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Study explains how sensory input impacts fruit flies' decisions about sweet taste

Fruit flies have a lot to teach us about the complexity of food. Like these tiny little creatures, most animals are attracted to sugar but are deterred from eating it when bitter compounds are added.

29 Aug 2013

Tracking movement of Fukushima radioactive plume in oceans

The radioactive ocean plume from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster will reach the shores of the US within three years from the date of the incident but is likely to be harmless according to new paper in the journal Deep-Sea Research 1.

29 Aug 2013

UT finds way to blend passion for chemistry with ideals of environmental sustainability

A University of Texas at Arlington junior who found a way to blend a passion for chemistry with ideals of environmental sustainability is getting help from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further his education and his research.

29 Aug 2013

Scientists develop complex human brain tissue in 3D culture system

Complex human brain tissue has been successfully developed in a three-dimensional culture system established in an Austrian laboratory. The method described in the current issue of NATURE allows pluripotent stem cells to develop into cerebral organoids - or "mini brains" - that consist of several discrete brain regions.

29 Aug 2013

First Edition: August 29, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about ongoing fiscal fights surrounding efforts to raise the nation's debt limit and to defund the health law. Also, the White House enlists former President Bill Clinton to help spread the word about the overhaul.

29 Aug 2013

Bisexual young people likely to smoke and drink alcohol twice more than heterosexual peers

Young people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are twice as likely to have smoked than their heterosexual peers, according to new research published in BMJ Open. Lesbian and gay young people were also more likely to drink alcohol frequently and more hazardously.

29 Aug 2013

Researchers discover old cancer drug can be used to prevent rejection of transplanted tissue

Researchers at Lund University have unexpectedly discovered that an old cancer drug can be used to prevent rejection of transplanted tissue. The researchers now have high hopes that their discovery could lead to new treatments for both transplant patients and patients with autoimmune diseases.

29 Aug 2013

AARDA study reveals mothers antibodies may cause autism in babies

A new, large-scale study of more than 2,700 mothers of children with autism shows that about one in 10 mothers have antibodies in their bloodstream that react with proteins in the brain of their babies.

29 Aug 2013

Future of biomedical innovation depends on new trend for all players to work together for common goal

It's a long, expensive, risky road to turn a scientific breakthrough into a treatment that can help patients. Fewer organizations are trying to tackle the challenges alone, says a new paper from MIT researchers published August 28 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

29 Aug 2013

Reformulated OxyContin®: an interview with Dr. Paul Coplan, Executive Director, Risk Management and Epidemiology, Purdue Pharma

OxyContin contains oxycodone, which is an opioid agonist. It is used for the management of moderate to severe pain when a constant opioid analgesic is needed for a prolonged period of time.

29 Aug 2013

Opioid dependence causes greatest health burden of all illicit drugs

The first ever analysis of the global and regional prevalence of dependence upon the four major categories of illicit drugs – amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids (such as heroin) – has revealed that opioid dependence causes the greatest health burden (overall death and illness) of all the illicit drugs. The results come from new analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, and are published in The Lancet.

29 Aug 2013

Mental and substance use disorders responsible for more death and illness worldwide

Mental and substance use disorders were the leading cause of non-fatal illness worldwide in 2010, according to a new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study, published in The Lancet.

29 Aug 2013

Many men find prostate cancer treatment as a big challenge

After fighting off prostate cancer and beginning the road to recovery, many men are finding the expense of cancer treatment is almost as big a challenge as the disease.

29 Aug 2013

Study identifies cognitive factor in voice familiarity that helps older listeners to hear better

With so many other competing voices, having a conversation on a bustling subway or at a crowded cocktail party takes a great deal of concentration. New research suggests that the familiar voice of a spouse stands out against other voices, helping to sharpen auditory perception and making it easier to focus on one voice at a time.

29 Aug 2013

UTHealth professors receives 2013 Distinguished Investigator Award of Academy of Radiology Research

Ponnada Narayana, Ph.D., and Jonathan Ophir, Ph.D., professors in the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, are among recipients of the 2013 Distinguished Investigator Award of the Academy of Radiology Research.

29 Aug 2013

Despite conspiracy theory about HIV care, many are willing to take part in vaccine trails

Even though most Americans believe some kind of conspiracy theory about HIV care and research, many are willing to take part in vaccine trails, according to a new study1 by Ryan Westergaard of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, published in Springer's Journal of General Internal Medicine.

29 Aug 2013

Study shows personal goals influence older adults striving for exercise

Although exercise may significantly promote healthy aging, many older adults remain sedentary. Based on a study conducted in the Gerontology Research Center at the University of Jyväskylä, one reason for this may lie behind older adults' personal goals.

29 Aug 2013

Biostatistician uses statistical and computer modeling for policy development in prostate cancer research

Ruth Etzioni, Ph.D., a biostatistician, is a member of the Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

29 Aug 2013

Johns Hopkins researchers use low-energy light to solve serious heart problems

When a beating heart slips into an irregular, life-threatening rhythm, the treatment is well known: deliver a burst of electric current from a pacemaker or defibrillator. But because the electricity itself can cause pain, tissue damage and other serious side-effects, a Johns Hopkins-led research team wants to replace these jolts with a kinder, gentler remedy: light.

29 Aug 2013

Fast food TV commercials aimed at children did not comply with self-imposed guidelines

Fast food TV commercials aimed at children 2-11 years old did not comply with self-imposed guidelines organized through the Better Business Bureau (BBB) during a one-year study period, according to Dartmouth researchers who published their findings today with PLOS ONE.

29 Aug 2013

Research News and Research

Study explains how sensory input impacts fruit flies' decisions about sweet taste

Tracking movement of Fukushima radioactive plume in oceans

UT finds way to blend passion for chemistry with ideals of environmental sustainability

Scientists develop complex human brain tissue in 3D culture system

First Edition: August 29, 2013

Bisexual young people likely to smoke and drink alcohol twice more than heterosexual peers

Researchers discover old cancer drug can be used to prevent rejection of transplanted tissue

AARDA study reveals mothers antibodies may cause autism in babies

Future of biomedical innovation depends on new trend for all players to work together for common goal

Reformulated OxyContin®: an interview with Dr. Paul Coplan, Executive Director, Risk Management and Epidemiology, Purdue Pharma

Opioid dependence causes greatest health burden of all illicit drugs

Mental and substance use disorders responsible for more death and illness worldwide

Many men find prostate cancer treatment as a big challenge

Study identifies cognitive factor in voice familiarity that helps older listeners to hear better

UTHealth professors receives 2013 Distinguished Investigator Award of Academy of Radiology Research

Despite conspiracy theory about HIV care, many are willing to take part in vaccine trails

Study shows personal goals influence older adults striving for exercise

Biostatistician uses statistical and computer modeling for policy development in prostate cancer research

Johns Hopkins researchers use low-energy light to solve serious heart problems

Fast food TV commercials aimed at children did not comply with self-imposed guidelines

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