How your brain keeps learning while you rest
When you're stuck on a tough problem, it's not uncommon to take a walk or give your brain a break, only to gain that sudden flash of inspiration or insight you were looking for.
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IVF-conceived children show more 'jumping gene' DNA, study finds
Infertility affects more than 15% of couples worldwide. Thanks to medical science, infertility treatments have come a long way over the past few years. For millions of people, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has opened a medical ...
Parasitic worms could hold the key to treating immune system diseases
For millions of years, parasitic worms have had to survive inside animals without being destroyed by their hosts' immune systems. To do that, they have evolved remarkably effective ways of dampening the immune response.
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Study may explain why IBD patients react to foods they once tolerated
A new study, to be published in Gastroenterology, finds that gut inflammation can change the way gut bacteria break down food—possibly triggering immune reactions to foods that were previously fine to eat. The findings may ...
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Canada recruits internationally educated health professionals. Credential recognition is only part of the challenge
Canada is recruiting internationally educated health professionals to help address health care workforce shortages, while governments are also trying to make it faster and easier for newcomers to have their qualifications ...
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Brain immune cells protect neurons in Parkinson's disease by 'nibbling' harmful material
Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a previously unrecognized protective role for microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, in Parkinson's disease. The study shows that a distinct population of human ...
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Human lung organoids with a built-in immune system could transform respiratory disease research
A new organoid model built with human lung fragments may help us answer key questions about one of the body's first lines of defense against respiratory pathogens. In a new study, researchers at the Stanford University School ...
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Russian plague scare: An expert explains what we know so far—and why there's no need to panic
A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, Russia, has died just days after falling ill with an undisclosed illness.
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Rapid low-cost diagnosis within reach for tuberculosis 'missed millions,' researchers find
These findings were generated by the largest-ever study of "pooled" tuberculosis (TB) testing, carried out by Start4All, a partnership led by LSTM with the Stop TB Partnership and research partners in seven countries with ...
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Helping others linked to younger-looking adult brains, even after accounting for health and lifestyle
Population surveys and research studies suggest that meaningful social connections are strong predictors of health and longevity. In other words, a sense of belonging to a social group and strong social bonds appear to be ...
