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Oxytocin treatment may help overcome drug addiction, study suggests

Many people have suggested that addiction hijacks the body's natural drives in the service of compulsive drug use.

31 May 2017

Study finds parent-based obesity treatment without their children could be used to tackle childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is connected with negative health outcomes and family-based obesity treatment provided to both children and parents is considered to be effective. But the questions is: do children need to come for childhood obesity treatment with parents for it to be effective?

31 May 2017

Scientists could be one step closer to developing vaccines against viruses

Scientists could be one step closer to developing vaccines against viruses such as Zika, West Nile or HIV, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

31 May 2017

New study reveals how brain's opioids modulate responses towards other people's pain

A new Finnish research reveals how brain's opioids modulate responses towards other people's pain.

31 May 2017

Real-time imaging of influenza infection in mice can be promising evaluation tool

Real-time imaging of influenza infection in mice is a promising new method to quickly monitor disease progression and to evaluate whether candidate vaccines and treatments are effective in this animal model, according to National Institutes of Health scientists.

31 May 2017

Researchers develop new plasmonic sensor that improves early detection of cancer biomarkers

A new plasmonic sensor developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will serve as a reliable early detection of biomarkers for many forms of cancer and eventually other diseases.

31 May 2017

Study: Type 2 diabetes linked to bacteria that penetrate mucus lining of the colon

In humans, developing metabolic disease, particularly type 2 diabetes, is correlated with having bacteria that penetrate the mucus lining of the colon, according to a study led by Drs. Benoit Chassaing and Andrew Gewirtz at Georgia State University.

30 May 2017

Investigational compound inhibits cancer-specific mutations in mice

Many malignancies develop as a result of genetic alterations in individual cells. These gene mutations often cause altered proteins that give new, growth-promoting properties to the cell.

30 May 2017

Glucose may play crucial role in the fight against cancer and inflammatory disease

Glucose - commonly referred to as a 'simple' sugar - may actually be crucial in the fight against cancer and inflammatory disease as scientists have just discovered a new role in which it stimulates cells that work on the frontline in the fight against tumors and infection.

30 May 2017

Chemicals found in cigarettes harm fetal liver health, study shows

Chemicals found in cigarette smoke have been shown to damage fetal liver cells.

30 May 2017

Research findings may pave way for miracle drug to treat narcolepsy

Narcolepsy, a serious sleep disorder in which patients often fall asleep uncontrollably, has been incurable because no effective therapeutic agents are available to date. Recent findings by Japanese scientists in the sleep institute may shed light on this challenging problem.

30 May 2017

Long-term stress for the mother can influence growth of unborn child through amniotic fluid

The feeling of constantly being on edge, always having to take care of everything, not being able to find a balance: If an expectant mother is strongly stressed over a longer period of time, the risk of the unborn child developing a mental or physical illness later in life - such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or cardiovascular disease - increases.

30 May 2017

Kyoto University researchers identify specific gene as key regulator in iron uptake

Maintaining a good balance of iron in the body is necessary for health: too little can lead to anemia, but too much can cause debilitating disorders such as hemochromatosis.

30 May 2017

Smoking during pregnancy damages liver tissue of developing fetus, study shows

A new stem cell study has shown the damaging impact cigarette smoke can have on the developing liver tissue of unborn fetuses. The study also revealed differences in the type of damage caused between male and female fetuses.

30 May 2017

Researchers develop new mouse model that could lead to better treatment of kidney cancer

Research in the field of kidney cancer, also called renal cancer, is vital, because many patients with this disease still cannot be cured today.

30 May 2017

New research recasts timeline for development of the brain's vision-processing center

The visual cortex, the human brain's vision-processing center that was previously thought to mature and stabilize in the first few years of life, actually continues to develop until sometime in the late 30s or early 40s, a McMaster neuroscientist and her colleagues have found.

30 May 2017

TSRI scientists give new superpowers to lifesaving antibiotic

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have given new superpowers to a lifesaving antibiotic called vancomycin, an advance that could eliminate the threat of antibiotic-resistant infections for years to come.

30 May 2017

Study finds that immune factors have cardioproliferative effects

In adult mammal hearts, cardiomyoctyes do not proliferate following damage, like that caused by myocardial infarction. However, the inability to proliferate is not true for all animals, and even in mammals, cardiomyocyte proliferation is known.

30 May 2017

Study offers new insights into brain mechanisms for spatial navigation

An international research team led by UvA researchers Jeroen Bos, Martin Vinck and Cyriel Pennartz has identified a new type of neuron which might play a vital role in humans' ability to navigate their environments. The discovery is an important step towards understanding how the brain codes navigation behaviour at larger scales and could potentially open up new treatment strategies for people with impaired topographical orientation like Alzheimer's patients.

29 May 2017

Drug treatment used for other conditions can help women combat urinary incontinence

Urinary incontinence in women is common, with almost 50% of adult women experiencing leakage at least occasionally. Genetic or heritable factors are known to contribute to half of all cases, but until now studies had failed to identify the genetic variants associated with the condition.

29 May 2017

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Oxytocin treatment may help overcome drug addiction, study suggests

Study finds parent-based obesity treatment without their children could be used to tackle childhood obesity

Scientists could be one step closer to developing vaccines against viruses

New study reveals how brain's opioids modulate responses towards other people's pain

Real-time imaging of influenza infection in mice can be promising evaluation tool

Researchers develop new plasmonic sensor that improves early detection of cancer biomarkers

Study: Type 2 diabetes linked to bacteria that penetrate mucus lining of the colon

Investigational compound inhibits cancer-specific mutations in mice

Glucose may play crucial role in the fight against cancer and inflammatory disease

Chemicals found in cigarettes harm fetal liver health, study shows

Research findings may pave way for miracle drug to treat narcolepsy

Long-term stress for the mother can influence growth of unborn child through amniotic fluid

Kyoto University researchers identify specific gene as key regulator in iron uptake

Smoking during pregnancy damages liver tissue of developing fetus, study shows

Researchers develop new mouse model that could lead to better treatment of kidney cancer

New research recasts timeline for development of the brain's vision-processing center

TSRI scientists give new superpowers to lifesaving antibiotic

Study finds that immune factors have cardioproliferative effects

Study offers new insights into brain mechanisms for spatial navigation

Drug treatment used for other conditions can help women combat urinary incontinence

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