The Brain May Actively Forget During Dream Sleep to Prevent Information Overload
Rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep is a fascinating period when most of our dreams are made. Now, in a study of mice, a team…
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Warning: Flavored E-Cigarettes May Worsen Asthma
Strong Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Vastly Increased Risk of Premature Death
Weight Loss Enhanced in Obese Children by Probiotic Supplements
Warning: Cancer Threat From U.S. Tap Water Contaminants Discovered
Young, White, Daily Opioid Users More Likely to Prefer Fentanyl
Breastfeeding Lowers Childhood Obesity Risk – Now They May Have Found Out Why
CBD May Alleviate Seizures, Benefit People With Neurodevelopmental Conditions
Warning for Children With Sleep Apnea: Treatment Solely Based on Sleep Studies Is Unreliable
Researchers Develop Thermo-Responsive Protein Hydrogel for Use in Biomedicine
NYU Tandon-led team crosses barrier needed to deliver drugs at the cellular level and to engineer tissue. Imagine a perfectly biocompatible, protein-based drug delivery system…
Researchers Developing Handheld Device to Rapidly Diagnose Skin Cancer
The proven technology will be designed into a handheld device that could reduce the need for painful biopsies by 50 percent — and disrupt the…
New Anti-Cancer Nanomedicine Delivers Efficient Chemotherapy
Researchers at the University of Helsinki in collaboration with researchers from Åbo Akademi University (Finland) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China) have developed…
Not Just Lyme Disease: Study Finds Multiple Agents of Tick-Borne Diseases
In a study published in mBio, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, Jorge Benach and Rafal Tokarz, and their co-authors at Stony Brook…
Is Alzheimer’s Disease Caused by Copper?
A University of Houston chemist is exploring the link between copper protein molecules in brain cells and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. “Scientists have studied Alzheimer’s…
Study Shows Needle-Free Flu Vaccine Patch Effective
A new needle-free flu vaccine patch revved up the immune system much like a traditional flu shot without any negative side effects, according to a…
Incredible New Imaging Technology Could ‘Revolutionize’ Cancer Surgery
‘This is the future, a huge step towards our ultimate goal of revolutionizing surgical oncology.’ Cancer treatment could be dramatically improved by an invention at…
Flavoring Ingredient in E-Cigarettes Exceeds Safety Levels
Although banned as a food additive, pulegone is unregulated in tobacco products. A potential carcinogen that has been banned as a food additive is present…
Johns Hopkins Breakthrough Opens the Door for Stem Cell Transplants to Repair the Brain
Transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs in mice. By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers open the door for stem cell…