to have children with higher reading scores but are also more attentive when those children read out loud to them. |
Artificial nose identifies malignant tissue in brain tumours during surgery Posted: 14 Jun 2019 07:31 AM PDT An artificial nose developed in Finland helps neurosurgeons to identify cancerous tissue during surgery and enables the more precise excision of tumors. |
Translating university lectures in multiple languages Posted: 14 Jun 2019 05:29 AM PDT Researchers report a new machine translation system that outputs subtitles in multiple languages for archived university lectures. As countries like China and Japan expand their international student cohort, this system could relax language demands and allow the students to study in their mother tongue. |
Vagus nerve stimulation study shows significant reduction in rheumatoid arthritis symptoms Posted: 14 Jun 2019 05:29 AM PDT The results of a pilot study suggest that electro stimulation of one of the nerves connecting the brain to the body (the vagus nerve), could provide a novel treatment approach for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. |
Excess weight and body fat cause cardiovascular disease Posted: 13 Jun 2019 04:11 PM PDT In the first Mendelian randomization study to look at this, researchers have found evidence that excess weight and body fat cause a range of heart and blood vessel diseases, rather than just being associated with it. |
Discovery of new genetic causes of male infertility Posted: 13 Jun 2019 03:39 PM PDT The man is implicated in about half of all cases of infertility. Despite the known importance of genetic factors in the non-production of sperm, only about 25% of these cases can be explained currently. Now a study has uncovered new potential genetic causes, and this discovery will help to develop better diagnostic tests for male infertility. |
Special fibroblasts help pancreatic cancer cells evade immune detection Posted: 13 Jun 2019 11:35 AM PDT A subpopulation of fibroblasts called apCAFs can interact with the immune system to help pancreatic cancer cells avoid detection. Understanding how they work can be key in developing therapeutics for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. |
Cardiac toxicity risk factors identified with relapsed multiple myeloma therapy Posted: 13 Jun 2019 07:45 AM PDT More than half of patients with relapsed multiple myeloma treated with carfilzomib experienced cardiac issues during treatment, according to a multi-institutional study. The study recommends that patients undergo a detailed cardiovascular history before being prescribed carfilzomib and then be monitored with natriuretic peptide testing, an indicator for heart failure. |
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