How the Brain Processes Emotions
April 1, 2024 9:56 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | CommentsSome mental illnesses may stem, in part, from the brain’s inability to correctly assign emotional associations to events. A new study reveals how two populations of neurons in the brain contribute to this process.
Study: Amateur Football Hits Linked to Later-life Difficulty
April 1, 2024 9:50 am | by Jimmy Golen, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe more hits to the head an amateur football player takes, the greater the risk that he will be depressed, have difficulty making decisions or develop other forms of cognitive impairment as an adult, a preliminary study suggests.
Bioreactor Tubing Kits Speed Turnaround
March 31, 2024 10:28 am | by AdvantaPure | Product Releases | CommentsCustom, Single-Use Bioreactor Tubing Kits, new from AdvantaPure, contain tubing, filters and connectors for harvest, vent, sparge and addition lines used in benchtop bioreactors.
CDC Expands Range of Zika Mosquito into Parts of Northeast
March 31, 2024 10:24 am | by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsThe mosquitoes that can transmit the Zika virus may live in a broader swath of the U.S. than previously thought - but that doesn't mean they'll cause disease here, federal health officials said Wednesday.
Common Fungicides May Play Role in Autism, Alzheimer's
March 31, 2024 10:22 am | by UNC | News | CommentsScientists have found a class of commonly used fungicides that produce gene expression changes similar to those in people with autism and neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease and Huntington’s disease.
New Clues Identified in Childhood Cancer Syndrome
March 31, 2024 10:17 am | by Washington University in St. Louis | News | CommentsNew research may help doctors determine which issues are likely to manifest in children with the inherited cancer syndrome neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The findings indicate that varying mutations in the NF1 gene may lead to different clinical outcomes.
Hopkins Begins Nation's First HIV-positive Organ Transplants
March 31, 2024 10:10 am | by Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsSurgeons in Baltimore for the first time have transplanted organs between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive recipients, a long-awaited new option for patients with the AIDS virus whose kidneys or livers also are failing.
Informed Consent Exception will Prompt Experimental Trauma Treatment on 1,000 Patients
March 31, 2024 10:02 am | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | News | CommentsOver the next three years, approximately 1,000 patients on the verge of death will automatically become part of a research program that has an exception from traditional informed-consent requirements. Although controversial, such experiments are exceedingly rare, and tightly regulated.
Biotech Startup Centrexion Therapeutics Adds to Its Pain Pipeline
March 31, 2024 9:55 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsCentrexion Therapeutics, a Baltimore-based biotech startup announced Wednesday that it will bolster its nonopioid pain pipeline with three new analgesic candidates from Boehringer Ingelheim.
Brain Metabolism Linked to Fluid Intelligence
March 31, 2024 9:30 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | Articles | CommentsThe human brain needs a large amount of energy to function properly, and researchers at the University of Illinois have reported in a new study that the health of brain metabolism in young adults may predict fluid intelligence – the capacity to solve unusual logic-based problems in novel situations.
Sample Storage Tube Features External Thread
March 30, 2024 10:55 am | by Micronic | MICRONIC | Product Releases | CommentsMicronic's new 1.40ml tube has an external screw thread. Using externally-threaded tubes for sample storage eliminates the possibility of the sample coming into contact with the screw thread, which greatly reduces the chance of cross-contamination.
New Tool Mines Whole Exome Sequencing Data to Match Cancer with Best Drug
March 30, 2024 10:49 am | by University of Colorado | News | CommentsA new study describes a new tool that interprets the raw data of whole exome tumor sequencing and then matches the cancer's unique genetics to FDA-approved targeted treatments.
WHO Urges More Oversight in Wake of China Vaccine Scandal
March 30, 2024 10:39 am | by Louise Watt, Associated Press | News | CommentsChina must exert stronger oversight over vaccines sold on the private market in the wake of a developing scandal involving expired or improperly stored vaccines, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Endangered Puget Sound Ocas to Get Personal Health Records
March 30, 2024 10:23 am | by Phuong Le, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe killer whales that spend time in the inland waters of Washington state already are tagged and tracked, photographed and measured. Now, experts want to add another layer to the exhaustive studies: individual health records for each endangered whale.
Exploring EEG as a Biomarker for Neurodegenerative Disease Progression
March 30, 2024 10:10 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | Articles | CommentsBioscience Technology spoke with Neurophysiologist Stephen Morairty, Ph.D., of SRI International, about his work on neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington’s.
