A new study shows that just having a parent with an alcohol use disorder affects how your brain transitions between…
The many lives of charcoal
In sub-Saharan Africa, charcoal dominates as an energy resource for cooking. A graduate student traveled to her native Uganda to…
The human brain’s meticulous interface with the bloodstream now on a precision chip
It can be the bain of brain drug developers: The interface between the human brain and the bloodstream, the blood-brain-barrier,…
Human textiles to repair blood vessels
As the leading cause of mortality worldwide, cardiovascular diseases claim over 17 million lives each year, according to World Health…
Finding a cure for dog’s brain cancer may help us find a cure for ourselves
For cancers such as glioma, preclinical research models have failed to provide sufficient insight for medical progress. A team has…
Long-term learning requires new nerve insulation
Scientists have discovered that mice quickly learn a fearful response to a situation perceived as threatening, but for such a…
New treatment discovered for rare eye disease may prevent blindness
Patients with thyroid eye disease who used the minimally invasive insulin-like growth factor I blocking antibody, teprotumumab, experienced improvement in…
AI, brain scans may alter how doctors treat depression
Artificial intelligence may soon play a critical role in choosing which depression therapy is best for patients.
Sensory perception is not superficial brain work
How does the brain decide which of the senses it will focus attention on when two interact? For the first…
Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy connected to elevated risk of ADHD
The risk of ADHD was 34 percent higher in children whose mother had a vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy than…