There are certain physical ailments we assume only plague adults or older children. You don't ever hear about a toddler throwing their back out, for e...
Tag: Medicine
A fair reward ensures a good memory, study reveals
Credit: CC0 Public DomainHow does our memory work, and how can we optimize its mechanisms on a daily basis? These questions are at the heart of many n...
Putting 'super' in natural killer cells
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a natural killer cell. Credit: NIAIDUsing induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and deleting a key gene, re...
Evolution of pandemic coronavirus outlines path from animals to humans
A colorized scanning electron micrograph of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Credit: NIAIDA team of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that ...
There's No Hack For Better Sleep; Honestly, You Just Need a New Pillow
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Greedy for glucose: Cancer cells rely on a primeval energy-producing pathway to proliferate and spread
Credit: CC0 Public DomainTo fuel their rapid proliferation, tumor cells rely on glycolysis, a primordial metabolic pathway that is easily exploited by...
Small study suggests COVID-19 antibody test shows promise
A colorized scanning electron micrograph of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Credit: NIAIDA test that can detect the presence of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 vir...
Fluoridation is not associated with increase in osteosarcoma
Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe Journal of Dental Research published today the results of a study that demonstrated that community water fluoridation is ...
Engineering immunity: Profiling COVID-19 immune responses and developing a vaccine
These diagrams of cell counts show how immune cell profiles differ between young mice and old mice. In particular, older mice have more cells that are...