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Study highlights need to change edible marijuana product labels to ensure safety

Pot brownies may be a thing of the past as there are new edible marijuana products, or edibles, on the market, including chocolates, candies, and cookies.

23 Feb 2017

Research: Biomaterials that mimic bone marrow can alter blood cell development

Researchers at the University of Illinois report they can alter blood cell development through the use of biomaterials designed to mimic characteristics of the bone marrow.

23 Feb 2017

Scientists create organ-on-a-chip that can mimic heart's biomechanical properties

The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now scientists at Vanderbilt University have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-chip that can mimic the heart's amazing biomechanical properties.

23 Feb 2017

Chemists discover cheaper, faster way to identify and test new drugs

Chemists at the University of Waterloo, SCIEX and Pfizer have discovered a new way to help the pharmaceutical industry identify and test new drugs, which could revolutionize drug development, and substantially reduce the cost and time drugs need to reach their market.

23 Feb 2017

Nebraska researcher develops equation to pinpoint athletes who try to evade concussion protocols

An equation that combines multiple subtest scores into one could make fooling a concussion protocol nothing more than a fool's errand, says a recent study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

23 Feb 2017

BIDMC review focuses on neural circuitry of wakefulness and sleep

Sleep remains an enduring biological mystery with major clinical relevance, according to a review by clinician-researcher Thomas Scammell, MD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and colleagues.

23 Feb 2017

Researchers explore how G-protein-coupled receptors and arrestin form complexes

Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been studying two proteins that play a vital role in many bodily processes.

23 Feb 2017

Precise inactivation of neurotransmitter receptors using CALI technique erases fear memory in mice

The delivery of chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) receptors to the junctions between nerve cells (synapses) is crucial to cognitive processes such as memory.

23 Feb 2017

Vision scientists uncover reasons behind unusual perceptual properties of the eye's fovea

Vision scientists have uncovered some of the reasons behind the unusual perceptual properties of the eye's fovea. Only humans and other primates have this dimple-like structure in their retinas.

23 Feb 2017

Research advances understanding of neuroimmune mechanisms in ASD

In the Biological Psychiatry special issue "Neuroimmune Mechanisms in Autism Spectrum Disorder", guest editor Professor Kimberley McAllister of the University of California, Davis, presents five reviews and three original research articles highlighting advances that are transforming the field of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research.

23 Feb 2017

New research pinpoints how immigrant microbes get to the lungs

They traveled a huge distance, evaded a protective barrier, and found themselves in a strange and unwelcoming land.

23 Feb 2017

Eating up to ten portions of fruit and vegetables a day may reduce disease, early death risk

A fruit and vegetable intake above five-a-day shows major benefit in reducing the chance of heart attack, stroke, cancer and early death.

23 Feb 2017

Study provides new insights into molecular mechanisms behind short-term neuronal plasticity

In a study published in Cell Reports in February 2017, Matt Rowan, Ph.D., a Post-doctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Jason Christie, sought to understand the molecular mechanisms behind a type of short-term neuronal plasticity that may have importance for motor control.

23 Feb 2017

Researchers quantify consequences of Ebola outbreak on maternal and child health services

The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa has cost more than 11.000 lives and the health systems in the most affected countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, are still struggling.

23 Feb 2017

Study reveals mechanisms behind Zika transmission to fetus and adverse perinatal outcomes

Johns Hopkins researchers say that in early pregnancy in mice with complete immune systems, Zika virus can cross the placenta -- intended to protect the developing fetus -- and appears to lead to a high percentage of miscarriages and to babies born with thin brain tissue and inflammation in brain cells.

23 Feb 2017

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Study highlights need to change edible marijuana product labels to ensure safety

Research: Biomaterials that mimic bone marrow can alter blood cell development

Scientists create organ-on-a-chip that can mimic heart's biomechanical properties

Chemists discover cheaper, faster way to identify and test new drugs

Nebraska researcher develops equation to pinpoint athletes who try to evade concussion protocols

BIDMC review focuses on neural circuitry of wakefulness and sleep

Researchers explore how G-protein-coupled receptors and arrestin form complexes

Precise inactivation of neurotransmitter receptors using CALI technique erases fear memory in mice

Vision scientists uncover reasons behind unusual perceptual properties of the eye's fovea

Research advances understanding of neuroimmune mechanisms in ASD

New research pinpoints how immigrant microbes get to the lungs

Eating up to ten portions of fruit and vegetables a day may reduce disease, early death risk

Study provides new insights into molecular mechanisms behind short-term neuronal plasticity

Researchers quantify consequences of Ebola outbreak on maternal and child health services

Study reveals mechanisms behind Zika transmission to fetus and adverse perinatal outcomes

Study shows how variations in receptor genes may lead to obsessive-compulsive disorder traits

Sanford scientists focus on utility of adult-derived stem cells

Study finds biochemical pathway that triggers regrowth of breast cancer stem cells after chemotherapy

Duke Health scientists identify proteins in mucous that confirm viral infection

Johns Hopkins researchers find how itch-detecting neurons manage pain

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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