Posts Tagged ‘Emory University’
Health & Medicine - Jul 20, 2011 11:03 - 1 Comment
Mutant fly gene linked to mental disability
EMORY (US) — The same genetic mutation that makes it hard from fruit flies to climb and use their wings also appears to play a role in inherited intellectual disability in humans. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 11, 2011 11:57 - 4 Comments
Forage to farm: But are we healthier?
EMORY (US) — Human height and health declined soon after the shift to agriculture around 10,000 years ago, research shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 13, 2011 10:52 - 0 Comments
Teen brains predict song popularity
EMORY (US) — The brain activity of teens, recorded while they are listening to new songs, may help predict a tune’s popularity. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2011 10:39 - 0 Comments
Root may stem breast cancer spread
EMORY (US) — A compound from roots used in one of the world’s oldest medical systems prevents breast cancer cells from metastasizing in animals. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 23, 2011 15:44 - 0 Comments
Mummies solve parasite plague mystery
EMORY (US) — Life on the Nile 1,500 years ago may have contributed to the spread of a plague that is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases today, infecting 200 million people. (more…)
Top Stories - May 5, 2011 11:24 - 1 Comment
It’s true: Babies wake up taller
EMORY (US) — Grandma got it right. A new study confirms the old adage that infants wake up taller right after they sleep. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 2, 2011 11:12 - 0 Comments
Monkey recall mirrors humans
EMORY (US) — Monkeys are able to remember and reproduce simple shapes from memory, a discovery that could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of memory impairments in humans. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 28, 2011 11:05 - 2 Comments
Royal couple splits from political past
EMORY (US) — The marriage of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton marks a dramatic shift from royal unions of the distant and recent past, says historian Patrick Allitt. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 26, 2011 12:10 - 1 Comment
Aging musicians have sharp brains
EMORY (US) — Playing a musical instrument throughout life may help fight cognitive decline as we age. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 12, 2011 12:03 - 0 Comments
Why ‘close’ causes some to panic
EMORY (US) — People with a distorted sense of personal space are more likely to experience claustrophobic fear, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 5, 2011 15:13 - 1 Comment
Like us, chimps and bonobos differ
EMORY (US) — Similar to humans, chimps and bonobos have widely different personalities, despite diverging from each other a relatively short one to two million years ago. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 29, 2011 15:21 - 2 Comments
Some kids confuse mad and sad
EMORY (US) — Children suffering from extreme social anxiety are often trapped in a nightmare of misinterpreted facial expressions, confusing angry faces with sad ones. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 2, 2011 10:03 - 1 Comment
Hormone spike in women with PTSD
EMORY (US) — Women who experience significant shock release high blood levels of a hormone linked to post traumatic stress disorder. The same is not true for men. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 1, 2011 15:32 - 0 Comments
Out-of-work men face depressing future
EMORY (US) — As rates of unemployment rise in the 21st century, depression among men is expected to follow suit. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 1, 2011 11:50 - 1 Comment
Therapy gap for depressed minority teens
EMORY (US) — Minority teenagers are far less likely to receive treatment for major depression than are whites, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 3, 2011 17:32 - 1 Comment
Lamprey boasts refined immune system
EMORY (US) — The primitive, predatory lamprey has a surprisingly sophisticated immune system, possessing structures within its gills that play the same role as the thymus, the organ where T cells develop in mammals, birds, and fish. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 24, 2011 13:27 - 0 Comments
How T cells recognize the bad guys
GEORGIA TECH / EMORY (US) — T cells are the immune system’s guard dogs, attacking pathogens while leaving the body’s own cells alone. Now researchers have mapped the process that T cells use to tell friend from foe. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 24, 2011 13:03 - 7 Comments
Walk in the woods leads to math ‘aha!’
EMORY (US) — The recent discovery that partition numbers—the basis for adding and counting—behave like fractals is a mathematical breakthrough centuries in the making. (more…)
