by University of Alabama at Birmingham This research offers fundamental insights about sensory thalamic subnetworks and will enable powerful new strategies to probe behavioral and perceptual functions of these distinct circuits. Credit: UAB The thalamus is a “Grand Central Station” for sensory information coming to our brains. Almost every sight, sound, taste and touch we...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress A team of researchers from Google Health, working with others from institutions across the U.S. and Canada has found that a Google AI system was able to outperform general pathologists when validating Gleason grading of prostate cancer biopsies. In their paper published in JAMA Oncology, the group describes two...
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER LEAD AUTHOR PHILLIP POPOVIC IS, CHAIR OF THE OHIO STATE DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OHIO STATE’S BELFORD CENTER FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY AND CENTER FOR BRAIN… view more CREDIT: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER COLUMBUS, Ohio – Research conducted at The Ohio State University...
by Duke-NUS Medical School As the current COVID-19 pandemic continues to adversely impact communities and economies across the world, efficiency in testing for the infection and antibodies is vital. A unique and rapid SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test (sVNT), developed in Singapore, may be the much-needed boost to current COVID-19 investigations to determine infection rate,...
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES HOW STRONGLY THE CORTEX IS EXCITABLE BY A STIMULUS (LIGHTNING SYMBOL) IS NOT LEFT TO CHANCE. RATHER, THE CHANGE BETWEEN LOWER AND STRONGER EXCITABILITY FOLLOWS A CERTAIN TEMPORAL PATTERN (VIOLET… view more CREDIT: STEPHANI/ MPI CBS Rustling leaves, light rain at the window, a quietly ticking...
by Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Sepideh Sadaghiani is interested in studying the connectivity and functions of brain networks. Credit: The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. New research demonstrates how two vastly different methods of measuring brain activity can provide meaningful data on brain networks simultaneously. Functional magnetic resonance imaging and...
How inhaling protein reduces COVID-19 death? A United Kingdom company called Synairgen recently discovered a new COVID-19 treatment that could reduce a COVID-19 patient’s chances of death up to 79%, BBC reported. More than 100 people in London done trial testing on the drug called SNG001. This drug is made out of a protein called...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Antibodies are formed to fight off an infection by neutralizing disease-causing microorganisms. Scientists across the globe are racing to study how antibodies can help suppress the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A team of researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical...
For many of us, orthodontic work – getting fitted with braces, wearing retainers – was just a late-childhood rite of passage. The same went for the pulling of wisdom teeth in early adulthood. Other common conditions, including jaw pain and obstructed sleep apnea – when slack throat muscles interrupt breathing during rest – also just...
Studies challenge misconception that carbs are bad for diabetes PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE WASHINGTON–Plant-based diets rich in whole carbohydrates can improve insulin sensitivity and other health markers in individuals with type 1 diabetes, according to two case studies published by researchers from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in the Journal of Diabetes &...
