Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Thursday that he has reached a deal with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to reauthorize and…
Category: Humans
Neighborhood Woes: How Living Conditions Impact Brain Structure and Diet
Summary: Living in disadvantaged neighborhoods not only influences food choices and weight gain but can also alter the brain’s microstructure. Researchers found that poor food quality, high-calorie intake, and inactive…
Detecting Depression: A 1-Minute EEG Test Reveals Mood Shifts
Summary: Depression, a challenging condition to diagnose early, may now be detected more promptly using a simple 1-minute Electroencephalogram (EEG) test at home. This study revealed a relationship between EEG…
Roman fridge found at Novae |
Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw have discovered a Roman fridge during excavations at the Roman fortress of Novae. Novae was one of the primary legionary fortresses on the Limes…
MRI observation of human embryos at a one-hundredth-of-millimeter resolution
Photo of 9.4 T magnet (left) and a sample of MR images (right). Credit: University of Tsukuba Magnetic resonance (MR) microscope has previously been used to observe chemically fixed specimens…
Alzheimer’s disease is partly genetic − studying the genes that delay decline in some may lead to treatments for all
Diseases that run in families usually have genetic causes. Some are genetic mutations that directly cause the disease if inherited. Others are risk genes that affect the body in a…
Can at-home DNA tests predict how you’ll respond to your medications? Pharmacists explain the risks and benefits of pharmacogenetic testing
Have you ever wondered why certain medications don’t seem to work as well for you as they do for others? This variability in drug response is what pharmacogenomic testing hopes…
Protect yourself and loved ones with the new RSV vaccines
Transmission electron micrograph of RSV. Credit: CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer / Public Domain National medicine regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), recently approved the world’s first vaccines to prevent…
Study decodes surprising approach mice take in learning
Mice display noisy behavior in a deterministic reversal learning task. Credit: PLOS Computational Biology (2023). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011430 Neuroscience discoveries ranging from the nature of memory to treatments for disease have…
Archaeologists uncover Imperial Hittite archive |
Archaeologists from Koç University have uncovered an Imperial Hittite archive from the reign of Ḫattušili III during excavations at Kayalıpınar, located in the Yıldızeli District of Turkey’s Sivas Province. Kayalıpınar…
