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• Your birth year predicts your odds if flu pandemic were to strike
• Pain is not just a matter of nerves
• Water, water: The two types of liquid water
• DNA-based Zika vaccine showed protection from infection, brain damage and death
• Molecular signature for aggressive brain tumor uncovered
• iPad game effective in treating lazy eye in children
• Sensor for blood flow discovered in blood vessels
• Hunt for Huntington's cause yields clues
• Researchers use fruit flies to understand how body responds to harmful, cold stimuli
• Brain scans could help predict response to psychotherapy for anxiety and depression
• 'Personalized medicine' as ideal in treatment of psychiatric disturbances
• Hazardous chemicals discovered in flavored e-cigarette vapor
• Sudoku strategy democratizes powerful tool for genetics research
• Antibody supresses HIV in infected individuals
• Major artery more rigid in African-Americans, which may explain high rates of hypertension, heart disease
• HIV test performed on USB stick
• Accelerating cancer research with deep learning
• New promise for immunotherapy as HIV treatment
• Power outage in the brain may be source of Alzheimer's
• Researchers show how a targeted drug overcomes suppressive immune cells
• Regular intake of sugary beverages, but not diet soda, is associated with prediabetes
• New therapeutic vaccine approach holds promise for HIV remission
• Understanding the notorious infectivity of Francisella tularensis
• Experimental Drug Delivers One-Two Punch to Prostate Cancer Cells
• Researchers examine the influence of country-level and health system factors on nursing and physician personnel production
• Blood fats equal risk of pancreatitis
• Chemists achieve breakthrough in antibacterial drug research
• Medical professors question 'residency placement fever'
• Scientists identify key evolutionary catalyst for antibiotic resistance

Your birth year predicts your odds if flu pandemic were to strike Posted: 10 Nov 2016 12:20 PM PST We are not blank slates with regard to how susceptible we are to emerging strains of flu virus, researchers have discovered. These findings could provide relevant information for the development of a universal flu vaccine.

Pain is not just a matter of nerves Posted: 10 Nov 2016 11:57 AM PST The sensation of pain occurs when neural pathways conduct excitation generated by tissue damage to the spinal cord, where the nociceptive information is extensively pre-processed. From there, the information is transmitted to the human brain, where the sensation of "pain" is finally created. This is the general belief. However, researchers have now discovered that pain is not just a matter of nerves but that non-neuronal cells, the glial cells, are also involved in clinically relevant pain models and their activation is sufficient to amplify pain.

Water, water: The two types of liquid water Posted: 10 Nov 2016 09:59 AM PST There are two types of liquid water, according to research carried out by an international scientific collaboration. This new peculiarity adds to the growing list of strange phenomena in what we imagine is a simple substance. The discovery could have implications for making and using nanoparticles as well as in understanding how proteins fold into their working shape in the body or misfold to cause diseases.

DNA-based Zika vaccine showed protection from infection, brain damage and death Posted: 10 Nov 2016 09:52 AM PST A new vaccination has generated a robust and protective antigen-specific antibody and T cell immune responses in preclinical animal models, report scientists.

Molecular signature for aggressive brain tumor uncovered Posted: 10 Nov 2016 09:51 AM PST A routine test can be used to identify which patients may require intensive clinical management and surveillance for aggressive brain tumors, new findings suggest.

iPad game effective in treating lazy eye in children Posted: 10 Nov 2016 09:46 AM PST A special type of iPad game was effective in treating children with amblyopia (lazy eye) and was more effective than the standard treatment of patching, according to a study.

Sensor for blood flow discovered in blood vessels Posted: 10 Nov 2016 09:39 AM PST The PIEZO1 cation channel translates mechanical stimulus into a molecular response to control the diameter of blood vessels, report scientists.

Hunt for Huntington's cause yields clues Posted: 10 Nov 2016 09:07 AM PST Scientists have uncovered new details about how a repeating nucleotide sequence in the gene for a mutant protein may trigger Huntington's and other neurological diseases.

Researchers use fruit flies to understand how body responds to harmful, cold stimuli Posted: 10 Nov 2016 09:00 AM PST The tiny fruit fly can help humans investigate the genetic and neural bases of detecting painful or harmful cold stimuli and offer intriguing, potential implications for human health, according to a new study.

Brain scans could help predict response to psychotherapy for anxiety and depression Posted: 10 Nov 2016 08:53 AM PST Brain imaging scans may one day provide useful information on the response to psychotherapy in patients with depression or anxiety, according to a review of current research.

'Personalized medicine' as ideal in treatment of psychiatric disturbances Posted: 10 Nov 2016 08:52 AM PST An ever widening gap is appearing between clinical practice and the treatment prescribed in DSM-5, the standard work on schizophrenia, an expert outlines. Psychiatric disturbances are all too often diagnosed as schizophrenia. 'Personalized medicine' may offer the solution.

Hazardous chemicals discovered in flavored e-cigarette vapor Posted: 10 Nov 2016 05:56 AM PST Building on more than 30 years of air quality research in some of the most polluted urban environments on Earth, a team of atmospheric scientists has turned their attention toward the growing e-cigarette industry and the unidentified effects of vaping on human health.

