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How the brain makes a limb feel like it does not belong

What is body integrity dysphoria (BID)? News-Medical speaks to Professor Peter Brugger and Dr. Gianluca Saetta to find out.

12 May 2020

Spike protein analysis from India's first SARS-CoV-2

A new study published on the preprint server bioRxiv analyzes viral spike protein sequences from the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak in West Bengal, India, comparing them with sequences from other Indian states and Wuhan, China.

30 Apr 2020

Remdesivir shows powerful activity against SARS-CoV-2 in Vitro

Remdesivir is an antiviral first developed by Gilead in 2014 as a treatment for Ebola and Marburg viruses. However, scientists explored its possibilities as a broad-spectrum drug when it proved effective against SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, coronaviruses which were responsible for earlier outbreaks.

30 Apr 2020

Gut microbiome influences pattern of activation in rat’s brain during opioid addiction

When Sierra Simpson was in college, she was sick for a year with recurring fevers and vomiting. Her doctors couldn't figure out what she had. Suspecting a bacterial infection, they tried treating her with high doses of antibiotics.

27 Apr 2020

Dysregulation in the brainstem may explain atypical attentional behaviors in people with autism

New research in JNeurosci explores how a particular region of the brainstem might explain differences in attention in people with autism.

1 Apr 2020

Zebrafish can provide genetic clues to human nicotine addiction

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown that zebrafish can provide genetic clues to smoking, a complex human behavior.

30 Mar 2020

Overexpression of hPCL3S could contribute to tumor progression in prostate cancer

The cover for issue 12 of Oncotarget features Figure 11, "Global analyses of the RNA-Seq data of LNCaP empty vector and LNCaP cells overexpressing hPCL3S (Clone 12)" by Abdelfettah, et al.

25 Mar 2020

Study identifies ancestral fragments of DNA associated with hereditary prostate cancer

Vanderbilt researchers have identified haplotypes, ancestral fragments of DNA, that are associated with hereditary prostate cancer (HPC) in a first-of-its-kind genomic study made possible by the study of prostate cancer patients with family histories of the disease.

23 Mar 2020

Abnormal retinal gene function underlying vision loss in dogs

A canine study carried out at the University of Helsinki has described a gene variant in the regulatory region of the retina resulting in the abnormal function of retinal genes and, eventually, in the loss of vision in dogs.

10 Mar 2020

CRISPR-Cas system can be used to effectively target colitis pathogen

Research at North Carolina State University shows that the CRISPR-Cas system can be used to effectively target and eliminate specific gut bacteria, in this case Clostridioides difficile, the pathogen that causes colitis - a chronic, degenerative disease of the colon.

10 Mar 2020

CU research identifies ways to improve care provided to trafficked children

Newly published research by a CU School of Medicine faculty member and colleagues identifies multiple ways that health care providers and organizations can improve the quality of care provided to trafficked children.

4 Mar 2020

Coriell researchers find new genetic indicator of obesity risk

Obesity is among the most common complex diseases in the United States and has been a stubborn public health challenge for decades. Its causes are wide ranging, but genetic heritability is increasingly understood to be an influential factor in determining a person's risk for the disease.

23 Feb 2020

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How the brain makes a limb feel like it does not belong

Spike protein analysis from India's first SARS-CoV-2

Remdesivir shows powerful activity against SARS-CoV-2 in Vitro

Gut microbiome influences pattern of activation in rat’s brain during opioid addiction

Dysregulation in the brainstem may explain atypical attentional behaviors in people with autism

Zebrafish can provide genetic clues to human nicotine addiction

Overexpression of hPCL3S could contribute to tumor progression in prostate cancer

Study identifies ancestral fragments of DNA associated with hereditary prostate cancer

Abnormal retinal gene function underlying vision loss in dogs

CRISPR-Cas system can be used to effectively target colitis pathogen

CU research identifies ways to improve care provided to trafficked children

Coriell researchers find new genetic indicator of obesity risk

Poor neuronal connectivity between two brain regions may be predictive of Alzheimer's risk

Prenatal single cell blood test for gene defects

Exploring the connections between hip-hop, mental health and resilience using Maino's lyrics

Study sheds light on how norepinephrine release influences the fear-memory formation

Researchers observe fast and slow molecular pathways that support memory function

CHOP-led study reveals how genetic variations can influence variety of common diseases

New 'fishing' technique to detect thousands of proteins

The brain’s temporal lobe is also an attention controlling area, shows study

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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