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- Teens in therapeutic boarding school adopt atypical gender behaviors to reassert dominance
- Refining optogenetic methods to map synaptic connections in the brain
- Standing up for beliefs in face of group opposition is worth the effort, study shows
- Study finds better definition of homelessness may help minimize HIV risk
- MRI technology quantifies liver response in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients
- Keeping mosquitoes away: Insect repellent and children
- Researchers find herpes strain in the nervous system
- New study challenges assumption of asbestos' ability to move in soil
- Increased eye cancer risk linked to pigmentation genes that dictate eye color
- Flesh-eating infections in rheumatoid arthritis patients spur new discovery
| Teens in therapeutic boarding school adopt atypical gender behaviors to reassert dominance Posted: 20 Aug 2016 06:14 AM PDT While studying the rapid growth of the therapeutic boarding school industry, an expert observed that troubled young men in at least one program most often displayed a type of 'hybrid masculinity.' |
| Refining optogenetic methods to map synaptic connections in the brain Posted: 19 Aug 2016 04:12 PM PDT A fundamental question in neuroscience is how neuronal circuits give rise to brain function, as disruptions in these connections can lead to brain disorders. Translating the rules governing the functional organization of neural circuits requires knowledge of the synaptic connections among identified classes of neurons as well as the strength and dynamics of these connections. Researchers now report that they have optimized optogenetics to map the neural circuits of the brain of rodents with single neuron resolution. |
| Standing up for beliefs in face of group opposition is worth the effort, study shows Posted: 19 Aug 2016 01:23 PM PDT A new study that assessed bodily responses suggests that standing up for your beliefs, expressing your opinions and demonstrating your core values can be a positive psychological experience, report researchers. |
| Study finds better definition of homelessness may help minimize HIV risk Posted: 19 Aug 2016 01:22 PM PDT Being homeless puts people at greater risk of HIV infection than those with stable housing, but targeting services to reduce risk behaviors is often complicated by fuzzy definitions of homelessness, say authors of a new report. |
| MRI technology quantifies liver response in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients Posted: 19 Aug 2016 01:22 PM PDT Researchers have found that a form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that non-invasively measures fat density in the liver corresponds with histological (microscopic tissue analyses) responses in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). |
| Keeping mosquitoes away: Insect repellent and children Posted: 19 Aug 2016 12:33 PM PDT Summer is here and backyard barbecues, camping trips and youth camp sessions are in full swing. Amidst all of these fun activities is often a far less welcoming sign of summer: mosquitoes. |
| Researchers find herpes strain in the nervous system Posted: 19 Aug 2016 12:32 PM PDT There are a couple strains of herpes so common that researchers estimate 90% of the human population have them. These strains, human herpes 6 and human herpes 7, usually do not cause severe symptoms when people acquire them. But researchers know that under certain circumstances, dormant herpes viruses in the body can unexpectedly come roaring back and cause complications not typically associated with herpes virus. |
| New study challenges assumption of asbestos' ability to move in soil Posted: 19 Aug 2016 12:30 PM PDT A new study challenges the long-held belief that asbestos fibers cannot move through soil. The findings have important implications for current remediation strategies aimed at capping asbestos-laden soils to prevent human exposure of the cancer-causing material. |
| Increased eye cancer risk linked to pigmentation genes that dictate eye color Posted: 19 Aug 2016 12:30 PM PDT New research links specific inherited genetic differences to an increased risk for eye (uveal) melanoma, a rare form of melanoma that arises from pigment cells that determine eye color. scientists report the first evidence of a strong association between genes linked to eye color and development of uveal melanoma. Reported data suggests that inherited genetic factors associated with eye and skin pigmentation could increase a person's risk for uveal melanoma. |
| Flesh-eating infections in rheumatoid arthritis patients spur new discovery Posted: 19 Aug 2016 12:30 PM PDT Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking medications that inhibit interleukin-1beta, a molecule that stimulates the immune system, are 300 times more likely to experience invasive Group A Streptococcal infections than patients not on the drug, according to researchers. Their study also uncovers a critical new role for IL-1beta as the body's independent early warning system for bacterial infections. |
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