Just like the wrong ingredients can spoil a cake, so too can the wrong ingredients spoil the results in biomedical…
Scientists provide first evidence of diphtheria-like infectious agent in hedgehogs
As cultural successors, hedgehogs reside in close proximity to humans. Road traffic, lawn mowers and infectious agents threaten the prickly…
Exercise can improve non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Exercise has potential to improve non-motor as well as motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), including cognitive function, report investigators.
Increased muscle mass improves response to cancer treatment
Researchers have found that sarcopenia, a condition characterized by decreased skeletal muscle mass, is strongly associated with poor treatment outcomes…
Discovery of the genetic ‘conductor’ of brain stem cells
Our brain comprises 85 billion nerve cells and just as many so-called glial cells. But what decides when and how…
Sensory stimuli improves brain damage in mouse models of preterm birth
A research conducted by the INc-UAB shows that the same perinatal brain injury caused by hypoxia and ischemia have differentiated…
Applying a network perspective to human physiology
Medical practitioners commonly treat organs in isolation, but a physicist wants to usher in a new paradigm.
Psychedelic microdosing in rats shows beneficial effects
Microdosing — taking tiny amounts of psychedelic drugs to boost mood and mental acuity — is based on anecdotal reports of its…
How a common oral bacteria makes colon cancer more deadly
Researchers have determined how a type of bacteria commonly found in the mouth accelerates the growth of colon cancer.
Promising strategy to fight the most deadly brain tumor in children
A study found that an inhibitor of an enzyme called ACVR1 slows tumor growth and increases survival in an animal…