All the surface of the human body is represented in the cerebral cortex in a transversal band localized at the
Month: May 2019
Early-stage detection of Alzheimer’s in the blood
Using current techniques, Alzheimer’s disease, the most frequent cause of dementia, can only be detected once the typical plaques have
Needleless vaccine will protect children from dangerous viruses
Millions of people are infected with hepatitis B every year. Hundreds of thousands die. And small children are particularly at
Eating your placenta might be natural, but it won’t prevent postpartum depression
Many natural things are kind of disgusting to us. Our cultural traits make it so that we are disgusted by
How the immune system recognizes pathogens: Interaction Time
A team led by the Freiburg biologists Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schamel and Prof. Dr. Wilfried Weber conducted an experiment in
Myths about gossip busted
A new UC Riverside study asserts that women don’t engage in “tear-down” gossip any more than men, and lower income
Scientists found a way to analyse the breathing of sleeping people without any wires
Hopefully, you will never need this technology, but may people do. People in hospitals are hooked up to devices that
Drug reduces risk of relapse with neuromyelitis optica
The drug eculizumab, a synthetic antibody that inhibits the inflammatory response, significantly reduced the risk of relapse with neuromyelitis optica
Mental well-being predicts leisure time physical activity in midlife
Men and women with high mental well-being at the age of 42 were more physically active at the age of
How the Brain Learns New Skills
The human brain is “plastic”: it can adapt and rewire itself, often more easily when learning new things related to
