In the course of the arms there is an allocation of special chemical substances that have beneficial effects on the human body, this gesture is a Testament of love and acceptance, acting on the emotional area of the brain. To such conclusion came the scientists from Ruhr University in Bochum. According to the results of […]
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How the Tasmanian devil inspired researchers to create ‘safe cell’ therapies
A contagious facial cancer that has ravaged Tasmanian devils in southern Australia isn’t the first place one would look to find the key to advancing cell therapies in humans. But that’s exactly what first inspired a Medicine by Design-funded research team to improve the safety of stem cell-derived treatments by programming the cells to die […]
Researchers closer to gonorrhea vaccine after exhaustive analysis of proteins
In a study of proteins historic in its scope, researchers at Oregon State University have pushed closer both to a vaccine for gonorrhea and toward understanding why the bacteria that cause the disease are so good at fending off antimicrobial drugs. The findings, published in Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, are especially important since the microbe, […]
Researchers develop new test to objectively measure pain, test medications
If you’ve ever visited the emergency department with appendicitis, or you’re one of the 100 million U.S. adults who suffer from chronic pain, you’re familiar with a row of numbered faces, with expressions from smiling to grimacing, used to indicate pain levels. Despite that tool’s widespread use, some researchers say a more empirical approach would […]
Researchers find neural cells in rat brain that are tuned to posture
A team of researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology has isolated a group of neural cells in rat brains that are tuned to posture. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes experiments they carried out with rats while studying their brains in action, and what they found. Guifen […]