Your parents were right: You should always try all foods! Food neophobia, or fear of new foods, may lead to…
New methods from material sciences in physics find their way into cancer research
A new study on the behavior of water in cancer cells shows how methods usually limited to physics can be…
New drug compound could tackle major life-limiting kidney disease
Scientists are developing a new class of drugs to treat a common genetic kidney disease which is a major cause…
Antidepressants can reduce empathy for those in pain
Depression is a disorder that often comes along with strong impairments of social functioning. Until recently, researchers assumed that acute…
Immunity: Redundancies in T cells
Researchers have discovered redundancies in the biochemical signalling pathways of immune cells. This finding has important implications for advances in…
Sleep history predicts late-life Alzheimer’s pathology
Sleep patterns can predict the accumulation of Alzheimer’s pathology proteins later in life, according to a new study. These findings…
Healthcare workers often care for patients while ill
Large numbers of healthcare workers risk transmitting respiratory viruses to patients and co-workers by attending work even when they have…
Experimental drug can encourage bone growth in children with dwarfism
Researchers report that an experimental drug called vosoritide, which interferes with certain proteins that block bone growth, allowed the average…
Medical News Today: Diagnosing IBD: Noninvasive method trialed in mice
New research finds that immuno-PET imaging can accurately detect IBD in mice. The findings reveal information about specific inflammation mediators.
Dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies activate to generate new brain cells
Researchers have discovered the mechanism behind how neural stem cells in fruit flies are activated to stimulate the generation of…