KYUSHU UNIVERSITY Take a sniff of a freshly poured glass of wine, and the prevailing scientific thinking would suggest that the harmony of fragrances you perceive starts with sensory receptors in your nose simply adding up the individual odors they encounter. However, new research from Kyushu University shows that a much more complex process is...
Month: <span>September 2020</span>
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New way to halt leukemia relapse shown promising in mice
HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: CML STEM CELLS, WHICH ARE THE CELLULAR SOURCE OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF CML CELLS, ARE REPORTEDLY RESISTANT TO TKI THERAPY DUE TO THE STEM CELL QUIESCENCE. THUS, THE REMAINING. Researchers have identified a second path to defeating chronic myelogenous leukemia, which tends to affect older adults, even in the face of...
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New research shows how fast our brains are at ‘recording’ new words
SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SKOLTECH) IMAGE: HOW MUCH TIME DOES A BRAIN NEED TO LEARN A NEW WORD? A TEAM OF SKOLTECH RESEARCHERS AND THEIR COLLEAGUES MONITORED CHANGES IN BRAIN ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH LEARNING NEW WORDS. How much time does a brain need to learn a new word? A team of Skoltech researchers...
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Kang finds keys to control the ‘driver of cancer’s aggressiveness’
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IMAGE: A DRUG-RESISTANT PROTEIN NAMED SNAI2 HELPS CANCERS METASTASIZE AND SHIELDS CANCER FROM BOTH THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND CHEMOTHERAPY. BUT NOW PRINCETON UNIVERSITY’S YIBIN KANG (LOWER RIGHT) AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAVE. “Do not erase.” “Recycle me.” “Free to a good home.” Humans post these signs to indicate whether something has value or not,...
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Could pineapples be a new weapon against COVID-19?
Results of a recent research endeavor from the United States indicate that bromelain or bromelain rich pineapple stem may be utilized as an antiviral agent against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but also for potential future coronavirus outbreaks. This exciting paper is currently available on the bioRxiv* preprint server. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is already well-known for...
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Trials begin for a new weapon against Parkinson’s: light
By Gunjan Sinha Light therapy can help lift moods, heal wounds, and boost the immune system. Can it improve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, too? A first-of-its-kind trial scheduled to launch this fall in France aims to find out. In seven patients, a fiber optic cable implanted in their brain will deliver pulses of near-infrared (NIR) light...
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Primary role of sleep changes from learning support to brain maintenance in early childhood: study
by University of California, Los Angeles A UCLA-led team of scientists reports on why sleep is vital to our health and how the brain heals during sleep. Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead to severe health problems in humans and other animals. But why is sleep so vital to our health? A UCLA-led team of scientists has...
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new alteration in the brain of people with Alzheimer’s discovered
SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CSIC) Despite the important advances in research in recent years, the etiopathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease is still not fully clarified. One of the key questions is to decipher why the production of beta amyloid, the protein that produces the toxic effect and triggers the pathology, increases in the brain of people...
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When does morning sickness start and end?
Morning sickness can start as early as a few weeks after conception and be the first sign of pregnancy. Morning sickness usually begins at some point during the first trimester and often resolves at 14–16 weeks of pregnancy. More than 70% of pregnancies involve morning sickness at some point. In some cases, the nausea and vomiting may be...
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Singing unmasked, indoors spreads COVID-19 through aerosols, new study confirms
by Kelsey Simpkins, University of Colorado at Boulder Singing indoors, unmasked can swiftly spread COVID-19 via microscopic airborne particles known as aerosols, confirms a new peer-reviewed study of a March choir rehearsal which became one of the nation’s first superspreading events. “This study documents in great detail that the only plausible explanation for this superspreading event...