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Video: Appetite control and emotion arise from similar brain areas

James Gorman |
Relatively few neurons, only thousands, control appetite in a brain region linked to inhibition, fear and emotion according to a ...

In an age of genetic healing, what happens to those too old to find cures?

Ian Birrell |
I can still remember each second of that day just before Christmas when everything changed. The happy family lunch, then ...
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Brain breakthrough: Genome-wide association studies herald advances in treating mental disorders

Kavin Senapathy |
Nothing is more challenging to science, or potentially more heartbreaking, than mental illness. The human brain remains inscrutable. But recent ...

Call for FDA regulation of U.S. stem cell clinics

Elie Dolgin |
Unregulated stem cell clinics are proliferating throughout the U.S. A case in point is the Cell Surgical Network (CSN), which ...

Research links genetics, child cognitive development and disorders

How genes affect intelligence is complicated. Multiple genes, many yet unknown, are thought to interact among themselves and with environmental ...

3D “jelly doughnut” models brain, may prove vital to future research

Pam Belluck |
A doughnut created in a lab and made of silk on the outside and collagen gel where the jelly ought ...
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Does Nicholas Wade’s ‘A Troublesome Inheritance’ focus on ‘race’ inaccurately portray human differences?

Meredith Knight |
A new book by Nicholas Wade is being condemned by scientists, who claim that it paints a false picture of ...

Amid focus on curing illness, concern over treatment of disabled in society

Ian Birrell |
I can still remember each second of that day just before Christmas when everything changed.The happy family lunch, then the ...

New technologies advance fight against infectious disease

Aaron Krol |
Twenty years ago, at the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, Maryland, Claire Fraser became one of the first ...

How the environment shapes our genetic code

Dana Dovey |
The fascinating field of epigenetics studies how different environmental influences actually have the power to change gene expressions in our ...

Quest for answers on aging and longevity

Frailty is a common condition associated with old age, characterized by weight loss, weakness, decreased activity level and reduced mobility, ...
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Your brain is making subliminal, near-instantaneous judgements of people based on their faces

Kenrick Vezina |
Your brain is making a snap judgement on the trustworthiness of each stranger you see based on their faces -- ...

Can cancers be categorized more precisely?

Kevin Mayer |
Advancing the work of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a large team of researchers from multiple institutions performed a comprehensive analysis of ...

Antibacterial soaps may cause epigenetic changes to fetus

As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mulls over whether to rein in the use of common antibacterial compounds that ...

Stem cells advance personalized treatment for GI problems

Jim Dryden |
A method of growing human cells from tissue removed from a patient’s gastrointestinal (GI) tract eventually may help scientists develop ...

GMOs + tobacco = life saving vaccines

Erin Digitale |
Plants could act as safe, speedy factories for personalized treatments against a common form of cancer, according to recent findings ...
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Taking ancestry into account with personalized medicine

Kenrick Vezina |
A study of Mexican genetics reveals staggering diversity. In an increasingly globalized world, with human populations mixing at unprecedented rates, ...
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Who wants to live to forever?

Barry Gibb |
When does a 7-year-old consider the onset of old age to begin? What about when he’s 70? Ameliorating aging comes ...
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What can our microbiomes tell us about ourselves?

Carl Zimmer |
Some of my friends are sporting wristbands these days that keep track of their bodies. Little computers nestled in these ...

Fungus devastating frog populations by altering genome

Krishna Ramanujan |
A deadly fungus has decimated certain populations of amphibians globally for the past few decades, but scientists remain unclear about ...

Rethinking addiction and the brain on drugs

Bethany Brookshire |
Every day sees a new research article on addiction, be it cocaine, heroin, food or porn. Each one takes a specific angle on how addiction ...
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Predicting illnesses based on inherited susceptibility to stress

Rayshell Clapper |
Everyone feels stressed out at times; however, for some stress evolves into mental and physical illnesses that lead to even worse illnesses ...
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Cancer genomes to enter private practice

Meredith Knight |
New technology promises quick turn around for cancer genome testing, but do we understand tumor DNA well enough to capitalize? ...

UK considers benefits and risks of ‘three-parent’ IVF

Stephen Wilkinson |
The UK Parliament will soon consider making Britain the first country to allow three person IVF. The regulations are yet to be ...

Protein found in dogs may trigger human nerve regeneration

Honor Whiteman |
There are approximately six million people in the U.S. living with paralysis - the loss of muscle function caused by ...

How nanotechnology is revolutionizing medicine

Guizhi Zhu |
In a 1959 lecture at Caltech famously dubbed “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom,” American physicist and Nobel laureate–to-be ...

Are bacterial disease epidemics triggered by environmental changes?

Researchers have traced genetic changes in a bacterial pathogen over 450 years, and claim that epidemics of bacterial disease in ...