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Pancreatic Cancer Cells Avoid Starvation by Signaling to Nerves
A new study finds that pancreatic cancer cells avoid starvation by signaling to nerves, which grow into dense tumors and secrete nutrients.
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Haunted House Researchers Investigate the Mystery of Playing With Fear
Haunted houses, horror movies, and ghost stories can be chilling delights, provided the fear they evoke remains in a 'Goldilocks zone' that is neither too terrifying nor too tame.
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Bacterium Found in Soil Could Provide New Approach for Treating Alzheimer's
A bacterium found among the soil close to roots of ginseng plants could provide a new approach for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
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Vitamin D Levels During Pregnancy Linked with Child IQ, Study Shows
A study published today in The Journal of Nutrition showed that mothers’ vitamin D levels during pregnancy were associated with their children’s IQ.
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Fight or Flight? New Study Reveals the Neural Basis of Territorial Behavior
Animals with a strong sense of territory will attack anyone who enters their territory, but will flee if caught in the territory of another individual. In such animals, how is the decision between these two types of defensive responses made? How does their sense of territory drive instinctive behaviour? A new study has the answers.
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Hemisphere "Bridge" Malformation Shows the Brain's Incredible Plasticity
People born without a corpus callosum do not have a bridge between the two cerebral hemispheres. Neuroscientists from UNIGE have shown how the brain manages to adapt.
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Water Fleas Have More Offspring When Exposed to Human Antidepressants
Zooplankton can grow faster and produce more offspring when exposed to a substance that affects human happiness.
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Peptide Found in Beetroot a Potential Drug Candidate for Neurodegenerative Diseases
In a recent study, a research group led by Christian Gruber at MedUni Vienna's Institute of Pharmacology isolated a peptide (small protein molecule) from beetroot. The peptide is able to inhibit a particular enzyme that is responsible for the breakdown of messenger molecules in the body.
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Postpartum Depression Symptoms Can Persist Three years After Birth
A National Institutes of Health study of 5,000 women has found that approximately 1 in 4 experienced high levels of depressive symptoms at some point in the three years after giving birth.
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Graphene-Based Memory Resistors Show Promise for Brain-Based Computing
As progress in traditional computing slows, new forms of computing are coming to the forefront. A team of engineers is attempting to pioneer a type of computing that mimics the efficiency of the brain's neural networks while exploiting the brain's analog nature.
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