Facilitating speech comprehension in rare inherited hearing loss patients
Hearing loss is a disability that affects approximately 5% of the world’s population. Clinically determining the exact site of the lesion is critical for choosing a...
Daily Archive: May 24, 2021
Flu fighter: Nanoparticle-based vaccine effective in preclinical trials
An experimental flu vaccine consisting of billions of tiny spherical sacs that carry infection-fighting proteins throughout the body has proven effective in preclinical studies.
Researcher solves longstanding fallopian tube transport debate
Wei Yan, MD, Ph.D., and his research group have solved a longstanding mystery and scientific debate about the mechanism underlying the gamete and embryo transport within...
How hepatitis C virus evades the immune system
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) may cause chronic infection to the liver, which can result in irreversible liver damage and liver cancer. How HCV manages to evade...
Storytelling reduces pain and stress, and increases oxytocin in hospitalized children
A new study, carried out by the D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) and the Federal University of ABC (UFABC), has shown for the first...
Staples is practically giving away AirPods with these amazing deals
Now’s your chance to buy Apple’s wireless earbuds, as Staples is offering a $40 discount on the second-generation AirPods and a $50 discount on the AirPods...
Yearbook Photos of Girls Were Altered to Hide More of Their Chests
Parents and students said they were outraged that photos of at least 80 female students at Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns County, Fla., had...
Simple diagnostic tool predicts individual risk of Alzheimer’s
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great...
Specialized inhibitory cluster gates plasticity in fear learning
Has your heart ever started to race at the thought of an upcoming deadline for work? Or has the sight of an unknown object in a...
Weight-loss treatment prevents accumulation of lipid linked to cardiac mortality
Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet, University of Oxford and University of Copenhagen have shown that elevated levels of lipids known as ceramides can be associated with...
