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New study to test unusual hypothesis on beta brainwaves

Beta oscillations are tightly linked to Parkinson's disease and the ability to process sensory information, such as touch. Two neuroscientists have brought their collaboration to Brown University and won funding from the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Keeping one's eyes on the goal -- despite stress

Stressed people fall into habits and their behaviour is not goal-directed. That the neurotransmitter norepinephrine plays a decisive role here is now reported in the Journal of Neuroscience by scientists from Bochum led by ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study explains how heart attack can lead to heart rupture

For people who initially survive a heart attack, a significant cause of death in the next few days is cardiac rupture -- literally, bursting of the heart wall.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineered, drug-secreting blood vessels reverse anemia in mice

Patients who rely on recombinant, protein-based drugs must often endure frequent injections, often several times a week, or intravenous therapy. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston demonstrate the possibility that blood ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecular link between diabetes and cancer described

Developing type 2 diabetes is a lengthy process. An early sign that it has begun is high levels of insulin in the blood. As long as the insulin-producing beta cells are able to compensate for the increased demand, for example ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem cell therapy for diabetes still a long way off

Ever since scientists started talking about the potential of embryonic stem cells, curing Type 1 diabetes has been a dear dream.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New software tool provides unprecedented searches of sound, from musical riffs to gunshots

Audio engineers have developed a novel artificial intelligence system for understanding and indexing sound, a unique tool for both finding and matching previously un-labeled audio files.

Technology / Software

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers unravel biochemical factor important in tumor metastasis

A protein called "fascin" appears to play a critical transformation role in TGF beta mediated tumor metastasis, say researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., who published a study in a recent issue of the Journal of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Animal study suggests that newborn period may be crucial time to prevent later diabetes

Pediatric researchers who tested newborn animals with an existing human drug used in adults with diabetes report that this drug, when given very early in life, prevents diabetes from developing in adult animals. If this finding ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover new molecular target for diabetes treatment

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a key molecular pathway responsible for the natural decrease in the proliferation of insulin-producing cells that occurs as a person ages. Artificially ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neural stem cell transplant may tackle diabetes

Researchers in Japan have discovered how a patient's neural stem cells could be used as an alternative source of the beta cells needed for a regenerative treatment for diabetes. The research, published in EMBO Molecular Me ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Beta Blockers could stop breast cancer spreading

(Medical Xpress) -- Cancer Research UK scientists are investigating whether beta-blockers hold the key to preventing breast cancer spread and improving survival. Promising early results will be presented on the eve of breast ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Marker for Alzheimer's disease rises during day and falls with sleep

A marker for Alzheimer's disease rises and falls in the spinal fluid in a daily pattern that echoes the sleep cycle, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists use uterine stem cells to treat diabetes

Controlling diabetes may someday involve mining stem cells from the lining of the uterus, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study published in the journal Molecular Therapy. The team treate ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key signal that prompts production of insulin-producing beta cells points way toward diabetes cure

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have identified the key signal that prompts production of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas -- a breakthrough discovery that may ultimately help ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0