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Explaining link between emotion and addictive substance use
What drives a person to smoke cigarettes? What role do emotions play in this addictive behavior? Why do some smokers…
Medical News Today: Wet coughs: What to know
A wet cough produces fluid or phlegm. In this article, learn about the various causes of a wet cough, as…
Acidic environment could boost power of harmful pathogens
New findings suggest lower pH in the digestive tract may make some bacterial pathogens even more dangerous.
How do fruit flies see in color? Study uncovers human-like brain circuit at work
Scientists have identified a brain circuit that drives fruit flies’ ability to see in color — and found that it…
In fighting gut infections, nervous system is key, Yale-Harvard team finds
The peaceful and delicate co-existence of friendly gut bacteria and the immune system relies on highly coordinated information exchange between…
‘Flash and freeze’ reveals dynamics of nerve connections
How do the physical parts of a neuron enable it to process and communicate information? Relating structure to function is…
Common chemical disrupts reproductive biology
Experiments in worms reveal the molecular damage caused by DEHP, a chemical commonly used to make plastics flexible. DEHP interferes…
An out-of-the-box attack on diabetes
A protein newly identified as important in type 1 diabetes can delay onset of the disease in diabetic mice, providing…
New way that immune cells detect infections and cancers
Researchers have determined the molecular basis for how an important component of the immune system, called gamma-delta T cells, detects…