Researchers have found that developing neocortex neurons in mammals undergo a morphological transition from a multipolar shape to a bipolar shape due at least partially to signaling in neuronal migration during brain development. They used to study the process by which the neocortex develops in mammals and what they found. The study was published in the journal Science.
Healthy older people who exercise regularly are less inclined to struggle to find words such as 'tip-of-the-tongue' states to express themselves, a study led by the University of Birmingham has discovered.
According to the study, scientists developed a new technique that could help improve diagnosis of vision disorders has been successfully tested at the University of Bradford, UK
Researchers have developed a novel method for optical microscopy. Using biological motors and single quantum dots, they acquire ultra-high-resolution images. The resolution of conventional optical microscopy is limited by the fundamental physical principle of diffraction to about one half of the wavelength of the light: If the distance between two objects is smaller than this so-called "diffraction limit," they can no longer be visually separated their image appears "blurred ."
To acquire optical images at the scale of few nanometers, this is clearly not sufficient. The study was published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. In a new study, physicists from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) and the Technische Universität Dresden now show that it is possible to measure these near-fields with significantly less effort. They used a biomolecular transport system to slide many extremely small optical nano-probes over a surface.
The Physician's frustration was evident during a session on how to talk with patients about the costs of care on the closing day of the American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine Meeting 2018.
In the first-ever effort, researchers improved the bone-growing capabilities on 3D-printed, ceramic bone scaffolds by 30-45% with curcumin, a compound found in the spice, turmeric
The AVIATOR 2 is a multicenter prospective observational study of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in 11 international sites. The use of a novel smartphone-based survey was used to capture physician and patient perspectives regarding antithrombotic therapies (ATT) after PCI. Results of the AVIATOR 2 international registry are being presented as late-breaking clinical science at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2018 Scientific Sessions.
When the first therapies based on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells were launched last year, the price of the drugs led to some sharp intakes of breath throughout the medical community.
According to the study, children cannot always find a way to say that they are scared or worried about having simple health procedures, so they show their feelings through crying or refusing to have the procedure done
Researchers have observed a promising drug strategy that blocks tau transmission. Alzheimer's disease destroys brain cells in part by promoting the formation of insoluble clumps that contain a protein called tau. Not only are these "tau aggregates" toxic for the cells that harbor them, but they also invade and destroy neighboring brain cells, or neurons, which speeds the cognitive decline associated with the Alzheimer's. The study was published online in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.
Immune cells that are ready to take action against invaders like bacteria have been found in women's breast milk, researchers say. The presence of this SWAT team of immune cells called innate lymphoid cells, or ILCs, in human breast milk.
In the study, researchers found bacterial toxins can wreak mass havoc within cells by shutting down multiple essential functions at once. The discovery could one day open the door to exploring better ways to fight life-threatening infections