Combination therapy for COPD associated with better outcomes
Among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), particularly those with asthma, newly prescribed long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs) and inhaled corticosteroid combination therapy,...
View ArticleDoing science just got cheaper -- and faster
Furnishing a research lab can be pretty expensive. Now a team led by an engineer at Michigan Technological University has published an open-source library of designs that will let scientists slash the...
View ArticleGene-swapping plasmids aid antibiotic resistance in hospitals
Bacteria appear to be swapping antibiotic-resistance genes through mobile pieces of circular DNA called plasmids, and this exchange may be contributing to the alarming rise of antibiotic-resistant...
View ArticleThe understanding on the neural connectivity of the fornix in the human brain
The understanding on the neural connectivity of the fornix in the human brain
View ArticleGrowth factor- and cytokine-stimulated EPCs in post-ischemic cerebral...
Growth factor- and cytokine-stimulated EPCs in post-ischemic cerebral neovascularization
View ArticleMental practice in stroke patients: how to improve affected limb function?
Mental practice in stroke patients: how to improve affected limb function?
View ArticleGlobal population won’t stabilize this century
A new report suggests that contrary to past projections arguing that global population will peak around 2050, the world’s population is unlikely to stabilize this century. The results, based on a...
View ArticleOpposing chemicals balance the mood
Dueling chemicals -- one that excites neurons and one that inhibits them -- together put the damper on a negative mood in a brain region linked to depression, a new study shows. Recent research has...
View ArticleA molecule to boost stem cells in cord blood
Researchers have identified a molecule that appears to expand the number of stem cells in cord blood. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) -- which can make every type of blood cell -- are found in several...
View ArticleThanks to the trees -- A six-century record of California upwelling
Coastal upwelling, or the wind-driven replacement of warm, nutrient-depleted water at the ocean’s surface with cool, nutrient-rich deep water, became more variable along the U.S. coast of California...
View ArticleRemote ischemic postconditioning is feasible for focal cerebral...
Remote ischemic postconditioning is feasible for focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury
View ArticlePretreatment with Danhong injection protects the brain against...
Pretreatment with Danhong injection protects the brain against ischemia-reperfusion injury
View ArticleCortical activation patterns accompanying somatosensory recovery in a stroke...
Cortical activation patterns accompanying somatosensory recovery in a stroke patient
View ArticleFirst dark matter search results from the PandaX-I experiment
The PandaX collaboration has just released the first dark matter searching results from their first stage detector with 120 kg of xenon. The full article will appear in SCINENCE CHINA Physics,...
View ArticleGanoderma lucidum pretreatment against cerebral I/R injury in the hippocampus
Ganoderma lucidum pretreatment against cerebral I/R injury in the hippocampus
View ArticleIntegration of animal behaviors under stresses with different time courses
Integration of animal behaviors under stresses with different time courses
View ArticleInsights for Novel Neural Regeneration with the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin
Acute and chronic neurodegenerative disorders affect more than 30 million individuals throughout the world to lead to significant death and disability. A very exciting avenue for neurodegenerative...
View ArticleCO2 emissions set to reach new 40 billion tonne record high in 2014
Carbon dioxide emissions, the main contributor to global warming, are set to rise again in 2014 - reaching a record high of 40 billion tonnes.
View ArticleResearch on Photoacoustics to Detect Breast Cancer
One of the lines of research of OILTEBIA, a European science project coordinated by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, is a method to detect breast cancer based on photoacoustics and which could become...
View ArticleBrainwave test could improve autism diagnosis and classification
September 22, 2014 – (BRONX, NY) – A new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University suggests that measuring how fast the brain responds to sights and sounds...
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