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How music affects how you act, feel and think
In a new paper, a team of USC computer scientists and psychologists teamed up to investigate how music affects how
How daylight saving time affects health
Office workers bemoan driving home in the dark. Night owls relish the chance to sleep in. As clocks tick toward
Rotavirus vaccine: A potential new role as an anticancer agent
Numerous vaccines, from flu shots to those those that help thwart chickenpox and measles, are widely used to guard against
Adaptive human immunity depends on the factor responsible for the formation of white blood cells
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has a significant regulatory effect not only on innate, but also on adaptive immunity. Granulocyte colony-stimulating
Dental stem cells can generate milk-producing cells
The ability of adult stem cells to generate various tissue-specific cell populations is of great interest in the medical and
Are we ‘brainwashed’ during sleep?
New study from BU reveals the first-ever images of cerebrospinal fluid washing in and out of the brain during sleep.
A new high-resolution map of how the brain is wired
In their quest to map the millions of neural highways and connections in the brain, researchers at the Allen Institute
Immune response against skin-dwelling viruses prevents cancer
Viruses get a bad rap as potential cancer-causers, but at least one class of viruses that commonly live on human
New potential treatment pathway for cardiovascular disease
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have identified a new potential treatment pathway for cardiovascular disease. Their research has shown
