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• A pain reliever that alters perceptions of risk
• Gen Z not ready to eat lab-grown meat
• New insights into evolution of gene expression
• Children with asthma could benefit from prescribing according to genetic differences
• Children use both brain hemispheres to understand language, unlike adults
• Rubbing skin activates itch-relief neural pathway
• Genome sequencing accelerates cancer detection
• First 'plug and play' brain prosthesis demoed in paralyzed person
• A new twist on DNA origami
• Genetic study of proteins is a breakthrough in drug development for complex diseases
• Improving European healthcare through cell-based interceptive medicine
• The brain can induce diabetes remission in rodents, but how?
• Inequality of opportunity drags down everyone's motivation
• Why people with knee osteoarthritis experience different kinds of pain
• Common cold jumpstarts defense against influenza

A pain reliever that alters perceptions of risk Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:15 AM PDT While acetaminophen is helping you deal with your headache, it may also be making you more willing to take risks, a new study suggests. People who took acetaminophen rated activities like 'bungee jumping off a tall bridge and ''speaking your mind about an unpopular issue in a meeting at work' as less risky than people who took a placebo, researchers found.

Gen Z not ready to eat lab-grown meat Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:54 AM PDT New research found that, despite having a great concern for the environment and animal welfare, 72 percent of Generation Z were not ready to accept cultured meat - defined in the survey as a lab-grown meat alternative produced by in-vitro cell cultures of animal cells, instead of from slaughtered animals.

New insights into evolution of gene expression Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:54 AM PDT The long-term expression of genes in vertebrate organs predisposes these genes to be subsequently utilized in other organs during evolution.

Children with asthma could benefit from prescribing according to genetic differences Posted: 07 Sep 2020 03:31 PM PDT Selecting treatments according to genetic differences could help children and teenagers with asthma, according to new research. The trial, which compares patients treated according to small genetic differences with patients treated according to existing guidelines, is the first of its kind in children and teenagers.

Children use both brain hemispheres to understand language, unlike adults Posted: 07 Sep 2020 01:33 PM PDT Infants and young children have brains with a superpower, of sorts, say neuroscientists. Whereas adults process most discrete neural tasks in specific areas in one or the other of their brain's two hemispheres, youngsters use both the right and left hemispheres to do the same task. The finding suggests a possible reason why children appear to recover from neural injury much easier than adults.

Rubbing skin activates itch-relief neural pathway Posted: 07 Sep 2020 10:59 AM PDT Stop scratching: rubbing skin activates an anti-itch pathway in the spinal cord, according to new research.

Genome sequencing accelerates cancer detection Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:23 AM PDT Recent cancer studies have shown that genomic mutations leading to cancer can occur years, or even decades, before a patient is diagnosed. Researchers have developed a statistical model that analyses genomic data to predict whether a patient has a high or low risk of developing esophageal cancer. The results could enable early detection and improve treatment of oesophageal cancer in future.

First 'plug and play' brain prosthesis demoed in paralyzed person Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:23 AM PDT In a significant advance, researchers working towards a brain-controlled prosthetic limb at the UC San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences have shown that machine learning techniques helped a paralyzed individual learn to control a computer cursor using their brain activity without requiring extensive daily retraining, which has been a requirement of all past brain-computer interface (BCI) efforts.

A new twist on DNA origami Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:23 AM PDT A team of scientists has just announced the creation of a new type of meta-DNA structures that will open up the fields of optoelectronics (including information storage and encryption) as well as synthetic biology.

Genetic study of proteins is a breakthrough in drug development for complex diseases Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:23 AM PDT An innovative genetic study of blood protein levels has demonstrated how genetic data can be used to support drug target prioritization by identifying the causal effects of proteins on diseases.

Improving European healthcare through cell-based interceptive medicine Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:23 AM PDT Hundreds of innovators, research pioneers, clinicians, industry leaders and policy makers from all around Europe are united by a vision of how to revolutionize healthcare. Scientists now present a detailed roadmap of how to leverage the latest scientific breakthroughs and technologies over the next decade, to track, understand and treat human cells throughout an individual's lifetime.

The brain can induce diabetes remission in rodents, but how? Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:23 AM PDT In rodents with type 2 diabetes, a single surgical injection of a protein called fibroblast growth factor 1 can restore blood sugar levels to normal for weeks or months. Yet how this growth factor acts in the brain to generate this lasting benefit has been poorly understood. Clarifying how this occurs might lead to more effective diabetes treatments that tap into the brain's inherent potential to ameliorate the condition.

Inequality of opportunity drags down everyone's motivation Posted: 06 Sep 2020 10:53 AM PDT Unequal compensation reduces people's motivation to work, even among those who stand to benefit from unfair advantages, finds a new study.

Why people with knee osteoarthritis experience different kinds of pain Posted: 06 Sep 2020 10:53 AM PDT People with more pain sensitization were more likely to suffer from constant and unpredictable pain, rather than just intermittent pain. This study has identified for the first time a potential underlying mechanism in the nervous system responsible for why people experience varying pain patterns with knee osteoarthritis.

Common cold jumpstarts defense against influenza Posted: 06 Sep 2020 10:53 AM PDT As the flu season approaches, a strained public health system may have a surprising ally -- the common cold virus. Rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of common colds, can prevent the flu virus from infecting airways by jumpstarting the body's antiviral defenses, researchers report.

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