New immunotherapy drug effective for melanoma, other cancers
A new immune checkpoint inhibitor has proven effective in helping save the lives of advanced melanoma patients, a breakthrough that could extend to the treatment of...
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What guides habitual seeking behavior—like addiction—explained
Researchers have been investigating how the brain controls habitual seeking behaviors such as addiction. A recent study by Professor Sue-Hyun Lee from the Department of Bio...
High-intensity strength and impact training attenuates skeletal aging
Regular strength and impact-type training may decrease or even prevent age-related bone deterioration in men, new research at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, shows. The tibial...
Hidden variable gives people another tool to manage major depressive disorders
Sandra Rosenthal, Jack and Pamela Egan Professor of Chemistry and professor of pharmacology and chemical and biomolecular engineering, and collaborators have proposed that the seasonal rate...
Italy offers COVID vaccines to everyone over 12
Italy, one of the European nations hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, on Thursday opened vaccinations for everybody over the age of 12.
Women’s stronger immune response could protect from some skin cancers
Women may have a stronger immune response to a common form of skin cancer than men, according to early research on mice and human cells, according...
New structures show how auxiliary subunits modulate hippocampal AMPA receptor neurotransmission
Our brains are made up of networks of neurons where each individual nerve cell can make connections with thousands of others. AMPA receptors are a set...
Functional brain network predicts real-life social network in individuals with schizophrenia, social anhedonia
Schizophrenia is a brain and neurodevelopmental disorder. Previous studies on schizophrenia have mainly focused on the identification of sub-networks associating with social cognitions such as mentalizing...
Insight into early stages of bowel cancer could provide new treatments
An international team of scientists have identified key factors underpinning the development of bowel or colorectal cancer in patients with a genetic predisposition to the disease.
Decline in number of people receiving life-enhancing cardiac rehabilitation in pandemic
The number of people engaging with life-enhancing cardiac rehabilitation clinics has declined during the pandemic, according to a BMJ clinical update which makes the case for...
