Year: 2013
Bariatric surgery restores nerve cell properties altered by diet
Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to…
U.Va. Discovery Points Way to New Treatments for Painful Circulation Problem
A discovery at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is opening up new avenues for treating peripheral arterial disease,…
Stem Cells Show Potential to Treat A Leading Cause of Blindness
Stem cells derived from body fat show great potential for treating and possibly even reversing the effects of diabetic retinopathy,…
Antihistamines may increase pregnancy risks for women with severe morning sickness
Women with a severe form of morning sickness who take antihistamines to help them sleep through their debilitating nausea are…
How similar are the gestures of apes and human infants? More than you might suspect
Psychologists who analyzed video of a female chimpanzee, a female bonobo and a female human infant in a study to…
Cancer’s many faces examined in new study
This year, according to the American Cancer Society, some 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in…
USF researchers find far-reaching, mirovascular damage in uninjured side of brain after stroke
While the effects of acute stroke have been widely studied, brain damage during the subacute phase of stroke has been…
Biologists take snapshot of fleeting protein process
Structural biologists from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have captured the first three-dimensional crystalline snapshot of a…