Health & Medicine

Posted August 13, 2013:

• How Genes Tell Cellular Construction Crews, 'Read Me Now!'


• Newly Discovered 'Switch' Plays Dual Role in Memory Formation


• Decellularized Mouse Heart Beats Again After Regenerating With Human Heart Precursor Cells


• Autism Four Times Likelier When Mother's Thyroid Is Weakened


• Mediterranean Diet Counteracts a Genetic Risk of Stroke


• Sugar Toxic to Mice in 'Safe' Doses, Test Finds


• DHA-Enriched Formula in Infancy Linked to Positive Cognitive Outcomes in Childhood


• Who Benefits from Vitamin D?


• Enhancer RNAs May Open New Avenues for Gene Therapy

Posted August 12, 2013:

• New Electron Beam Writer Enables Next-Gen Biomedical and Information Technologies


• New Gene Repair Technique Promises Advances in Regenerative Medicine


• Brain's Flexible Hub Network Helps Humans Adapt


• 'Grammar' Plays Key Role in Activating Genes


• Tumor Suppressor Is Needed for Stem Cells to Mature Into Neurons


• ADHD and Texting Found to Significantly Impair Teenage Driving


• At 75, Would Popeye Still Be Able to Take on Bluto?


• If You Were a Preemie, Take Heed for Your Heart


• Your Eyes May Hold Clues to Stroke Risk


• Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Appear to Reduce Blood Pressure in Patients With Hypertension


• Inducing and Augmenting Labor May Be Associated With Increased Risk of Autism


• 'Molecular Flashlight' Illuminates Brain Tumors in Mice


• Irrigation in Arid Regions Can Increase Malaria Risk for a Decade


• Electrical Signatures of Consciousness in the Dying Brain


• Scientists Develop Method That Ensures Safe Research on Deadly Flu Viruses: Strategy Turns Molecules in Human Lung Cells Into Viral Scissors That Cut H5N1 Bird Flu and Similar Bugs Into Pieces


• Protein That Delays Cell Division in Bacteria May Lead to Identification of New Antibiotics


• New Insights Into Neuroblastoma Tumor Suppressor May Provide Clues for Improved Treatment


• Rules for Gene-Therapy Vectors Developed


• Sense of Smell: The Nose and the Brain Make Quite a Team... in Disconnection


• School Lunch and TV Time Linked With Childhood Obesity


• Largest Study of Epilepsy Patients Ever Conducted Reveals New and Surprising Genetic Risk Factors


• New Clue on the Origin of Huntington's Disease


• A Cautionary Note on Oxytocin as a Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders


• Disease Gene Discovered for Frequent Epilepsy in Childhood