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A research team from the University of Copenhagen and University of Helsinki demonstrates it is possible to predict individual preferences based on how a person’s brain responses match up to others. This could potentially be used to provide individually-tailored media content — and perhaps even to enlighten us about ourselves. We have become accustomed to …
A genomic study has uncovered molecular changes in patient tumors that may give rise to dramatic and long-lasting responses to cancer therapy, according to the National Cancer Institute. In a comprehensive analysis of patients with cancer who had exceptional responses to therapy, researchers have identified molecular changes in the patients’ tumors that may explain some …
Preventing torrent signalling molecules released during adverse peanut reactions could be beneficial to the 4.2 million children who are estimated to have this allergy, and be life saving to individuals who could have fatal consequences if they come in contact with even the slightest trace of peanuts. As allergens bind with immunoglobulin antibodies on the …
Evidence has been found by University of California scientists of fasting affecting circadian clocks in the liver and skeletal muscle causing them to rewire their metabolism, which can lead to improved health and protection against aging associated diseases, as published in Cell Reports. The circadian clock operates the body and organs as intrinsic time keeping …
Cells in different parts of the human airway varying in responses to common cold viruses has been revealed by researchers from Yale, findings may help solve why some exposed to cold viruses get sick and others don’t, as published in Cell Reports. Rhinovirus is a leading cause of asthma attacks, the common cold, and other …