Study: Hyperactive brain cells may be to blame when antidepressants don’t work — ...
The most commonly prescribed antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), lift the fog of depression for many people. But for around a third...
Study: Anti-evolvability drugs could slow antibiotic resistance in bacteria — (Details)
The failure of existing antibiotics to combat infections is a major health threat worldwide. While the traditional strategy for tackling drug resistance has...
Study: Magnetic gene in fish may someday help those with epilepsy, Parkinson’s — ...
An aquarium fish that senses the Earth's magnetic field as it swims could help unlock how the human brain works and how diseases...
Study: Imaging collaboration sheds new light on cancer growth — (Details)
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have uncovered new insights into how the normal controls on cell growth are lost in cancer cells,...
Study: Can stimulating the brain treat chronic pain? — (Details)
For the first time, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine showed they could target one brain region with a weak alternating current...
Study: A newly discovered, naturally low-caffeine tea plant — (Details)
Tea drinkers who seek the popular beverage's soothing flavor without its explosive caffeine jolt could soon have a new, naturally low-caffeine option. In...
Study: Evidence for a widespread virus reservoir in Africa — (Details)
Researchers have identified Bombali ebolavirus in an Angolan free-tailed bat captured in the Taita Hills, southeast Kenya. No ebolaviruses have been previously reported...
Study: How invading jumping genes are thwarted — (Details)
Since Carnegie Institution's Barbara McClintock received her Nobel Prize on her discovery of jumping genes in 1983, we have learned that almost half...
Study: Improved understanding of the pathology of dwarfism may lead to new treatment targets...
Pseudoachondroplasia (PSACH) is a severe inherited dwarfing condition characterized by disproportionate short stature, joint laxity, pain, and early onset osteoarthritis. In PSACH, a...
Study: Scientists discover cellular structures with extreme longevity, leading to insights for age-associated diseases...
Scientists once thought that neurons, or possibly heart cells, were the oldest cells in the body. Now, Salk Institute researchers have discovered that...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
