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Flawed But Colorful Diamonds Are Among The Most Sensitive Detectors of Magnetic Fields

Mar 7, 2014

Flawed but colorful diamonds are among the most sensitive detectors of magnetic fields known today, allowing physicists to explore the minuscule magnetic fields in metals, exotic materials and even human tissue. University of California, ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Electronics, Colored Diamonds

Findings Suggest Similar Origins of Some Cases of Schizophrenia and Autism in Humans

Feb 26, 2014

Findings suggest similar origins of some cases of schizophrenia and autism in humans Johns Hopkins researchers report that fetal mice — especially males — show signs of brain damage that lasts into their adulthood when they ...

Tags: Immune Response, Prenatal Exposure, journal Brain, maternal infection

Researchers Are Creating a Wiring Diagram of The Complex Brain Circuits

Feb 25, 2014

Researchers are creating a wiring diagram of the complex brain circuits that regulate this intense motivational state While the function of eating is to nourish the body, this is not what actually compels us to seek out food. Instead, it ...

Tags: Drives Appetite, motivational state, BIDMC, AgRP

Moderate Aerobic Exercise Helps to Preserve The Structure and Function of Nerve Cells

Feb 25, 2014

Moderate aerobic exercise helps to preserve the structure and function of nerve cells in the retina after damage, according to an animal study appearing February 12 in The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest exercise may be able ...

Tags: Aerobic Exercise, Nerve Cells, BNDF, blind disease

The Brain Is a Reclusive Organ

Jan 22, 2014

The brain is a reclusive organ. Neurons the cells that make up the brain, nerves, and spinal cord communicate with each other using electrical pulses known as action potentials, but their interactions are complicated and hard to understand. ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

An Experimental Drug Could Eventually Offer a New Treatment Option for Genital Herpes

Jan 16, 2014

An experimental drug could eventually offer a new treatment option for genital herpes, a common and incurable sexually transmitted infection, researchers report. In a small study, researchers found that the drug -- called pritelivir -- ...

Tags: Health, Medicine

A Protein Is a Promising New Drug Target

Jan 16, 2014

Schistosoma mansoni and its close relatives are parasitic flatworms that affect millions worldwide and kill an estimated 250,000 people a year. A study published on January 16 in PLOS Pathogens identifies a new part of the molecular pathway ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

Preliminary Treatment Appears Effective to Control Motor Function in Parkinson's Disease

Jan 13, 2014

A new, preliminary treatment involving triple-gene therapy appears safe and effective in helping to control motor function in Parkinson's disease patients, according to new research. The therapy, called ProSavin, works by reprogramming ...

Tags: triple-gene therapy, Parkinson's disease, ProSavin

How Cell-to-Cell Chemical Connections Influence Individual Cell Function?

Jan 12, 2014

A multi-disciplinary team from the University of Pennsylvania have published in Nature Methods a first-of-its-kind way to isolate RNA from live cells in their natural tissue microenvironment without damaging nearby cells. This allows the ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

Jewell Is an Expert in Immunomodulation to Target a Specific Disease

Jan 9, 2014

In 2004, a form of cancer known as neuroblastoma claimed the life of Alexandra (Alex) Scott, a little girl who gained national attention for using her lemonade stand to raise money for cancer research. Now, the organization established in ...

Tags: neuroblastoma, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, University of Maryland

Three Foods Can Help Prevent The Onset of Alzheimer's by Enhancing Brain Function

Jan 2, 2014

The number of Americans with Alzheimer's is projected to triple by 2050. While there isn't a cure for Alzheimer's, certain lifestyle changes can help prevent cognitive decline. MySilverAge.com recommends three foods that can help prevent ...

Tags: health tip, Alzheimer, lifestyle, prevent cognitive decline

People Taking Acid-Reflux Medications Have an Increased Risk of Vitamin B-12 Deficiency

Dec 26, 2013

People who take certain acid-reflux medications might have an increased risk of vitamin B-12 deficiency, according to new research. Taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to ease the symptoms of excess stomach acid for more than two years ...

Tags: acid-reflux medications, vitamin B-12 deficiency, proton pump inhibitors

Boehringer Ingelheim Has Entered Into a Research Collaboration Agreement

Dec 20, 2013

Boehringer Ingelheim has entered into a research collaboration agreement with and Circuit Therapeutics to discover new ways of treating psychiatric disorders. As per the deal, the companies will combine their research and development ...

Tags: Boehringer, Psychiatric Disorders

The Number of People Suffering From Alzheimer's Dementia Worldwide Totals 30 Million

Nov 21, 2013

The number of people suffering from Alzheimer's dementia worldwide currently totals 30 million, with new cases expected to triple by the year 2050. What has changed over the past 50 years to account for such an epidemic rise in this once ...

Tags: virgin, olive oil, abnormal, brain tangle, formation, Alzheimer

Critical Omega-3 Fats Help Maintain Memory, Spatial Learning and Cognitive Function.

Nov 21, 2013

Medical nutrition scientists have written volumes that show how the nutrients from the foods we eat daily alter our genetic structure as well as the metabolism of every one of the trillions of cells in our body. Neurons in the brain are ...

Tags: fish oil fat, brain, junk food, diet

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