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Video: Here’s what sugar does to our brains
When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activation ...
Video: Targeting glioblastoma and other deadly cancers with nanoparticles, chemotherapy
Nanoparticles are capable of carrying chemotherapy to areas of the body afflicted by cancer. However, what if these nanoparticles were ...
UK pushes to cut cancer rates by expanding HPV vaccinations to preteen boys
From September 2019, boys in school year 8 will be offered the free Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for the ...
Can stress be measured through a single drop of blood?
[T]he holy grail of stress diagnostics would be a reliable biomarker; a biological measuring stick that would sum up all ...
Human brains are drawn to the sound of music
In the eternal search for understanding what makes us human, scientists found that our brains are more sensitive to pitch, ...
Video: Exploring the riddle of consciousness
Consciousness is perhaps the biggest riddle in nature. In the first part of this three part video series, we explore ...
Understanding how ketamine helps the brain deal with depression
The promise of ketamine, an anesthetic drug primarily used at sub-anesthetic doses to either manage severe pain or send recreational ...
Searching for a ‘fountain of youth’ in our genes
Explorers have dreamt for centuries of a Fountain of Youth, with healing waters that rejuvenate the old and extend life ...
Do our genes determine which faces are ‘prettier’ than others?
Despite the importance humans and society appear to place on beauty, from a scientific perspective, we don't actually know a ...
Video: Understanding the mystery of hidden or ‘dark DNA’
Scientists are beginning to understand mysterious parts of our DNA. Here’s what they’ve found so far. Read full, original post: “Dark ...
Targeting rare diseases with RNA treatments
There are approximately 7,000 known rare diseases, however, less than 6% of these have a treatment. It is estimated that between 25–35 ...
Proteogenomics: Forging a new path in precision medicine
Integrating its parent fields of proteomics and genomics with transcriptomics, proteogenomics is the latest in a series of ‘omics technologies ...
How to avert an ‘antibiotic apocalypse’
The “Antibiotic Apocalypse” scenario, where drug-resistant bacteria end humanity, often seems to be somewhat inevitable, a process driven so strongly ...
CRISPR editing of multiple plant genes results in almost no off target effects
A team that includes a Virginia Tech plant scientist recently used life sciences technology to edit 14 target sites encompassing ...
