As children with single-ventricle disease, a complex and severe heart defect, undergo a series of…
Month: May 2017
Research team finds no adverse risk to use of common antimalarials in first trimester of pregnancy
The most comprehensive international analysis on artemisinin combination antimalarials safety in pregnancy has now been…
Hand that sees offers new hope to amputees
Bioengineers have developed a ‘hand that sees’ which is able to reach for and grasp…
First clear-cut risk genes for Tourette disorder revealed
Tourette disorder afflicts as many as one person in a hundred worldwide with potentially disabling…
Hawaii: How the world’s biggest volcanoes formed
A new study has solved the 168-year-old mystery of how the world’s biggest and most…
New role found for brain region: Focusing attention during decision-making
Long thought to simply pass on information received from the senses, the thalamus may also…
Spotted skunk evolution driven by climate change, suggest researchers
Climate plays a key role in determining what animals can live where. And while human-induced…
How migrations and other population dynamics could have shaped early human culture
Bursts of cultural advance are usually assumed to result from climate or biological changes. A…
Scientists turn human induced pluripotent stem cells into lung cells
Scientists have announced two major findings that further our understanding of how stem cells become…
Detailed images reveal interactions that affect signaling in the brain
Detailed images of chemical signaling in the brain may shed light on neurodegenerative disease processes,…