Health & Medicine
- Life
Molecule in meat may increase heart disease risk
Gut bacteria transform compound into artery hardener.
- Health & Medicine
Dream contents deciphered by computer
Similar brain patterns emerge when seeing an object and conjuring it during sleep.
- Psychology
Light found in cocaine addiction tunnel
Using lasers, scientists target a sluggish set of neurons in rats to ease drug compulsion.
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- Health & Medicine
Alzheimer’s plaque components fight inflammation
In mice, bits of proteins can treat condition resembling multiple sclerosis.
- Humans
Obama unveils brain science program
Initiative would develop tools to measure coordinated neuron activity.
- Life
Eye drops reduce signs of macular degeneration in mice
Targeting cholesterol in retina stops rogue blood vessel growth often seen in the vision disease.
- Health & Medicine
Bird flu infects three in China
The H7N9 influenza virus has sickened three people, killing two, in first known human infections.
- Health & Medicine
Hepatitis C drug goes after patients’ RNA
An experimental medicine that targets a type of RNA in the liver leads to reduced virus levels in patients.
- Life
Gut microbes may be behind weight loss after gastric bypass
Mice slim down after receiving bacteria transplanted from rodents that had the surgery.
- Life
How mammals grow ears: With a flaw
A newly discovered rupture-and-repair process that occurs in embryos could explain a lot about infections and hearing defects.
- Health & Medicine
Experimental malaria drug may be a hot prospect
A synthetic compound attacks the parasite at three stages of infection, early tests show.
