Archive: 21/02/2017

E-cigarettes popular among smokers with existing illnesses

In the U.S. more than 16 million people with smoking-related illnesses continue to use cigarettes. According to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, current and former smokers who suffer from disease ...

Feb 21, 2017

T cells support long-lived antibody-producing cells

If you've ever wondered how a vaccine given decades ago can still protect against infection, you have your plasma cells to thank. Plasma cells are long-lived B cells that reside in the bone marrow and churn out antibodies ...

Feb 21, 2017

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Hypertension treatment for females starts with how a high-salt diet affects their blood pressure

Many of us have noted how our hands and feet swell after eating too much salt.

Feb 21, 2017

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Drugs that alter inhibitory targets offer therapeutic strategies for autism, schizophrenia

Memories are formed at structures in the brain known as dendritic spines, which communicate with other brain cells through "synapses." The number of these brain connections decreases by half after puberty in a process termed ...

Feb 21, 2017