The surprising benefits of social parasitism
Researchers report a surprisingly mutualistic aspect to the relationship between a parasitic ant species and its fungus-growing host. Newly mated queens of the parasitic ant Megalomyrmex stealthily...
View ArticleEffect of climate change on West Nile Virus
The varied influence of climate change on temperature and precipitation is likely to have an equally wide-ranging effect on mosquitoes that transmit West Nile Virus (WNV), suggesting that public health...
View ArticleEarly-life experiences fine-tune the brain’s facial processing system
The brain’s visual processing system for human faces is fine-tuned early in life during a period of enhanced neuroplasticity, researchers report. Previous studies suggest that such a period exists in...
View ArticleMigration capacity of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells towards...
Glioblastoma is the most common ma-lignant primary brain tumor in adults. The aggressive growth manner, characterized by marked angiogenesis and extensive tumor cell invasion into normal brain...
View ArticleNew techniques for cerebral white matter fiber tracing
At present, fiber tracking algorithms are divided into deterministic tractography and probabilistic tractography. In deterministic algorithms, scholars proposed the fiber assignment by continuous...
View ArticleStress protein expression in early phase spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury
Spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury is a stress injury to the spinal cord. Therefore, research on the expression of stress-related protein in neurons could be of great significance for the...
View ArticleUse of EHRs for patients with diabetes associated with reduction in rates of...
Among patients with diabetes, use of an outpatient electronic health record (EHR) in an integrated healthcare delivery system was associated with modest reductions in emergency department visits and...
View ArticleUse of electronic health records associated with higher rate of detection of...
“Monitoring of linear growth is a well-established part of pediatric health care in the developed world. Although monitoring aims to support early diagnosis and timely treatment of disorders affecting...
View ArticleCentral mechanism underlying electroacupuncture effects visceral...
Irritable bowel syndrome patients extensively suffer from chronic visceral hypersensitivity, with involvement of all levels of the brain-gut axis, as well as various neurotransmitters.
View ArticleAnti-inflammatory and anti-thrombogenic effects of atorvastatin in acute...
The population of northeastern China has a high incidence of ischemic stroke. Previous studies have shown that intracranial large-artery atherosclerosis is one of the main causes of ischemic stroke,...
View ArticleThe mechanism of astragaloside IV promoting sciatic nerve regeneration
Astragaloside IV, the main component of the traditional Chinese medicine astragalus membra-naceus, has been shown to inhibit inflammation, oxidation, and apoptosis, and exerts immu-noregulatory effects.
View ArticleAcetylcholine secretion by motor neuron-like cells from UC-MSC
Basic fibroblast growth factor exhibits a high affinity for heparin. Heparin combined with basic fibroblast growth factor significantly contributes to the differentiation of umbilical cord mesenchymal...
View ArticleDoes longer sevoflurane preconditioning contribute to better neuroprotective...
Sevoflurane belongs to volatile anesthetics, and preconditioning with sevoflurane has been shown to exert protective effects against ischemic injury in the brain.
View ArticleInner ear hair cell regeneration: A look from the past to the future
Since Moffat and Ramsden for the first time discovered the possibility of the auditory system in humans in 1977, over the last two decades, great progress has been made in physiopathological research...
View ArticleReady for its close-up: One of HIV’s entrance points
Scientists have gotten the first close look at one of two co-receptors HIV uses to get its foot in the door of the immune system, a new study reports. Their insights could lead to better HIV drugs.
View ArticleAn exact date for Voyager’s departure from the heliosphere?
New data from NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has been hurtling away from the sun since it was launched in 1977, indicates that the spacecraft has indeed left the warm comfort of the heliosphere --...
View ArticleIf the shelf melts, the ice flows
Scientists have identified a complex melting pattern under a particularly important ice shelf in Antarctica, a new study reports. Their finding could improve predictions of sea level rise. Giant ice...
View ArticleMechanical gears 'invented' by insects
Sometimes researchers look to nature for inspiration in engineering, mimicking the wing beats of a fly, for example, to create flying robots. But, other times, researchers discover that a so-called...
View ArticleMolecular structure reveals how HIV infects cells
In a long-awaited finding, a team of Chinese and US scientists has determined the high-resolution atomic structure of a cell-surface receptor that most strains of HIV use to get into human immune...
View ArticlePoxue Huayu and Tianjing Busui Decoction for cerebral hemorrhage
Dr. Jixiang Ren and team from the Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine proposed a therapeutic principle for Poxue Huayu and Tianjing Busui (i.e., breaking blood stasis,...
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