by South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.15252/embr.202152904 Adelaide researchers have discovered a new method to treat the rare and crippling blood cancer, myelofibrosis, that could have the potential to greatly extend lifespan while also significantly improving quality of life. Myelofibrosis affects 1 in 100,000 Australians and while symptoms...
So, you had a severe allergic reaction to your first COVID-19 shot. Does that doom you to the same after your second shot? Apparently not, claims a new analysis that found the risk of a second vaccine dose reaction is extremely low. Right now, the recommendation for someone who has had a severe reaction to...
As winter winds leave your skin dry, cracked and prone to cuts and bleeding, a skin expert says you should resist the urge to use antibiotic creams or ointments. While it might seem sensible to use antibiotic topicals to combat germs and prevent infection with cuts, they can irritate your skin even more and cause a painful...
by Sarah McDonnell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For the first time, MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that lights up when we hear singing, but not other types of music. These neurons, found in the auditory cortex, appear to respond to the specific combination of...
by Dresden University of Technology Study participants with an autism spectrum diagnosis had lower responses of the inferior colliculi (IC) in comparison to the non-autistic control group. This was the case when recognizing speakers and also when listening to voices in general. Credit: S. Schelinski & K. von Kriegstein Voice processing is an evolutionary preserved...
by University of Michigan Credit: CC0 Public Domain When we are stressed or excited, it can be difficult for us to fall asleep—and finding ways to wind down prior to sleep is a habit of many. For people suffering from chronic difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep, adopting a regular behavioral pre-sleep routine was found to...
by University of Nevada, Las Vegas UNLV Department of Psychology neuroscientist Rochelle Hines (right) and student Betsua Garcia-Trujillo are members of a research team that studied the gene and brain proteins that contribute to adverse symptoms among people with intellectual disability syndrome. Credit: Josh Hawkins/UNLV Photo Services Science is one step closer to developing targeted...
by Gerry Everding, Washington University School of Medicine Neurologist Randall J. Bateman, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology, inspects a mass spectrometry machine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Using mass spectrometry, Bateman and colleagues have developed a blood test that is up to 93% accurate at...
22 February 2022 Monica Westman Svenselius For the first time, researchers demonstrate an artificial organic neuron, a nerve cell, that can be integrated with a living plant and an artificial organic synapse. Both the neuron and the synapse are made from printed organic electrochemical transistors. Chi-Yuan Yang and Padinhare Cholakkal Harikesh, post-doctoral researchers at the...
By ARIELLA MARSDEN – Yesterday 9:00 PM For the first time, scientists have been able to reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms through hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). It is a form of treatment in which the patient inhales 100% oxygen in chambers of pressures exceeding one atmosphere absolute, a term often used in SCUBA diving,...
