How are pronouns processed in the memory-region of our brain?
To make it a bit more challenging, we also added some trick questions, with two people of the same gender: "Jennifer Aniston and Kamala Harris walked into a bar.
Researchers discover new bacterium that causes gut immunodeficiency
Pinpointing the culprit behind the breakdown of the gut's protective adaptive immune barrier is a significant step toward developing much-needed therapies for conditions like inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's and ulcerative colitis."
A risky business: Why do some Parkinson’s disease treatments affect decision making?
These findings shed new light on the complex processes in the brain that aid our everyday decision-making skills, and promise to improve quality of life for patients affected by Parkinson's disease.
She Was Accused of Murder After Losing Her Pregnancy. SC Woman Now Tells Her Story.
Later that spring, South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a ban that prohibits providers from performing abortions after fetal cardiac activity can be detected, with some exceptions made for cases of rape, incest, or when the mother’s life is in jeopardy.
Cheap Ozempic is coming: Cost could soon be slashed for millions of Americans, drugmaker confirms — here’s how
Ulrich Otte, the company’s senior vice president of finance and operations, made the claim at the Cantor Global Healthcare Conference in New York earlier this week, saying: “It is very likely that Ozempic will be part of negotiations in the coming round, and we’re ready for that.”
Proteins in tooth enamel offer window into human wellness
"We see certain individuals, especially children, with very high levels of immunoglobulins, which the body uses to battle disease, and C-reactive protein, which people produce when they are under stress," said Jelmer Eerkens, an anthropology professor at University of California, Davis and one of the corresponding authors on the paper.
Breastfeeding is crucial to shaping infant’s microbes and promoting lung health
"Just as a pacemaker regulates the rhythm of the heart, breastfeeding and human milk set the pace and sequence for microbial colonization in the infant's gut and nasal cavity, ensuring that this process occurs in an orderly and timely manner," said study co-senior investigator and computational biologist Liat Shenhav, PhD.
Hardship early in life can affect health and longevity — even for marmots
To create the index, doctoral student Xochitl Ortiz-Ross selected data for female marmots born after 2001 -- when the researchers started quantifying physiological stress -- that remained in one of the studied colonies until 2019, to guarantee an accurate record of their pedigree, age and lifetime experiences.
New insights into DNA organization during embryonic development
Guerreiro tells: "Uncovering the mechanism behind the unusual nuclear organization that characterizes the early embryo has the potential to improve regenerative medicine strategies and human in vitro fertilization outcomes."
Arsenic exposure linked to faster onset of diabetes in south Texas population
In a longitudinal study of over 500 Mexican Americans living in southern Texas, researchers found that high levels of toxic metals in urine predicted faster increases in blood sugar over subsequent years.
Ignore antifungal resistance in fungal disease at your peril, warn top scientists
Professor Ferry Hagen added: "Despite the huge difficulties in developing them, several promising new agents including entirely new classes of molecules, have entered clinical trials in recent years.
How many people have A-Fib? Three times more than we thought
Atrial fibrillation, a rapid, irregular heart beat that can lead to stroke or sudden death, is three times more common than previously thought, affecting nearly 5% of the population, or 10.5 million U.S. adults, according to new estimates from UC San Francisco.