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Business/Economics - Life Sciences - 23.05
Carnegie Mellon Brain Research Shows Visual Perception System Unconsciously Affects Our Preferences
: Carnegie Mellon Brain Research Shows Visual Perception System Unconsciously Affects Our Preferences-Carnegie Mellon News - Carnegie Mellon University Researchers Launch NSF-supported Startup, neonlabs, To Apply Findings to Online Video Market : Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo [a] cmu (p) edu PITTSBURGH—When grabbing a coffee mug out of a cluttered cabinet or choosing a pen to quickly sign a document, what brain processes guide your choices?
Carnegie Mellon Brain Research Shows Visual Perception System Unconsciously Affects Our Preferences
: Carnegie Mellon Brain Research Shows Visual Perception System Unconsciously Affects Our Preferences-Carnegie Mellon News - Carnegie Mellon University Researchers Launch NSF-supported Startup, neonlabs, To Apply Findings to Online Video Market : Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo [a] cmu (p) edu PITTSBURGH—When grabbing a coffee mug out of a cluttered cabinet or choosing a pen to quickly sign a document, what brain processes guide your choices?
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 23.05
Stroke clot-buster trial shows benefits
Researchers find that stroke survivors are more able to look after themselves following treatment with rt-PA. Patients given a clot-busting drug within six hours of a stroke are more likely to make a better recovery than those who do not receive the treatment.
Stroke clot-buster trial shows benefits
Researchers find that stroke survivors are more able to look after themselves following treatment with rt-PA. Patients given a clot-busting drug within six hours of a stroke are more likely to make a better recovery than those who do not receive the treatment.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 23.05
Improving bovine TB diagnosis
Research at the University suggests the failure of the current bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication programme could be partly due to a parasitic infection that hinders the tests used in cattle to diagnose bovine TB.
Improving bovine TB diagnosis
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 23.05
The power of thinking big
Population studies on a vast scale are providing the power to provide accurate risk assessment - and intervention - into cardiovascular disease. —Professor John Danesh Scientists have learned a great deal about the risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), the group of conditions that includes heart disease and stroke and which kills one in three people in the UK, through studying the health of large numbers of people.
The power of thinking big
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 22.05
Getting smarter while getting older
Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life. An Age UK-funded project at the University has found that older people with robust brain wiring - that is, the nerve fibres that connect different, distant brain areas - can process information quickly and that this makes them generally smarter.
Getting smarter while getting older
Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life. An Age UK-funded project at the University has found that older people with robust brain wiring - that is, the nerve fibres that connect different, distant brain areas - can process information quickly and that this makes them generally smarter.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 22.05
New clue in fight against TB in cattle
The failure of the current bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication programme could be partly due to a parasitic worm that hinders the tests used to diagnose TB in cows, according to new research published this week.
New clue in fight against TB in cattle
The failure of the current bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication programme could be partly due to a parasitic worm that hinders the tests used to diagnose TB in cows, according to new research published this week.
Life Sciences - History/Philosophy - 22.05
Modern dog breeds “genetically disconnected” from ancient ancestors
Modern dog breeds “genetically disconnected” from ancient ancestors Cross-breeding of dogs over thousands of years has made it extremely difficult to trace the ancient genetic roots of today's pets, according to a new study led by Durham University.
Modern dog breeds “genetically disconnected” from ancient ancestors
Modern dog breeds “genetically disconnected” from ancient ancestors Cross-breeding of dogs over thousands of years has made it extremely difficult to trace the ancient genetic roots of today's pets, according to a new study led by Durham University.
Life Sciences - 21.05
How plants chill out
Plants elongate their stems when grown at high temperature to facilitate the cooling of their leaves, according to new research from the University of Bristol published today in Current Biology. Understanding why plants alter their architecture in response to heat is important as increasing global temperatures pose a threat to future food production.
How plants chill out
Chemistry - Life Sciences - 21.05
Researchers identify how plant skins are stitched together
For the first time, scientists have identified how a plant's skin is assembled. All plants have a skin, called a cuticle, that covers the above-ground surfaces. It is composed of waxes and a polymer network - a large molecule made of fatty acid building blocks called cutin that are bonded together.
Researchers identify how plant skins are stitched together
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 21.05
More Plant Species Responding to Global Warming Than Previously Thought
Far more wild plant species may be responding to global warming than previous large-scale estimates have suggested. That's the conclusion of a team of scientists, which included a UC San Diego biologist, that found that many plant species, which appear to not be affected by warmer spring temperatures, are in fact responding as much to warmer winters.
