Researchers at the University of Bristol have made new progress in understanding how cannabinoid receptors (CB1Rs), the proteins that detect
Day: May 3, 2019
Reservoir bugs: Study shows why stomach pathogen is so tough to eradicate
The stomach-dwelling bacteria Helicobacter pylori survives in the stomach — a hellish, churning vat of hydrochloric acid — by holing
Viral infections during pregnancy linked to behavioral abnormalities in offspring
Male and female rats whose mother experienced a simulated viral infection during pregnancy behave abnormally, consistent with behavioural alterations in
Fighting the opioid epidemic with new knowledge: U-M teams up with Harvard, National Academy of Medicine
With 130 Americans dying every day from opioid overdoses, and 2 million suffering from disorders related to prescription and non-prescription
Opportunistic cancer cells ‘slip through the gaps’ to spread through blood vessels
Cancer cells may rely on opportunism, as well as chemical signalling, to spread through the body, according to new findings
Researchers investigate differences in coatings of drug-coated balloon catheters
Drug-coated balloon catheters to open narrowed blood vessels and to deliver drugs to the impacted sites are used frequently for
Embryo stem cells created from skin cells
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) have found a way to transform skin cells into the three major
New chemical probe for visualizing brain immune cells
Researchers in South Korea and Singapore have, for the first time, developed a chemical probe that enables live-imaging of a
Unraveling Cannabinoids
Charles R. Broderick, an alumnus of Harvard University and MIT, has made gifts to both alma maters to support fundamental
Putting vision models to the test
MIT neuroscientists have performed the most rigorous testing yet of computational models that mimic the brain’s visual cortex. Using their
