'Wiring' in the brain influences personality

Medicine & Health / Research

Nov 23, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (56) | 4

Have you got the new iPhone yet? Do you like changing jobs now and again because you get bored otherwise? Do you go on holiday to different places every year? Then maybe your neural connection between ventral striatum and ...

Researchers develop new strategy for broad spectrum anti-viral drugs

Medicine & Health / Medications

Nov 23, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (16) | 1

Bavituximab, an anti-viral drug developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers, shows promise as a new strategy to fight viral diseases, including potential bioterrorism agents.

Plants grow bigger and more vigorously through changes in their internal clocks

Biology /

Nov 23, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 0

Hybrid plants, like corn, grow bigger and better than their parents because many of their genes for photosynthesis and starch metabolism are more active during the day, report researchers from The University ...

Researchers define new painkilling chemical pathway

Chemistry /

Nov 23, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 1

Marijuana kills pain by activating a set of proteins known as cannabinoid receptors, which can also regulate appetite, inflammation, and memory. The body also has chemicals known as endocannabinoids that naturally activate ...

Melatonin may save eyesight in inflammatory disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Nov 23, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 0

Current research suggests that melatonin therapy may help treat uveitis, a common inflammatory eye disease. The related report by Sande et al., "Therapeutic Effect of Melatonin in Experimental Uveitis," appears in the December ...

Researchers discover strategy for predicting the immunity of vaccines

Medicine & Health / Research

Nov 23, 2008 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, have developed a multidisciplinary approach involving immunology, genomics and bioinformatics ...

Ultrasound waves aid in rapid treatment of DVT

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Nov 23, 2008 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

The use of ultrasound waves for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) may help dissolve blood clots in less time than using clot-busting drugs alone, according to researchers at Emory University. The study will be presented Sunday, ...