More Plant Species Responding to Global Warming Than Previously Thought
Far more wild plant species may be responding to global warming than previous large-scale estimates have suggested. That's the conclusion of a team of scientists, which included a UC San Diego biologist, that found that many plant species, which appear to not be affected by warmer spring temperatures, are in fact responding as much to warmer winters.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 21.05
Drug Found for Parasite that is Major Cause of Death Worldwide
Research by a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest School of Medicine has led to identification of an existing drug that is effective against Entamoeba histolytica .
Drug Found for Parasite that is Major Cause of Death Worldwide
Research by a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest School of Medicine has led to identification of an existing drug that is effective against Entamoeba histolytica .
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 20.05
Study points to brain malaria treatments
University scientists have taken part in research that points to new treatments for the most lethal form of malaria. Researchers have pinpointed a set of genes that enable the malaria parasite to infect blood vessels in the brain.
Study points to brain malaria treatments
University scientists have taken part in research that points to new treatments for the most lethal form of malaria. Researchers have pinpointed a set of genes that enable the malaria parasite to infect blood vessels in the brain.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 19.05
Oxytocin improves brain function in children with autism
Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin - a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain and throughout the body - increased brain function in regions that are known to process social information in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Oxytocin improves brain function in children with autism
Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin - a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain and throughout the body - increased brain function in regions that are known to process social information in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 18.05
New drug shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients
Australian researchers have reported promising results with a new drug that shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients. Their findings are published in The Lancet medical journal today.
New drug shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients
Australian researchers have reported promising results with a new drug that shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients. Their findings are published in The Lancet medical journal today.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 18.05
Genetic safety in numbers, platypus study finds
Platypuses on the Australian mainland and in Tasmania are fighting fit but those on small islands are at high risk of being wiped out from disease, according to a University of Sydney study. The finding has important implications, not only for the management of the platypus but for other populations with limited genetic variation, including the iconic koala.
Genetic safety in numbers, platypus study finds
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.05
’Rare’ genetic variants are surprisingly common, life scientists report
A large survey of human genetic variation shows that rare genetic variants are not so rare after all and offers insights into human diseases. "I knew there would be rare variation but had no idea there would be so much of it," said the senior author of the research, John Novembre, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and of bioinformatics at UCLA.
’Rare’ genetic variants are surprisingly common, life scientists report
Life Sciences - History/Philosophy - 17.05
Penn and Genographic Project Scientists Illuminate the Ancient History of Circumarctic Peoples
Two studies led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and National Geographic's Genographic Project reveal new information about the migration patterns of the first humans to settle the Americas.
Penn and Genographic Project Scientists Illuminate the Ancient History of Circumarctic Peoples
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.05
Slew of rare DNA changes following population explosion holds clues to common diseases
One-letter switches in the DNA code occur much more frequently in human genomes than anticipated, but are often only found in one or a few individuals.
Science.
“This is a dramatic example of how recent human history has profoundly shaped patterns of genetic variation,” said Joshua Akey, University of Washington associate professor of genome sciences and a senior author of the study.
Slew of rare DNA changes following population explosion holds clues to common diseases
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.05
New technique reveals unseen information in DNA code
Imagine reading an entire book, but then realizing that your glasses did not allow you to distinguish “g” from “q.” What details did you miss? Geneticists faced a similar problem with the recent discovery of a “sixth nucleotide” in the DNA alphabet.
New technique reveals unseen information in DNA code
Imagine reading an entire book, but then realizing that your glasses did not allow you to distinguish “g” from “q.” What details did you miss? Geneticists faced a similar problem with the recent discovery of a “sixth nucleotide” in the DNA alphabet.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 17.05
Fighting bacteria’s strength in numbers
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have opened the way for more accurate research into new ways to fight dangerous bacterial infections by proving a long-held theory about how bacteria communicate with each other.
Fighting bacteria’s strength in numbers
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have opened the way for more accurate research into new ways to fight dangerous bacterial infections by proving a long-held theory about how bacteria communicate with each other.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.05
New Research from Penn Medicine Challenges Established Concept that Raising HDL Helps Counter Heart Attack Risk
A new study published by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , the Broad Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital, challenges the conventional concept that raising a person's HDL levels (good cholesterol) will always help lower their risk of a heart attack.
