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Watching the engine of life, in real time, to understand how things go wrong

January 31, 2012
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ruben Gonzalez views ribosomes—the minute particles in cells that make proteins—as the “machines” of life. Naturally, the associate professor of chemistry is interested in watching these little protein-producing factories in real time, especially when they malfunction and cause disease.

People With Autism Helped By Learning To ‘Talk Things Through In Your Head’

January 26, 2012
Teaching children with autism to 'talk things through in their head' may help them to solve complex day-to-day tasks, which could increase the chances of independent, flexible living later in life, according to new research. The study, led by Durham University, found that the mechanism for using 'inner speech' or ...

Learning to ‘talk things through in your head’ may help people with autism

January 25, 2012
Teaching children with autism to 'talk things through in their head' may help them to solve complex day-to-day tasks, which could increase the chances of independent, flexible living later in life, according to new research.

Sexual Satisfaction – As Women Get Older Things Improve

January 6, 2012
The January issue of The American Journal of Medicine has published a new study, which reveals that sexual satisfaction in sexually active older women increases with age, whilst those who are not sexually active are satisfied with their sex lives. According to the study, most of the study participants report ...

Remembrance of things future: Long-term memory sets the stage for visual perception

December 28, 2011
(Medical Xpress) -- Rather than being a passive state, perception is an active process fueled by predictions and expectations about our environment. In the latter case, memory must be a fundamental component in the way our brain generates these precursors to the perceptual experience – but how the brain integrates ...

Scared Of The Wrong Things: Lack Of Major Enzyme Causes Poor Threat-Assessment In Mice

August 12, 2011
Do you run when you should stay? Are you afraid of all the wrong things? An enzyme deficiency might be to blame, reveals new research in mice by scientists at the University of Southern California. In a paper appearing in the October 2011 issue of the International Journal of Neuropharmacology, ...

Scared of the wrong things: Lack of major enzyme causes poor threat-assessment in mice

August 10, 2011
Do you run when you should stay? Are you afraid of all the wrong things? An enzyme deficiency might be to blame, reveals new research in mice by scientists at the University of Southern California.

Scared of the wrong things: Lack of major enzyme causes poor threat-assessment in mice

August 10, 2011
LOS ANGELES August 10, 2011 Do you run when you should stay? Are you afraid of all the wrong things? An enzyme deficiency might be to blame, reveals new research in mice by scientists at the University of Southern California. In a paper appearing in ...

Scared of the wrong things: Lack of major enzyme causes poor threat-assessment in mice

August 10, 2011
(University of Southern California) Do you run when you should stay? Are you afraid of all the wrong things? An enzyme deficiency might be to blame, reveals new research in mice by scientists at the University of Southern California.

Reprogrammed Kidney Cells Could Make Transplants And Dialysis Things Of The Past

July 28, 2011
Approximately 60 million people across the globe have chronic kidney disease, and many will need dialysis or a transplant. Breakthrough research published in the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN) indicates that patients' own kidney cells can be gathered and reprogrammed. Reprogramming patients' kidney cells could mean that in ...

‘Do Life’ urges Americans to turn things around

June 28, 2011
Can a blog by an overweight, depressed American introvert who reinvented himself as an Ironman and public speaker start a grassroots campaign that leads to lasting lifestyle changes in a country known for excess?

Too much coffee can make you hear things: Study

June 14, 2011
According to a new study as much as five cups of coffee a day could be enough to make a person develop hearing hallucinations.