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Researchers exploring impact of emotional spillover in the brain

Life is full of emotional highs and lows, ranging from enjoying an activity with a loved one and savoring a delicious meal to feeling hurt by a negative interaction with a co-worker or that recent scuffle with a family member.

16 Jun 2017

Researchers working towards developing novel stem cell approaches for glaucoma

There is great interest among glaucoma patients, scientists and doctors alike, in discovering regenerative therapies for the optic nerve and translating them from the laboratory to the clinic - and stem cell therapy is one of several promising approaches being studied.

16 Jun 2017

Study finds direct link between birth outcomes and placental oxygen transport

When a baby is born small, it's often attributed to genetic factors or maternal risk factors like poor nutrition or smoking.

16 Jun 2017

Lack of 'editing' in microRNAs can potentially drive brain cancers

SCIENTISTS in the UK and India have observed a "significant" lack of 'editing' in microRNAs in brain tissue of brain cancer patients.

16 Jun 2017

Study reveals the body's systemic stem cell response to ACL injury

You might think stem cells only exist inside a fetus, but your adult body has a stockpile of stem cells, armed and ready to respond. These remarkable cells can develop into any other type of cell, like muscle or bone or nerve cells.

16 Jun 2017

Body cooling for wheelchair comfort

People with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) are unable to sweat because their body can no longer communicate with their brain. They risk overheating with every revalidation exercise. While this was the main driver for Staels Design, we have since noted that almost every single wheelchair user has issues with heat and moisture.

16 Jun 2017

Broccoli may help type 2 diabetes patients manage their blood sugar, study finds

According to a new study, concentrated broccoli sprout extract may help type 2 diabetes patients manage their blood sugar.

16 Jun 2017

IU study may explain how Wolbachia bacterium prevents mosquitoes from transmitting deadly diseases

A new study from Indiana University may explain how a bacterium called Wolbachia prevents mosquitoes from transmitting deadly diseases such as dengue fever, West Nile virus and Zika.

16 Jun 2017

Penn/CHOP research helps to better understand cause of pediatric and treatment-related leukemias

Certain pediatric leukemias share a common underlying cause with treatment-related secondary leukemias.

16 Jun 2017

Researchers shed light on underlying reasons for eye-avoidance by individuals with ASD

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often find it difficult to look others in the eyes. This avoidance has typically been interpreted as a sign of social and personal indifference, but reports from people with autism suggests otherwise.

16 Jun 2017

Researchers explore common drive to overcome the mind's willingness to collectively control muscles

The key to balance is, in part, the ability to overpower your mind. Your brain possesses what some researchers call "common drive." It wants to activate and relax all muscles in synchrony, including the opposing ones.

16 Jun 2017

Early life stress encodes lifelong susceptibility to depression through alterations in brain reward region

Early life stress encodes lifelong susceptibility to stress through long-lasting transcriptional programming in a brain reward region implicated in mood and depression, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published June 15 in the journal Science.

15 Jun 2017

TSRI scientist and partners receive $7.2 million grant to create new RNA-based treatments for ALS

Professor Matthew Disney of the Department of Chemistry on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute, together with scientists from Mayo Clinic's Florida campus and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has been awarded $7.2 million from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of The National Institutes of Health to create new RNA-based treatments for the most common form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as a type of frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

15 Jun 2017

Wayne State awarded NIH grant to identify new therapeutic targets for bacterial keratitis

Wayne State University recently received a five-year, $1.925 million grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to test the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) - a newly recognized level of gene expression regulation - in bacterial keratitis – an infection of the cornea caused by bacteria - as well as to identify new therapeutic targets and alternative treatment strategies.

15 Jun 2017

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Researchers exploring impact of emotional spillover in the brain

Researchers working towards developing novel stem cell approaches for glaucoma

Study finds direct link between birth outcomes and placental oxygen transport

Lack of 'editing' in microRNAs can potentially drive brain cancers

Study reveals the body's systemic stem cell response to ACL injury

Body cooling for wheelchair comfort

Broccoli may help type 2 diabetes patients manage their blood sugar, study finds

IU study may explain how Wolbachia bacterium prevents mosquitoes from transmitting deadly diseases

Penn/CHOP research helps to better understand cause of pediatric and treatment-related leukemias

Researchers shed light on underlying reasons for eye-avoidance by individuals with ASD

Researchers explore common drive to overcome the mind's willingness to collectively control muscles

Early life stress encodes lifelong susceptibility to depression through alterations in brain reward region

TSRI scientist and partners receive $7.2 million grant to create new RNA-based treatments for ALS

Wayne State awarded NIH grant to identify new therapeutic targets for bacterial keratitis

Penn State scientists win grant to develop novel approach to contraception

Targeting regulatory T cells could be effective approach to treating cancers, research shows

Uncontrolled brain activity may lead to memory and attentional impairments, review suggests

Biomedical engineering professor wins $2 million grant for concussion research

Blocking newly discovered cellular pathway could help control tumor growth

Researchers develop computational method to guide surgeons during brain surgery

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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