New Research from Penn Medicine Challenges Established Concept that Raising HDL Helps Counter Heart Attack Risk
A new study published by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , the Broad Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital, challenges the conventional concept that raising a person's HDL levels (good cholesterol) will always help lower their risk of a heart attack.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.05
Blast trauma study suggests how to protect troops
An analysis of the brains of military personnel exposed to bomb blasts or concussive injuries, combined with experiments simulating the effect of blasts on the brain, suggests how soldiers could be better protected from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Blast trauma study suggests how to protect troops
Life Sciences - 16.05
Butterfly DNA solves copycat mystery
Edinburgh scientists have joined a global team to solve a 150-year-old scientific mystery. Researchers have helped show how rare interbreeding has helped butterflies acquire the protective wing patterns of other species.
Butterfly DNA solves copycat mystery
Edinburgh scientists have joined a global team to solve a 150-year-old scientific mystery. Researchers have helped show how rare interbreeding has helped butterflies acquire the protective wing patterns of other species.
Life Sciences - 16.05
Rural Minnesota lures middle-aged newcomers, U of M study of U.S. Census data shows
Continued research into ‘brain gain' shows 30- to 49-year-olds migrating to rural areas MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (05/16/2012) —Rural Minnesota continued to attract new residents aged 30 to 49 between 2000 and 2010, according to a new study of U.S. Census data from University of Minnesota Extension.
Rural Minnesota lures middle-aged newcomers, U of M study of U.S. Census data shows
Continued research into ‘brain gain' shows 30- to 49-year-olds migrating to rural areas MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (05/16/2012) —Rural Minnesota continued to attract new residents aged 30 to 49 between 2000 and 2010, according to a new study of U.S. Census data from University of Minnesota Extension.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 16.05
New Understanding of ’Copper Pump’ in Cells Could Prime Discovery of Anti-Cancer Drugs
Researchers at UC San Diego used experimental results and modeling studies to discover that the human copper transporter protein forms a trimer (purple, aqua, and red) in a cell's membrane, with one end (top) extending outside the cell and the other end (bottom) extending into the cell's cytoplasm.
New Understanding of ’Copper Pump’ in Cells Could Prime Discovery of Anti-Cancer Drugs
Researchers at UC San Diego used experimental results and modeling studies to discover that the human copper transporter protein forms a trimer (purple, aqua, and red) in a cell's membrane, with one end (top) extending outside the cell and the other end (bottom) extending into the cell's cytoplasm.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 16.05
Researchers lead world’s largest study into pre-eclampsia
PA 134/12 Researchers from The University of Nottingham are leading the largest ever international research project into the genetics of the potentially fatal condition pre-eclampsia. The research will aim to provide new insights into the prevention, prediction and treatment of the disease, which kills up to 40,000 women and almost one million babies every year worldwide.
Researchers lead world’s largest study into pre-eclampsia
PA 134/12 Researchers from The University of Nottingham are leading the largest ever international research project into the genetics of the potentially fatal condition pre-eclampsia. The research will aim to provide new insights into the prevention, prediction and treatment of the disease, which kills up to 40,000 women and almost one million babies every year worldwide.
Life Sciences - Chemistry - 16.05
Revealing the colour of 50-million-year-old animals
A new research study shows that pigment (colour) in extinct animals can be preserved for over 50 million years. Despite their old age, the pigment molecules correspond closely to the equivalent pigment in modern-day animals.
Revealing the colour of 50-million-year-old animals
A new research study shows that pigment (colour) in extinct animals can be preserved for over 50 million years. Despite their old age, the pigment molecules correspond closely to the equivalent pigment in modern-day animals.
Life Sciences - Psychology - 16.05
How horses use memory, sight and sound to recognise humans
How horses use memory, sight and sound to recognise humans A new University of Sussex study published online today (16 May 2012) shows that domestic horses use a sophisticated cognitive system to identify individuals of species other than their own.
How horses use memory, sight and sound to recognise humans
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 15.05
FDA-approved Drug Makes Established Cancer Vaccine Work Better, Penn Study Finds
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania found that the FDA-approved drug daclizumab improved the survival of breast cancer patients taking a cancer vaccine by 30 percent, compared to those patients not taking daclizumab.
FDA-approved Drug Makes Established Cancer Vaccine Work Better, Penn Study Finds
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania found that the FDA-approved drug daclizumab improved the survival of breast cancer patients taking a cancer vaccine by 30 percent, compared to those patients not taking daclizumab.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 15.05
Unexpected source of diabetic neuropathy pain
Nearly half of all diabetics suffer from neuropathic pain, an intractable, agonizing and still mysterious companion of the disease. Now Yale researchers have identified an unexpected source of the pain and a potential target to alleviate it.
