How a baby’s sex may play a role in pregnant women’s immunity
Evidence shows that the sex of a baby is associated with pregnant women’s immune responses. (altro…)
PNEI and Research
Conundrum: brain damage is not always damaging
A study of how the adult brain functions.
Strokes are usually, but not always, debilitating. This is the case of an Argentinian woman who suffered multiple strokes which, in many ways, had no effect on her daily functioning. (altro…)
Are we stardust?
Scientists have discovered a bizarre similarity between human cells and neutron stars. (altro…)
Forever young
How eating less can slow the aging process: Recent research shows why calorie reduction in mice gave them longer and healthier lives.
Multi-billion-dollar industries, with their moisturizers, only go skin deep. Aging occurs deeper, at cellular level. (altro…)
Autophagy: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Cellular recycling process linked to beneficial effects of enduring mild stress, which has a positive effect on people’s lives.
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have found that this cellular process, called autophagy (the key to extending lifespan), is also critical to the benefits of temporary stress. The study creates new avenues to pursue treatments for neurological disorders such as Huntington’s disease. (altro…)
Cancer cells do not grow out of thin air
Cancer cells rely on the healthy cells that surround them for sustenance. They reroute blood vessels to nourish themselves, and secrete chemicals that scramble immune responses. (altro…)
Married people have lower levels of cortisol
Research has found that married people are healthier than those who are single, divorced or widowed.
Recent research at Carnegie Mellon University provides the first biological evidence to explain how marriage impacts health.
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Scientist reveal a potential way of boosting the immune system
Breaking news from the Medical Research team at Southampton University, in the UK:
Scientists, led by Professor Aymen Al.Shamkhani, have discovered a potential way of boosting the immune system’s memory to fight cancer. The answer would seem to lie in the AKt protein which acts as a catalyst on the function of the cytotoxic T cells. (altro…)
Spirit and matter
Mind over matter...
Much more than a well-meant deception: Placebo works even when patients are fully aware of the ‘deception’. (altro…)
Solar Boys
A strange case of nocturnal paralysis: During the day, 13-year-old Shoaib Ahmed and his brother 9-year-old brother Abdul Rasheed, are like any other kids. But when the sun sets, they become paralysed and unable to move or speak again until the sun rises. (altro…)