A peptide is capable of binding to the blood-brain barrier that protects the central nervous system and could help create…
External reference drug pricing could save medicare tens of billions
A new study found that prices for brand-name prescription drugs averaged 3.2 to 4.1 times higher in the US when…
Ayahuasca fixings found in 1,000-year-old bundle in the Andes
Today’s hipster creatives and entrepreneurs are hardly the first generation to partake of ayahuasca, according to archaeologists who have discovered…
Social media has limited effects on teenage life satisfaction
A study of 12,000 British teenagers has shown that links between social media use and life satisfaction are bidirectional and…
Vaccine design can dramatically improve cancer immunotherapies
After comparing a series of compositionally identical yet structurally different vaccines by testing them on multiple animal models, researchers found…
Origin of Sino-Tibetan language family revealed by new research
The Sino-Tibetan language family consists of more than 400 languages spoken by around 1.4 billion speakers worldwide, including major world…
Bacteria-causing infections can be detected more rapidly
Chemists have developed a fluorescent probe, BacGo that can detect Gram-positive bacteria precisely and promptly. The research team used bacterial…
AI can detect depression in a child’s speech
A machine learning algorithm can detect signs of anxiety and depression in the speech patterns of young children, potentially providing…
Huntington drug successfully lowers levels of disease-causing protein, study shows
An international clinical trial has found that a new drug for Huntington disease is safe, and that treatment with the…
Pigment-producing stem cells can regenerate vital part of nervous system
Neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) affect millions of people worldwide and occur when parts of the nervous system lose…