Germ-free lungs of newborn mice are partially protected against hyperoxia
Researchers have used a novel and first-of-its-kind newborn mouse model to study the effect of high oxygen concentrations, or hyperoxia, on lung development of...
Little-known protein appears to play important role in obesity and metabolic disease
With unexpected findings about a protein that's highly expressed in fat tissue, scientists have opened the door to critical new understandings about obesity and...
Only eat oysters in months with an 'r'? Rule of thumb is at least...
Foodie tradition dictates only eating wild oysters during months containing the letter 'r' -- from September to April. Now, a new study suggests people...
Genetic discovery holds implications for better immunity, longer life
Wrinkles on the skin of a microscopic worm might provide the key to a longer, healthier life for humans. Working with Caenorhabditis elegans, a...
How the brain detects the rhythms of speech
Neuroscientists have discovered how the listening brain scans speech to break it down into syllables. The findings provide for the first time a neural...
Probing the role of an inflammation resolution sensor in obesity and heart failure
After heart attack injury, ALX/FPR2 is activated by resolvin D1 in immune cells in the spleen and in immune cells at the heart attack...
Technique identifies T cells primed for certain allergies or infections
Researchers can now identify T cells reactive to a particular target from a patient's cells, and to perform high-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing of those...
Chronic opioid therapy can disrupt sleep, increase risk of sleep disorders
Patients and medical providers should be aware that chronic opioid use can interfere with sleep by reducing sleep efficiency and increasing the risk of...
Daily cannabis use lowers odds of using illicit opioids among people who have chronic...
For those using illicit opioids to manage their chronic pain, cannabis may be a beneficial -- and a less dangerous -- alternative, according to...
Evidence in mice that childhood asthma is influenced by the neurotransmitter dopamine
Neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine communicate with T cells to enhance allergic inflammation in the lungs of young mice but not older mice,...
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With a shortage of new tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline, a software tool can predict how current drugs--including unlikely candidates -- can be combined...
Diet pills, laxatives used for weight control linked with later eating disorder diagnosis
Among young women without an eating disorder diagnosis, those who use diet pills and laxatives for weight control had higher odds of receiving a...
Some hyper-realistic masks more believable than human faces, study suggests
Researchers asked participants to look at pairs of photographs and decide which showed a normal face and which showed a person wearing a mask....
