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Individual frequency can be used to control brain activity

Individual frequency can be used to specifically influence certain areas of the brain and thus the abilities processed in them - solely by electrical stimulation on the scalp, without any surgical intervention.

17 Aug 2020

New insights into how the brain's internal states influence decision-making

Biomedical Engineering's Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben Cowley (School of Computer Science '18), have studied the neural basis through which internal states in the brain affect decision-making over an extended period of time.

17 Aug 2020

Multiplication of ecDNA genes present in many cancer types, drives poor patients outcomes

The multiplication of genes located in extrachromosomal DNA that have the potential to cause cancer drives poor patient outcomes across many cancer types, according to a Nature Genetics study published Aug. 17, 2020 by a team of researchers including Professors Vineet Bafna and Dr.Paul Mischel of the University of California San Diego and Professor Roel Verhaak of Jackson Laboratories.

17 Aug 2020

Hydroxychloroquine is not a possible defense against COVID-19, study shows

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have added to the growing body of understanding about how hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is not a possible defense against COVID-19.

17 Aug 2020

Cashew shell compound may help repair damaged nerves

In laboratory experiments, a chemical compound found in the shell of the cashew nut promotes the repair of myelin, a team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center reports today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

17 Aug 2020

Paired associative stimulation promotes walking rehabilitation in paraplegic patient

The simultaneous stimulation of the motor nerves of the brain and limbs (paired associative stimulation) has yielded promising research results.

17 Aug 2020

New test could help predict survival of women with ovarian cancer

A global team of medical researchers led by UNSW have developed a test that could help to predict survival for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and pave the way towards personalized treatment.

17 Aug 2020

New treatment approach strengthens motor function and muscle of aged mice

In an aging society, one of the most important and urgent tasks of scientific research is to counteract the decline in motor function and muscle weakness that accompanies the aging process.

17 Aug 2020

Fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in big cats at the Bronx Zoo

Researchers studying tigers and lions at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Bronx Zoo in New York City have studied the first known cases in the United States of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) being naturally transmitted from humans to animals.

17 Aug 2020

SARS-CoV-2 poses significant threat to many marine mammal species

A new study conducted by researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, has found that many species of marine mammal are highly vulnerable to infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

17 Aug 2020

Study opens new therapeutic avenue for treating glioblastoma tumors

New insight into a gene that controls energy production in cancer stem cells could help in the search for a more effective treatment for glioblastoma.

17 Aug 2020

Genome analysis helps detect 568 genes that drive cancer

Analysis of the genomes of 28,000 tumors from 66 types of cancer has led to the identification of 568 cancer driver genes

17 Aug 2020

Cyborg technology: Researchers take new step toward integrating electronics with the body

Although true "cyborgs" - part human, part robotic beings - are science fiction, researchers are taking steps toward integrating electronics with the body.

17 Aug 2020

Back-pain patients taking opioid painkillers produce anti-opioid antibodies

University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have discovered that a majority of back-pain patients they tested who were taking opioid painkillers produced anti-opioid antibodies.

17 Aug 2020

New test provides information on immune response to Sars-Cov-2 in transplant patients

Even patients with suppressed immune systems can achieve a strong immune response to Sars-Cov-2. A test helps to adapt therapy following an infection.

17 Aug 2020

New type of immunotherapy extends survival of mice with triple negative breast tumors

Immunotherapies for cancer - treatments that prime the immune system to attack tumors - are valuable weapons in the anti-cancer arsenal. But some cancers are more difficult to target with this strategy than others.

17 Aug 2020

Study shows nitrate supplementation improves diaphragm's function in elderly people

New research published today in The Journal of Physiology shows that nitrate improves function in the diaphragm, the muscle involved in coughing and breathing, by improving power.

17 Aug 2020

U.S. scientists to create coronavirus strain for human challenge trials

Now, a team of scientists in the United States plans to create a coronavirus strain that can be used for human challenge trials, a controversial type of study wherein health volunteers would be vaccinated and intentionally infected with the virus.

16 Aug 2020

New study challenges hypothesis underlying the sensitivity of mammalian auditory system

A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus challenges a decades-old hypothesis on adaptation, a key feature in how sensory cells of the inner ear (hair cells) detect sound.

15 Aug 2020

Infrared technology can be adapted to study infant behavior

A new study from the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology describes how existing infrared technology can be adapted to measure recognition memory and other cognitive outcomes in infants.

15 Aug 2020

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Individual frequency can be used to control brain activity

New insights into how the brain's internal states influence decision-making

Multiplication of ecDNA genes present in many cancer types, drives poor patients outcomes

Hydroxychloroquine is not a possible defense against COVID-19, study shows

Cashew shell compound may help repair damaged nerves

Paired associative stimulation promotes walking rehabilitation in paraplegic patient

New test could help predict survival of women with ovarian cancer

New treatment approach strengthens motor function and muscle of aged mice

Fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in big cats at the Bronx Zoo

SARS-CoV-2 poses significant threat to many marine mammal species

Study opens new therapeutic avenue for treating glioblastoma tumors

Genome analysis helps detect 568 genes that drive cancer

Cyborg technology: Researchers take new step toward integrating electronics with the body

Back-pain patients taking opioid painkillers produce anti-opioid antibodies

New test provides information on immune response to Sars-Cov-2 in transplant patients

New type of immunotherapy extends survival of mice with triple negative breast tumors

Study shows nitrate supplementation improves diaphragm's function in elderly people

U.S. scientists to create coronavirus strain for human challenge trials

New study challenges hypothesis underlying the sensitivity of mammalian auditory system

Infrared technology can be adapted to study infant behavior

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