by Eric Williamson, University of Virginia 10 ml vial of 1000 mg ketamine. Credit: Psychonaught/WikipediaKetamine has been in the headlines recently, implicated in the high-profile death of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry in October. But can the powerful drug also be helpful to those suffering from opioid addiction? A University of Virginia study shows evidence it can....
By Dr. Chinta SidharthanReviewed by Sophia CoveneyIn a recent study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers examined published studies investigating the genotoxicity of potentially carcinogenic chemicals and their roles in inducing mammary tumors and activating progesterone or estradiol signaling. cancerStudy: Application of the Key Characteristics Framework to Identify Potential Breast Carcinogens Using Publicly...
Improvements in the performance of large language models such as ChatGPT are more predictable than they appear. Matthew Hutson Some researchers think that AI could eventually achieve general intelligence, matching and even exceeding humans on most tasks.Credit: Charles Taylor/Alamy Will an artificial intelligence (AI) superintelligence appear suddenly, or will scientists see it coming, and have...
Courtney Southwick Can too much of a healthy habit become bad? Lots of evidence shows that regular exercise wards off respiratory infections like colds, flu, and COVID-19. However, very vigorous exercise may lead to these infections by triggering immune changes that increase risk, according to a new study. The findings come as we enter another...
Contrary to the commonly-held view, the brain cannot rewire itself to compensate for the loss of sight, an amputation or stroke, for example, say scientists from the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University. Graphic representing brain circuits. Credit: GDJ, Public Domain Writing in eLife, Professors Tamar Makin (Cambridge) and John Krakauer (Johns Hopkins) argue...
Peer-Reviewed Publication SAARLAND UNIVERSITY A STUDY LED BY PROFESSORS MARCUS GRIMM (PHOTO) AND TOBIAS HARTMANN AT THE RHINELAND CAMPUS OF THE SRH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCES IN LEVERKUSEN AND AT SAARLAND UNIVERSITY HAS SHED LIGHT ON A BIDIRECTIONAL INTERACTION IN THE BODY’S FAT METABOLISM THAT COULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF...
Peer-Reviewed Publication FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY IMAGE: ASSOCIATIONS OF SERUM LIPIDS WITH CHOLELITHIASIS FROM MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION. (A) CAUSAL EFFECTS OF GENETICALLY−LOWERED LIPIDS ON CHOLELITHIASIS. (B) RESULTS OF MULTIVARIABLE MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS. (C) RESULTS OF NONLINEAR MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS.view more CREDIT: BY CHEN L, QIU W, SUN X, ET AL. A new study published in...
by Allen Institute for Brain Science Credit: Magoi from Pexels A new study in Nature Neuroscience on ‘visual masking’ sheds light on how we ‘unsee’ things and points to how conscious perception is generated in the brain. In a phenomenon known as visual masking, individuals don’t consciously perceive an image if another image is shown in...
by Gladstone Institutes Katerina Akassoglou (left) and Andrew Mendiola (right) show how blood makes the brain’s immune cells toxic, pointing to new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Credit: Michael Short/Gladstone Institutes In patients with neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis, immune cells in the brain known as microglia that normally fulfill beneficial...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO IMAGE: UC SAN DIEGO SCIENTISTS FIND THE PROTEIN ATF4 PREVENTS LIVER DAMAGE AND ITS PROGRESSION TO CANCER BY BLOCKING FERROPTOSIS, AN IRON-DEPENDENT FORM OF LIVER CELL DEATH. CREDIT: UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH SCIENCES Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death and the sixth most common cancer...