Sudoku strategy democratizes powerful tool for genetics research Posted: 10 Nov 2016 05:55 AM PST Researchers have developed a way to produce the tools for figuring out gene function faster and cheaper than current methods.

Antibody supresses HIV in infected individuals Posted: 10 Nov 2016 05:50 AM PST The antibody VRC01 proves safe for individuals infected with HIV-1, but only modestly controls the virus in participants who stop receiving antiretroviral therapy, report scientists.

Major artery more rigid in African-Americans, which may explain high rates of hypertension, heart disease Posted: 10 Nov 2016 05:50 AM PST African-Americans have more rigidity of the aorta, the major artery supplying oxygen-rich blood to the body, than Caucasians and Hispanics, according to a study.

HIV test performed on USB stick Posted: 10 Nov 2016 05:40 AM PST A new device uses a drop of blood to detect HIV, and then creates an electrical signal that can be read by a computer, laptop or handheld device.

Accelerating cancer research with deep learning Posted: 09 Nov 2016 03:28 PM PST Despite steady progress in detection and treatment in recent decades, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the United States, cutting short the lives of approximately 500,000 people each year. A research team has focused on creating software that can quickly identify valuable information in cancer reports, an ability that would not only save time and worker hours but also potentially reveal overlooked avenues in cancer research.

New promise for immunotherapy as HIV treatment Posted: 09 Nov 2016 03:16 PM PST Immunotherapy has revolutionized treatment options in oncology, neurology, and many infectious diseases and now there is fresh hope that the same method could be used to treat or even functionally cure HIV, according to new research.

Power outage in the brain may be source of Alzheimer's Posted: 09 Nov 2016 02:51 PM PST In a new study, researchers investigate the role of mitochondria in Alzheimer's disease pathology. Mitochondria act as energy centers for cells and are of central importance in health and disease. The study builds on earlier work suggesting gene mutations affecting mitochondrial function may be critical in the development of the disease.

Researchers show how a targeted drug overcomes suppressive immune cells Posted: 09 Nov 2016 11:07 AM PST An experimental drug currently in clinical trials can reverse the effects of troublesome cells that prevent the body's immune system from attacking tumors, research shows.

Regular intake of sugary beverages, but not diet soda, is associated with prediabetes Posted: 09 Nov 2016 11:07 AM PST Regular consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, but not diet soda, is associated with increased risk of prediabetes and increased insulin resistance, an epidemiological analysis of data from 1,685 adult Americans finds.

New therapeutic vaccine approach holds promise for HIV remission Posted: 09 Nov 2016 10:37 AM PST A new study has demonstrated that combining an experimental vaccine with an innate immune stimulant may help lead to viral remission in people living with HIV. In animal trials, the combination decreased levels of viral DNA in peripheral blood and lymph nodes, and improved viral suppression and delayed viral rebound following discontinuation of anti-retroviral therapy (ART).

Understanding the notorious infectivity of Francisella tularensis Posted: 09 Nov 2016 10:34 AM PST Scientists are gaining an insider's look behind the notorious infectivity of Francisella tularensis. Also called rabbit fever, the disease doesn't seem to spread from person to person. Instead, people contract it from contact with infected animals, from the bite of ticks or deerfly, or from contaminated water or soil. Untreated, tularemia can be lethal; however, it generally responds to antibiotics.

Experimental Drug Delivers One-Two Punch to Prostate Cancer Cells Posted: 09 Nov 2016 06:09 AM PST An experimental drug that targets abnormally high levels of a protein linked to cancer growth appears to significantly reduce the proliferation of prostate cancer cells in laboratory cell cultures and animals, while also making these cells considerably more vulnerable to radiation, according to results of a study.

Researchers examine the influence of country-level and health system factors on nursing and physician personnel production Posted: 08 Nov 2016 02:30 PM PST A key component to achieving good patient outcomes in the healthcare world is having the right number and type of healthcare professionals with the right resources. This is still a large problem for many countries throughout the world. A recent study examines if country-level contextual factors have an impact on Human Resources for Health (HRH) and to what extent social and political determinants impact how healthcare resources contribute to patient outcomes in varying degrees.

Blood fats equal risk of pancreatitis Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:11 AM PST Mild to moderate levels of blood fats equals an increased risk developing acute pancreatitis, new research shows. It is far more serious than we previously believed it to be, according to the professor behind the study.

Chemists achieve breakthrough in antibacterial drug research Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:06 AM PST A research team reports their research findings on the synthesis of a newly discovered "game-changing" antibiotic, Teixobactin. This underlies potential application and development of the next-generation teixobactin-based antibacterial drugs.

Medical professors question 'residency placement fever' Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:03 AM PST Two professors have examined new data suggesting that the number of student applications for residency programs has gotten out of hand, creating a problem that needs to be solved.

Scientists identify key evolutionary catalyst for antibiotic resistance Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:02 AM PST Small DNA molecules known as plasmids are one of the key culprits in spreading the major global health threat of antibiotic resistance, new research suggests.

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