Neuroscientists have found new evidence on how distinct memories of similar events are represented in the brain. Its findings, which appear in the journal Neuron, correct a previous misconception of how such memories are stored in the hippocampus–a part of the brain crucial for memory and understanding space
We have all enjoyed losing ourselves in a good book, but what if the story could change our lived experience? It may sound like science fiction, yet Andrea Stevenson Won uses a similar concept to study how virtual reality can treat real-life pain.
Public "report cards" on outcomes for the patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI or coronary angiography) were originally developed to increase transparency and improve care.
A new experimental method permits the X-ray analysis of amyloids, a class of large, filamentous biomolecules which are an important hallmark of diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Platelets are blood cells with extensive capabilities in hemostasis. They also play a central role in the development of innate and adaptive immune responses. Little information exists about the immunostimulatory role of platelet-derived microparticles (Plt-MPs). To further elucidate this issue, researchers conducted this study using the B-lymphoblast cell line ‘Daudi’ as an available surrogate cell line for peripheral blood B lymphocytes. This cell line does not produce immunoglobulins (Igs) and has low expression of activation markers.
A study determine taht their was settling in an hour into a recent Delta Airlines flight from London to Minneapolis when they heard the pilot's urgent request for medical help over the loudspeaker. Researcher quickly came to the front of the plane. The three worked together to assess the passenger who needed help, Jim Rogers. Rogers and his wife, Margaret Shields, had cut their vacation short after Rogers began to have headaches. The study was published in The New England Journal Of Medicine.
There have been indications for decades that there is a link between increased iron levels in the brain and Alzheimer's disease. Leiden physicists now report a distinction between different forms of iron, identified in Alzheimer's patients.
Derek Meeuwisse, an undergrad student in kinesiology, lives and breathes volleyball. He plays on the Dinos men's volleyball team, he coaches youth volleyball, he conducts research for concussions in volleyball, and now his findings are beginning to change the way players warm up and practice volleyball.
A DNA could be used to predict some traits, such as eye, skin and hair color. Soon it might be possible to reconstruct the whole face from these traces accurately. DNA phenotyping is reconstructing physical features from genetic data.
Kidney cancer, one of the ten most prevalent malignancies in the world, has increased in incidence over the last decade, likely due to rising obesity rates. The most common subtype of this cancer is "clear cell" renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).
Companies hauling out health data of people for selling them health or life insurance policies will be on the government’s radar once the Digital Information Security in Healthcare Act (DISHA) comes into force.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a lower-volume, 1-liter bowel cleansing preparation for colonoscopies. The product is intended to reduce one of the biggest deterrents for patients in completing the preparation.