Just because modeling is in Tyra Banks’ son York’s genes doesn’t mean that she wants the 3-year-old in front of the camera! “Only if he wants to,” the America’s Next Top Model creator, 45, told Us Weekly and other reporters at the Breakthrough Prize event on Sunday, November 3, when asked if her toddler will […]
Ebola virus now squeezed into ‘corner’ of DR Congo: WHO
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Efforts to halt an Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo have made “significant progress”, with the virus now contained to a far smaller and mainly rural area, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. “We have put the virus in the corner,” Michael Ryan, the executive director of WHO’s […]
After Listeria deaths in Hesse, Germany: food watch is turning into a call to the Affected
The company Wilke sausages in Twistetal-Berndorf was closed after two people had died, whose death stands with products of the company in connection. Now food watch is aimed at Concerned and wants to go to the bottom of it. "Calling all people after the consumption of #Wilke sausages are diagnosed with #Listeria, and their relatives: […]
New insight into motor neuron death mechanisms could be a step toward ALS treatment
Researchers at Oregon State University have made an important advance toward understanding why certain cells in the nervous system are prone to breaking down and dying, which is what happens in patients with ALS and other neurodegenerative disorders. The study into the role a protein known as heat shock protein 90 plays in intracellular signaling […]
Biochemists discover new insights into what may go awry in brains of Alzheimer’s patients
More than three decades of research on Alzheimer’s disease have not produced any major treatment advances for those with the disorder, according to a UCLA expert who has studied the biochemistry of the brain and Alzheimer’s for nearly 30 years. “Nothing has worked,” said Steven Clarke, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry. “We’re ready […]
Office workers’ biggest bugbears include colleagues tucking into fish
Office workers reveal their biggest bugbears – including colleagues tucking into fish, curries and boiled eggs at their desks Poll of 2,000 office workers found most irritating co-workers not only brought in stinky food, but smacked their lips and ‘made loud noises’ while eating Study by business telecoms provider 4Com: One of biggest workplace irritations […]
Study shows brain can be tricked into thinking body is working harder than it is
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in France and Italy has found that the human brain can be tricked into thinking the body is working harder than it actually is. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes experiments they conducted with volunteers riding exercise bikes, […]
Research reveals new insights into how brain functions
For most native English-speakers, learning the Mandarin Chinese language from scratch is no easy task. Learning it in a class that essentially compresses a one-semester college course into a single month of intensive instruction—and agreeing to have your brain scanned before and after—might seem even more daunting. But the 24 Americans who did just that […]
Preparing for the outbreak: helping research swing into action in central Africa
When an outbreak strikes, speed is critical. Health workers must act quickly not only to contain and treat an emerging or re-emerging disease, but also to use this window to evaluate potential treatments and vaccines. And the challenge becomes even greater in sub-Saharan Africa when you’re trying to develop new approaches in the face of […]
Breast cancer: Changing tumor cells into fat cells stops spread
Metastasis is the process through which cancer cells escape from primary tumors and grow new tumors, or metastases, in other parts of the body. It is the leading cause of death from cancer. An enabler of metastasis is the innate ability of cancer cells to take on the properties of other cell types. This “plasticity” […]