Gender allergy issues: offspring sexual develoment may change with a single priming event
Sexual differentiation is the early life process by which the brain is prepared for male or female typical behaviors, and is directed by sex…
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Antidepressants: delving into resistance to enhance mood compliance
Major depressive disorder is a debilitating illness that affects more than 350 million people around the world. Medications and psychotherapy are effective for most…
Leggi →Dread DNA modification? Fear not, anxiety is now an option
Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered a DNA modification that enhances our ability to extinguish fear. Fear extinction works as a counter-balance…
Leggi →Sickle cell disease: how to see pain “stroking” the brain
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is rare but devastating. Due to a genetic mutation affecting hemoglobin, the component of the red blood cell that carries…
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ALS: cellular stressors and basic activity wake up the sick gene
Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) frequently have a string of repeated DNA code in brain neurons, carrying hundreds to thousands of copies within…
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Niagen: pre-clinical encouragements for a revolutionary vitamin
Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is a cell-charging vitamin clinically proven to boost NAD, a critical coenzyme as essential to cells as food, water, and oxygen.…
Leggi →Epilepsy: stem cell transplant is feasible and fights drug-resistant cases
About 3.4 million Americans, or 1.2% of the population, have active epilepsy. Although the majority respond to medication, between 20 and 40% of patients…
Leggi →A new drug for autism: unravel, unpack, unsilence.
It has long been presumed that there is a common cause at the genetic, cognitive, and neural levels for autism’s characteristic triad of symptoms.…
Leggi →Gene therapy: would ALS and SMA be the next candidates?
Spinal muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are two devastating neurological conditions with the common pathological sign of motor neuron degeneration, which eventually leads…
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Galactosemia: problems related to diagnosis, management and nutrition
Classical galactosemia (GASM) is one of the most common innate errors in metabolism identified by neonatal screening in the United States. Galactosemia is the…
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