Findings could shed light on human health concerns and autism
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Past studies have shown that biparental care of offspring can be affected negatively when females and males are exposed to bisphenol A (BPA); however, previous studies have not characterized how long-term effects of BPA exposure in grandmothers and grandfathers might affect offspring communication ability. (more…)
UD’s Salil Lachke identifies new mechanism essential for eye lens development
If you want to take clear photographs, you don’t use sandpaper to clear a smudge from your camera’s lens. Similarly, if you want to see clearly, the lens of your eye has to be free of obstruction. (more…)
Studie der Universitäten Bonn und Tübingen zeigt, wie menschliche Neurone Mengenangaben verarbeiten
Wie erkennen wir, ob vor uns drei Äpfel liegen oder vier? Professor Florian Mormann von der Universität Bonn und Professor Andreas Nieder von der Universität Tübingen sind mit ihrem Team einer Antwort auf diese Frage nun einen Schritt näher gekommen. (more…)
UCLA research could help health care providers make better use of life-saving resources
A new algorithm developed by UCLA researchers more accurately predicts which people will survive heart failure, and for how long, whether or not they receive a heart transplant. The algorithm would allow doctors to make more personalized assessments of people who are awaiting heart transplants, which in turn could enable health care providers to make better use of limited life-saving resources and potentially reduce health care costs. (more…)
Yale scientists have identified a possible neurobiological home for the spiritual experience — the sense of connection to something greater than oneself. (more…)
Forscher zeigen, wie die Toxine des resistenten Bakteriums Clostridium difficile in Darmzellen eindringen
Die Therapie bakterieller Infektionen mit Antibiotika schädigt häufig die Darmflora und führt zu Durchfall und Darmentzündungen. Oftmals sind Bakterien mit dem Namen Clostridium difficile, die gegen Antibiotika resistent sind, dafür verantwortlich. (more…)
AUSTIN, Texas — Using new technologies to track how vision guides foot placement, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin come one step closer in determining what is going on in the brain while we walk, paving the way for better treatment for mobility impairments — strokes, aging and Parkinson’s — and technology development — prosthetics and robots. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — When tadpoles are but tadpoles, they’re voracious eaters, chomping down all of the plant matter in their paths. (more…)
