A Potential HIV Cure: Removing HIV DNA From Immune Cell Genome Prevents Reinfection
In the past four years we’ve heard stories of babies born with HIV who were reportedly cured, only to have the disease return months later. In an effort to find a cure for HIV/AIDS and bring...
Move Like This: How A Person’s Movement Clues Us In To Their Personality Traits
You see someone coming toward you from a distance and, though you cannot make out the features of his face, you instantly recognize your friend by his distinctive walk. We all have experienced this...
Water flow in Mediterranean rivers to fall by 34 percent by the end of the century, study predicts
The rising global average temperature induced by climate change will cause regions such as the Mediterranean Basin to become drier and more arid, in turn directly affecting the availability of...
Capturing ‘black gold’ with light
New Monash University research published this week in the Royal Society of Chemistry journalNanoscale has found a simple and effective way of capturing graphenes and the toxins and contaminants they...
How kappa opioid receptors drive anxiety
University of North Carolina researchers uncovered a cellular mechanism by which kappa opioid receptors (KOR) drive anxiety. These proteins inhibit the release of the neurotransmitter glutamate in a...
Drug makes stem cells become ’embryonic’ again
If you want to harness the full power of stem cells, all you might need is an eraser. Not an ordinary eraser, of course. More of a drug, really. But if you use it right, it can erase the tiny labels...
How Does Yoga Help Heart Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation?
Atrial fibrillation disturbs the rhythm of your heart, causing it to either beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular, syncopated rhythm. Chest pain, dizziness, and shortness of breath usually...
Pregnant Women’s Weight, Blood Pressure, And Blood Glucose Levels Influence Baby’s Size
For roughly nine months, pregnant women are supposed to pay attention to what they eat and drink, and abstain from alcohol, drugs, and tobacco use. But according to an international team of...
