Drinking highly caffeinated alcoholic beverages triggers changes in the adolescent brain similar to taking cocaine, and the consequences last into adulthood as an altered ability to deal with rewarding substances. Credit: Flickr/CharlesEi1
Drinking highly caffeinated alcoholic beverages triggers changes in...
Electrical stimulation was delivered by an external stimulator (top left) through percutaneous leads to FINEs implanted on the median, ulnar, and radial nerves of an upper-limb amputee (bottom left). Each electrode contact evokes sensory percepts on small regions of...
A combination of historical and genetic research reveals the error and hype that led to the coining of the term 'Patient Zero' and the blaming of one man for the spread of HIV across North America.Credit:Flickr/iadmedia
A combination of historical...
A small molecule that can turn short-lived 'killer T-cells' into long-lived, renewable cells that can last in the body for a longer period of time, activating when necessary to destroy tumour cells, could help make cell-based immunotherapy a realistic...
"This discovery reverses food allergies in mice, and we have many people with allergies volunteering their own cells for us to use in lab testing to move this research forward," said professor John Gordon, lead scientist behind the discovery...
The UW study is based on the concept of closed-loop “bi-directional brain-computer interfaces” (BBCIs) being developed at the CSNE that can both record from and stimulate the nervous system. They would also allow the brain to directly control prosthetics...
Heidi Vreeland, lead author on the new paper looking at roadside trash burning in India, stands in front of a giant trash fire in Nicaragua.Credit: Duke University
Samples of smoke particles emanating from burning roadside trash piles in India have...
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may be linked to the build up of carbon dioxide and existing inner ear damage according to a new study in the journal Neuroscience. Author Dr. Daniel Rubens, an anesthesiologist and researcher at Seattle...
Researchers at UC San Francisco and the academically affiliated Gladstone Institutes have used a newly developed gene-editing system to find gene mutations that make human immune cells resistant to HIV infection.
The team built a high-throughput cell-editing platform using a...
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered a hormone that controls the first step in the maturation of fat cells. Its actions help explain how high-fat diets, stress and certain steroid medications cause obesity.
The new findings...
Air pollution and traffic noise have been linked to high blood pressure. Credit: © sgym662114114 / Flickr
Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to a greater incidence of high blood pressure, according to the largest study to investigate the...