Unexpected source of diabetic neuropathy pain
Nearly half of all diabetics suffer from neuropathic pain, an intractable, agonizing and still mysterious companion of the disease. Now Yale researchers have identified an unexpected source of the pain and a potential target to alleviate it.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 15.05
Insulin nasal spray therapy shows memory improvement in Alzheimer’s patients
Insulin nasal spray therapy shows memory improvement in Alzheimer’s patients
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 15.05
Novel Approaches to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease Include Early Intervention
Novel Approaches to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease Include Early Intervention
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 14.05
Scientists uncover potential treatment for painful side effect of diabetes
Scientists uncover potential treatment for painful side effect of diabetes
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 11.05
Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories
Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 11.05
Maternal gluten sensitivity linked to schizophrenia risk in children
Maternal gluten sensitivity linked to schizophrenia risk in children
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 10.05
Virus ’barcodes’ offer rapid detection of mutated strains
Virus ’barcodes’ offer rapid detection of mutated strains
Life Sciences - 10.05
Population explosion has produced more rare gene variants than previously thought
Population explosion has produced more rare gene variants than previously thought
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 10.05
Evolution’s gift may also be at the root of a form of autism
Evolution’s gift may also be at the root of a form of autism
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 9.05
Blood test could show women at risk of Postnatal Depression
Blood test could show women at risk of Postnatal Depression
Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 9.05
Antarctic octopuses 10,000km apart “genetically similar”
Antarctic octopuses 10,000km apart “genetically similar”
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 4.05
Communication between stem cell-derived motor neurons, muscle cells
Communication between stem cell-derived motor neurons, muscle cells
Life Sciences - History/Philosophy - 3.05
Biologists turn back the clock to understand evolution of sex differences
Biologists turn back the clock to understand evolution of sex differences
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 3.05
More prenatal choline could ease baby stress and cut some health risks
More prenatal choline could ease baby stress and cut some health risks
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 3.05
Bacteria discovery could lead to antibiotics alternatives
Bacteria discovery could lead to antibiotics alternatives
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 2.05
Human brain evolution tied to partial gene copy that blocks original
Human brain evolution tied to partial gene copy that blocks original
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 2.05
Ecosystem effects of biodiversity loss could rival impacts of climate change and pollution
Ecosystem effects of biodiversity loss could rival impacts of climate change and pollution
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 2.05
Experiments Underestimate Plant Responses to Climate Change
Experiments Underestimate Plant Responses to Climate Change
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 1.05
Evidence that BMI has an independent and causal effect on heart disease risk
Evidence that BMI has an independent and causal effect on heart disease risk
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 1.05
Gene involved in sperm-to-egg binding is key to fertility in mammals
Gene involved in sperm-to-egg binding is key to fertility in mammals
Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 30.04
Ancient network of rivers and lakes found in Arabian Desert
Ancient network of rivers and lakes found in Arabian Desert
Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 30.04
24 new species discovered on Caribbean islands are close to extinction
24 new species discovered on Caribbean islands are close to extinction
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 26.04
Scientists identify potential biomarker to help diagnose autism
Scientists identify potential biomarker to help diagnose autism
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 26.04
Scientists have demonstrated a new technique that will transform epigenetics research
Scientists have demonstrated a new technique that will transform epigenetics research
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 26.04
Cells in blood vessel found to cling more tightly in regions of rapid flow
Cells in blood vessel found to cling more tightly in regions of rapid flow
Life Sciences - Physics/Astronomy - 26.04
Slicing mitotic spindle with lasers, nanosurgeons unravel old pole-to-pole theory
Slicing mitotic spindle with lasers, nanosurgeons unravel old pole-to-pole theory
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 25.04
Small ’neural focus groups’ predict anti-smoking ad campaign success
Small ’neural focus groups’ predict anti-smoking ad campaign success
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 25.04
Scientists Uncover Strong Support for Once-Marginalized Theory on Parkinson’s Disease
Scientists Uncover Strong Support for Once-Marginalized Theory on Parkinson’s Disease
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 24.04
Yeast cell reaction to Zoloft suggests alternative cause, drug target for depression
Yeast cell reaction to Zoloft suggests alternative cause, drug target for depression
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