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![A recent paper has proposed white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) as a factor underpinning the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. Traditionally, amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Additional Factor in Alzheimer’s Pathology")
Additional Factor in Alzheimer’s Pathology
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No CommentsA recent paper has proposed white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) as a factor underpinning the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. Traditionally, amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are […] -
Girls are protected from autism!
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No CommentsA team of Boston and European scientists have found evidence for a “female protective effect” in autism that could explain why boys are at far […] -
An epigenetic cure for cancer?
Posted on February 24, 2013 | 22 CommentsA review article by researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine suggests that subtle changes in DNA expression patterns could be targeted to treat […] -
![A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that drinking coffee reduces risk of death. The study followed over 400,000 healthy […]](/wp-content/themes/arras/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Coffee consumption reduces mortality")
Coffee consumption reduces mortality
Posted on February 23, 2013 | No CommentsA study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that drinking coffee reduces risk of death. The study followed over 400,000 healthy […] -
TV-glued children become angry adults
Posted on February 23, 2013 | No CommentsA research group involved in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study has been able to demonstrate that children and adolescents who watch a lot […] -
Discovering how seals sleep with half their brain
Posted on February 23, 2013 | No CommentsA study published this month in the Journal of Neuroscience has identified some of the chemicals released in the brain that allow seals to sleep […] -
A not so ‘primitive’ reflex?
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsA study published this month in The Journal of Neuroscience questions the assumption that the Vestibular Ocular Reflex (VOR) is a primitive reflex, with its […] -
New approach to modulating serotonin signalling in the brain
Posted on February 18, 2013 | 1 CommentSerotonin (aka 5-HT) signalling is essential in the brain for normal physiological processes, including appetite control. Misfunctioning of the serotonin system has been implicated in […] -
Plant that kills cancer cells – too good to be true?
Posted on February 17, 2013 | No CommentsAn Indian plant, used for centuries to dampen inflammation and fever, has shown significant potential in killing cancer cells. This new study was performed at […] -
Gene associated with threat vigilance can protect against post-traumatic stress
Posted on February 17, 2013 | No CommentsPhD student Ilan Wald and Prof. Yair Bar-Haim, of Tel Aviv University, have together discovered that Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms can be predicted prior […] -
Gut bacteria relieve autistic symptoms in mice
Posted on February 16, 2013 | 1 CommentA group of researchers from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena has shown that mice showing autistic-like symptoms can benefit from being given bacteria […] -
Improve neonatal health with mothers’ milk
Posted on February 10, 2013 | No CommentsA study conducted in Chicago’s Rush University Medical Centre has sought to better understand how we should tend premature infants. The word has concluded that […] -
![Scientists at the Nanosystems Institute at UCLA have invented a tiny capsule that potentially kills cancer cells; a new way of treating cancer without exposing […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News-image-01-300x1691-115x115.jpg "Tiny Capsule destroys Cancerous Cells with no Side Effects")
Tiny Capsule destroys Cancerous Cells with no Side Effects
Posted on February 9, 2013 | No CommentsScientists at the Nanosystems Institute at UCLA have invented a tiny capsule that potentially kills cancer cells; a new way of treating cancer without exposing […] -
Crop pathogens evade host defences by inhibiting RNA silencing
Posted on February 9, 2013 | No CommentsPlant researchers at the University of California have shown that Phytophthora, a plant pathogen, produces proteins that suppress key host mechanisms of immunity. Phytophthora is […]
