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Social Connections Drive the 'Upward Spiral' of Positive Emotions and Health
May 9, 2013 People who experience warmer, more upbeat emotions may have better physical health because they make more social connections, according to a new ... > full story -
Research Reveals Cancer-Suppressing Protein 'Multitasks'
May 9, 2013 The understanding of how a powerful protein called p53 protects against cancer development has been upended by a new ... > full story -
How Nerve Wiring Self-Destructs
May 9, 2013 Many medical issues affect nerves, from injuries and chemotherapy to glaucoma and multiple sclerosis. The common theme in these scenarios is destruction of nerve axons, the long wires that transmit ... > full story -
Studies Generate Comprehensive List of Genes Required by Innate System to Defend Sex Cells
May 9, 2013 Investigators have published studies revealing many previously unknown components of an innate system that defends sex cells -- the carriers of inheritance across generations -- from the ravages of ... > full story -
Dad's Genome More Ready at Fertilization Than Mom's Is -- But Hers Catches Up
May 9, 2013 Researchers have discovered that while the genes provided by the father arrive at fertilization pre-programmed to the state needed by the embryo, the genes provided by the mother are in a different ... > full story -
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Advance in Tuberous Sclerosis Brain Science
May 9, 2013 By manipulating the timing of disease-causing mutations in the brains of developing mice, researchers have found that early genetic deletions in the thalamus may play an important role in course and ... > full story -
Genes Define the Interaction of Social Amoeba and Bacteria
May 9, 2013 Researchers have used the model of the social amoeba -- Dictyostelium discoideum -- to identify the genetic controls on how the amoeba differentiate the different bacteria and respond to achieve ... > full story -
Rejuvenating Hormone Found to Reverse Symptoms of Heart Failure
May 9, 2013 Heart failure is one of the most debilitating conditions linked to old age. A new study reveals that a blood hormone known as growth differentiation factor 11 declines with age, and old mice injected ... > full storyMore: -
Coral Reefs Suffering, but Collapse Not Inevitable
May 9, 2013 Coral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action. That's according to findings based on an analysis that combines the latest science on reef dynamics ... > full story -
Patients Should Have Right to Control Genomic Health Information, Experts Say
May 9, 2013 Doctors should not have the right or responsibility to force-feed their patients with genomic information about their future health risks, according to bioethicists. They write in response to ... > full story
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