Why is eating a high fat diet a recipe for obesity? According to a new study, the answer involves the…
Integrated, multi-‘omic’ studies of asthma could lead to precision treatment
Carefully designed, integrated multi-‘omic’ studies could accelerate the use of precision medicine for asthma patients, according to researchers.
HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals
Researchers have for the first time eliminated replication-competent HIV-1 DNA — the virus responsible for AIDS — from the genomes…
The neuroscience of autism: New clues for how condition begins
Scientists have uncovered details of a key cellular mechanism crucial for proper brain development. It involves a gene that, when…
Antidepressants reduce deaths by more than a third in patients with diabetes
Antidepressants reduce deaths by more than a third in patients with diabetes and depression, according to a new study.
Antibiotics weaken flu defenses in the lung
Antibiotics can leave the lung vulnerable to flu viruses, leading to significantly worse infections and symptoms, finds a new study.…
Dramatic differences in tests assessing preschoolers’ language skills
Researchers examined the impact of preterm birth on language outcomes in preschoolers born preterm and full-term, using both standardized assessment…
What do sick kids really want in hospital?
Researchers developed the ‘Needs of Children Questionnaire’ (NCQ), the first of its kind to measure children’s self-reported psychosocial, physical and…
Brain imaging may help identify teens at risk of increasing alcohol use
Teenagers with large amounts of grey matter in the brain at age 14 are more likely to increase their alcohol…
Genetic variation linked to response to anxiety could inform personalized therapies
A new study in marmoset monkeys suggests that individual variation in genes alters our ability to regulate emotions, providing new…