From the University of Zurich press release: Sportsmen and women dope with the blood hormone Epo to enhance their performance. Researchers from the University of Zurich now discovered by animal testing that Epo has a…
From the Cardiff University press release: A technique which helps people control activity in a specific part of their brain could be used to help ease depression, University research has found. Published in the journal,…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release via AlphaGalileo: A study led by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reports for the first time the positive effects of an active vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease. The new vaccine, CAD106,…
From the Indiana University press release via Newswise: An Indiana University biologist has shown that natural variation in measures of the brain’s ability to process steroid hormones predicts functional variation in aggressive behavior. The new…
From the Columbia University Medical Center press release via Newswise: Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a brain receptor that appears to play a central role in regulating appetite. The findings, published…
From the Gladstone Institutes press release: Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have for the first time transformed skin cells — with a single genetic factor — into cells that develop on their own into an…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: Stress may affect brain development in children — altering growth of a specific piece of the brain and abilities associated with it — according to researchers…
From the University of Iowa press release via Newswise: New pictures from the University of Iowa show what it looks like when a person runs out of patience and loses self-control. A study by University…
From the Harvard University press release via MedicalXpress: A genetically-modified version of the rabies virus is helping scientists at Harvard to trace neural pathways in the brain, a research effort that could one day lead…
From the University of North Carolina Health Care press release via EurekAlert!: New research by scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine may have pinpointed an underlying cause of the seizures that…