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Neuroscience
Bats replay flight memories in fixed time packets, providing new clues into how memories are stored
Every day, our brain takes countless fleeting experiences—from walks on the beach to presentations at work—and transforms them into long-term memories. How exactly this works remains a mystery, but neuroscientists believe ...
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Oncology & Cancer
Breathing dirty air may raise the risk of a common brain tumor
People exposed to higher levels of air pollution may be more likely to develop meningioma, a typically noncancerous brain tumor, according to a large study published in Neurology. This common type of brain tumor forms in ...
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Medical research news
Chromosomal abnormality scores unlock path to personalized immunotherapy
In a newly published article in Nature Genetics, researchers from the University of Chicago have identified tumor aneuploidy—an imbalance in the number of chromosomes—as a powerful biomarker associated with resistance ...
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From injury to agony: Scientists discover brain pathway that turns pain into suffering
Pain isn't just a physical sensation—it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a fleeting injury into long-term suffering.
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Novel AI method sheds light on how enzyme linked to Alzheimer's selects its targets
Researchers from DZNE, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), and Technical University of Munich (TUM) have found that the enzyme "gamma-secretase"—implicated in Alzheimer's disease and cancer—selects its reaction ...
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Stepping up the potential of wearables: Predicting pediatric surgery complications
An estimated 4 million children undergo surgical procedures in hospitals across the United States each year. Although postoperative complications, such as infections, can pose significant health risks to kids, timely detection ...
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Exploring safer energy drink recipes to protect dental enamel
Adding specific calcium compounds to a popular energy drink reduced dental enamel erosion in vitro, with a calcium/phosphorus/potassium complex offering the strongest protection, according to Universidade do Estado do Rio ...
Prenatal and childhood lead exposure linked to faster memory decay in children
A study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows that exposure to lead during pregnancy and early childhood may accelerate the rate at which children forget information—a critical marker of ...
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Universal stem cells reset immunity in a systemic sclerosis patient
Research led by Naval Medical University's Changzheng Hospital in China reports that an off-the-shelf cell therapy built from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) loosened life-limiting skin and organ scarring in a woman ...
Verbal response time reveals hidden sleepiness in older adults
A new study led by UCLA investigators shows that Verbal Reaction Time (VRT), the amount of time it takes a person to respond verbally, can be a marker of sleepiness in older adults. The study, which measured participants' ...
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A 'Google Maps' for tau movement sheds light on why some brain regions resist Alzheimer's
It's been recognized for some time that Alzheimer's disease affects brain regions differently and that tau—a protein known to misbehave—plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau helps stabilize neurons, but ...
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Peripheral nerve regeneration driven by hundreds of unknown RNA molecules
Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are capable of regenerating after injury. This is why injuries to the central nervous system are considered ...
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Lemurs show no age-related inflammation, challenging assumptions about human aging
What can lemurs tell us about inflammation and aging, aka "inflammaging" in humans? That's the question Elaine Guevara, a biological anthropologist who studies the evolution of life history and aging in primates, set out ...
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Computational models explore how regions of the visual cortex jointly represent visual information
Understanding how the human brain represents the information picked up by the senses is a longstanding objective of neuroscience and psychology studies. Most past studies focusing on the visual cortex, the network of regions ...
Stress and disillusionment with med school: It's not just about med school
As psychiatrists practicing within medical schools, we provide care not only for general patients but also for medical students struggling with emotional distress. Most aspects of medical school—academic, clinical, and ...
A new drug could soon help treat cancer and viral infections
An international team of researchers led by Konstanz biologists has identified a molecular mechanism that regulates the activity of N-myristoyltransferases. This enzyme plays a role in biological signaling pathways, where ...
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Weight loss clears out aging cells and boosts lipid recycling, study finds
Scientists have produced the first detailed characterization of the changes that weight loss causes in human fat tissue by analyzing hundreds of thousands of cells. They found a range of positive effects, including clearing ...
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Largest review of antidepressants to date finds most people do not experience severe withdrawal
The largest review of "gold standard" antidepressant withdrawal studies to date has identified the type and incidence of symptoms experienced by people discontinuing antidepressants, finding most people do not experience ...
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Gut microbes may hold key to understanding how exercise boosts cancer immunotherapy response
A new study from the University of Pittsburgh shows for the first time how exercise improves cancer outcomes and enhances response to immunotherapy in mice by reshaping the gut microbiome.
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Experimental compound offers potential treatment for rare, often fatal childhood disease
The value of a recent biochemical discovery can be seen in the case of an 8-year-old boy who was playing typical sports in August 2023, but by November needed a wheelchair because of a rare disease that caused worsening paralysis.
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