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Odour of newborns activates neural reward circuit in mothers, elicits maternal care functions

What woman has not wanted to gobble up a baby placed in her arms, even if the baby is not hers? This reaction, which everyone has noticed or felt, could have biological underpinnings related to maternal functions.

23 Sep 2013

Scientists one step closer to developing universal flu vaccine

Scientists have moved closer to developing a universal flu vaccine after using the 2009 pandemic as a natural experiment to study why some people seem to resist severe illness.

23 Sep 2013

Researchers report encouraging results from T1DAL study on type 1 diabetes

Encouraging results from the T1DAL study (Targeting effector memory T cells with alefacept in new onset type 1 diabetes), led by Mark R. Rigby MD, PhD from Indiana University and Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis and sponsored by the Immune Tolerance Network (ITN) with additional support from JDRF, are published today in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

23 Sep 2013

Boys’ chronic aggressive behavior may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy, early childhood

Chronic aggressive behaviour exhibited by some boys from disadvantaged families may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy and early childhood.

23 Sep 2013

Evidence shows that fear memories can be reduced during sleep

A fear memory was reduced in people by exposing them to the memory over and over again while they slept. It's the first time that emotional memory has been manipulated in humans during sleep, report Northwestern Medicine- scientists.

23 Sep 2013

Senate Republicans split over 'Defunding Obamacare' strategy, Dems defend law

News outlets covered the rhetorical skirmishes on the Sunday talk shows, where Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pounded the law and said he has a new strategy to support the House bill, passed Friday.

23 Sep 2013

HFSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting focuses on ways to prevent heart failure

The 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) will feature a session today entitled "The Prevention of Heart Failure." The session is being presented by HFSA and the American Heart Association.

23 Sep 2013

New study on propofol drug may help develop effective anesthetics with fewer side effects

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Imperial College London have identified the site where the widely used anesthetic drug propofol binds to receptors in the brain to sedate patients during surgery.

23 Sep 2013

Accuray to present advanced radiation oncology treatment solutions at 2013 ASTRO

Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY) announced today its momentum in gaining adoption for both the new CyberKnife® M6™ Series and TomoTherapy® H™ Series Systems at the 55th Annual American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Meeting taking place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

23 Sep 2013

Migration trends of SSA-educated physicians to America have increased over the last decade

A dramatic rise in the number of physicians trained in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) emigrating to the United States has resulted in a "brain drain" explored in the dissertation of Vanderbilt student Akhenaten Tankwanchi, a portion of which was published recently in PLOS Medicine.

23 Sep 2013

Research provides answers to issues related to human pathogens in mushroom growth substrate

Strict requirements on the use of animal manures in fresh produce production imposed by the new federal food-safety law threatened to adversely impact the mushroom industry, which relies on horse and poultry manure for a specialized growth substrate.

23 Sep 2013

Cardinal Health grants funds to support Tissue Engineering Program at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Cardinal Health recently donated $1 million to Nationwide Children's Hospital to help advance the work and research of its Tissue Engineering Program.

23 Sep 2013

Sodium-potassium pump is pivotal to body's function

The story of the sodium-potassium pump has strong ties to Denmark. In 1997, the Danish scientist Jens Chr. Skou received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery, and over the years, research on the pump has remained a strong focus area at Aarhus University.

23 Sep 2013

Falls are the leading cause of injuries in older populations

One of the top reasons for trauma admission at Vanderbilt University Medical Center may come as a surprise: falls.

23 Sep 2013

Researchers develop new, improved technique for single-cell gene expression analysis

A team of researchers affiliated with Ludwig Cancer Research and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report in the current issue of Nature Methods a dramatically improved technique for analyzing the genes expressed within a single cell -- a capability of relevance to everything from basic research to future cancer diagn

23 Sep 2013

House approves stopgap funding bill -- heating up the fight to defund Obamacare

As House Republicans celebrated their win, they also ramped up pressure on Senate GOP lawmakers to take up the push to derail the health law.

21 Sep 2013

Avon Foundation for Women launches competition to bring emerging breast cancer technologies to market

A world-wide competition to bring emerging breast cancer technologies to market is being launched by the Avon Foundation for Women, in partnership with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the NIH, and the Center for Advancing Innovation.

21 Sep 2013

Viewpoints: Florida's 'sabotage' of health law; the irony of conservatives' 'nightmare' ads; Obamacare 'crushes' American families

Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, has been visiting the state to encourage private groups to help residents understand what insurance policies and federal subsidies will be available to them when the enrollment period opens Oct. 1.

21 Sep 2013

FDA takes action to prevent food distribution from rodent and insect-infested facility

U.S. Marshals seized food products at Gourmet Provisions, LLC and Royal Cup, Inc., after U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigators found widespread and active rodent and insect infestation on the premises.

21 Sep 2013

Falls can cause problems, but older adults can still maintain an active quality of life

A Saint Louis University School of Nursing faculty member is going to mark the first day of fall with a simple warning to senior adults: Don't let fear of falling stand in the way of being active and engaged with the world around you.

21 Sep 2013

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Odour of newborns activates neural reward circuit in mothers, elicits maternal care functions

Scientists one step closer to developing universal flu vaccine

Researchers report encouraging results from T1DAL study on type 1 diabetes

Boys’ chronic aggressive behavior may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy, early childhood

Evidence shows that fear memories can be reduced during sleep

Senate Republicans split over 'Defunding Obamacare' strategy, Dems defend law

HFSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting focuses on ways to prevent heart failure

New study on propofol drug may help develop effective anesthetics with fewer side effects

Accuray to present advanced radiation oncology treatment solutions at 2013 ASTRO

Migration trends of SSA-educated physicians to America have increased over the last decade

Research provides answers to issues related to human pathogens in mushroom growth substrate

Cardinal Health grants funds to support Tissue Engineering Program at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Sodium-potassium pump is pivotal to body's function

Falls are the leading cause of injuries in older populations

Researchers develop new, improved technique for single-cell gene expression analysis

House approves stopgap funding bill -- heating up the fight to defund Obamacare

Avon Foundation for Women launches competition to bring emerging breast cancer technologies to market

Viewpoints: Florida's 'sabotage' of health law; the irony of conservatives' 'nightmare' ads; Obamacare 'crushes' American families

FDA takes action to prevent food distribution from rodent and insect-infested facility

Falls can cause problems, but older adults can still maintain an active quality of life

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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