Archive: 09/02/2015

Homosexuals in Tanzania excluded from HIV prevention efforts

Homosexuality has been illegal in Tanzania since colonial times. This legislation is still in force, and during the first 30 years of the HIV epidemic homosexuals were almost never mentioned in HIV prevention campaigns. Today, ...

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A tour of neural reinforcement learning

It is often said that people who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Not being one of those people requires a network of different brain regions to work in concert.

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More doctors means more competition and more antibiotics

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two million people become infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria each year, leading to at least 23,000 deaths. And these infections cost a lot – US$20billion ...

Feb 9, 2015

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Imagery and language influence exercise endurance in study

Now that we're in to February, are you struggling to stick to your New Year's resolution exercise plan? There may be more to your success or failure than meets the eye.

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Many mastectomy patients with locally advanced breast cancer do not get postop radiation

Breast cancer patients who undergo a mastectomy should receive subsequent radiation treatment if their cancer has spread to four or more nearby lymph nodes, however, according to a new study, only 65 percent of these women ...

Feb 9, 2015

New insights into the function of transporters in the brain implicated in stroke and neurodegenerative disease

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College and Cornell University have gained new insights into the function of biological machines that scoop up glutamate, the most common neurotransmitter in the brain, from the nerve synapse. ...

Feb 9, 2015

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Researchers determine existence of 'fat' flavour

There is conclusive evidence that there is a fat taste, according to Deakin University sensory science researchers.

Feb 9, 2015

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Childhood injuries linked to deprivation but better data collection is needed for prevention

In a recent study Dianna Smith and Graham Kirkwood, of QMUL's Blizard Institute, found there were more childhood injuries in areas of deprivation but, they write, with a thorough recording process better prevention can take ...

Feb 9, 2015

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Bacterial DNA from the Black Death found in teeth

Biologists at the University of Oslo are now making a giant effort to identify the relationship between climate change, rat infestations, and the many major plague epidemics throughout history. The knowledge may be used to ...

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Scientists identify new population of regulatory T-cells

When the mucosal surfaces in the lungs of healthy people come into contact with allergenic substances, so-called regulatory T cells also known as Treg cells, are activated. These are capable of actively preventing the development ...

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