Cart is empty US drugmaker Eli Lilly on Wednesday announced its experimental Alzheimer’s drug significantly slowed cognitive and functional decline, results hailed as “remarkable” by experts.
Researchers decode neural mechanism for alternating memory formation and retrieval in humans
Generating new memories and remembering are two sides of the same coin, although sometimes they can appear as separate mechanisms. These mechanisms which seem to be distanced from each other are actually interconnected and are part of the same neural assemblies, according to a study now published in the journal Current Biology, which reveals the first scientific evidence on humans’ memory dynamics.
Researchers look to the gut to boost cancer immunotherapy’s fighting power
Cancer immunotherapy has transformed the treatment of many types of cancer. Yet, for reasons that remain poorly understood, not all patients get the same benefit from these powerful therapies.
Discovery suggests route to safer pain medications
Strategies to treat pain without triggering dangerous side effects such as euphoria and addiction have proven elusive. For decades, scientists have attempted to develop drugs that selectively activate one type of opioid receptor to treat pain while not activating another type of opioid receptor linked to addiction. Unfortunately, those compounds can cause a different unwanted effect: hallucinations.
Seeing through the eyes of a mouse by decoding its brain signals
Is it possible to fully reconstruct what someone sees based on brain signals alone? The answer is no, not yet. But EPFL researchers have made an important step in that direction by introducing a new algorithm for building artificial neural network models that capture brain dynamics with an impressive degree of accuracy.
Copperbelt PF blasts Nalumango over ECL ridicule
THE Patriotic Front (PF) on the Copperbelt has lambastedVice-President Mutale Nalumango for attempting to ridicule and embarrass former President Edgar Lungu over his legacy.
Copperbelt PF media director Munalula Moola has charged that Ms Nalumango has no moral right to ask what legacy former President Lungu had left which Zambians should remember him for when the success and achievements of the former head of State were there for all to see and appreciate.
Mr Moola ads challenged Vice-President Nalumango to tell the nation what she had achieved in Kaputa during the time she was a Member of Parliament (MP) as well as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.
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Sleep phase can reduce anxiety in people with PTSD
A new study shows that sleep spindles, brief bursts of brain activity occurring during one phase of sleep and captured by EEG, may regulate anxiety in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
France weighing ban on disposable e-cigarettes: minister
The French government may ban disposable electronic cigarettes popular in particular among teenagers by the end of this year, Health Minister Francois Braun said Wednesday.
Mechanism resembling aging and cancer found in a Finnish mitochondrial disease
A study has found that a mitochondrial disease in newborns shows cancer-like changes in proliferating cells, causing tissues to age prematurely. The finding is a significant step forward in understanding the syndrome and developing treatments for mitochondrial diseases.
How can heart health care be greener?
A new review has shown how medical professionals in cardiology can help reduce health care’s carbon footprint, by making small, low-cost changes in how they work.