4 min read Healthy News Immune system mounts a lasting defense after recovery from COVID-19, researchers find — ScienceDaily January 22, 2021 Jeffrey J. Baker As the number of people who have fought off SARS-CoV-2 climbs ever higher, a...
3 min read Healthy News Dual-acting immuno-antibiotics block an essential pathway in bacteria and activate the adaptive immune response — ScienceDaily December 29, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker Wistar Institute scientists have discovered a new class of compounds that uniquely combine direct...
3 min read Healthy News Study suggests our brains may be more in tune with each other than we think — ScienceDaily December 29, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker As COVID cases rise, physically distancing yourself from other people has never been more...
3 min read Healthy News The DNA regions in our brain that contribute to make us human — ScienceDaily December 16, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker With only 1% difference, the human and chimpanzee protein-coding genomes are remarkably similar. Understanding...
3 min read Healthy News Neural ‘signature’ may reflect how we respond to feelings of social isolation — ScienceDaily December 16, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing...
4 min read Healthy News Studies could lead to new ways to enhance memory for those with traumatic brain injury or Alzheimer’s disease — ScienceDaily December 10, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker Two studies led by UT Southwestern researchers shed new light on how the brain...
3 min read Healthy News Most people no longer produce Siglec-12 protein, but some of those who do are at twice the risk for advanced cancer — ScienceDaily December 10, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker Compared to chimpanzees, our closest evolutionary cousins, humans are particularly prone to developing advanced...
3 min read Healthy News How the brain forms sensory memories — ScienceDaily November 17, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker The brain encodes information collected by our senses. However, to perceive our environment and...
3 min read Healthy News Poor nutrition in school years may have created 20 cm height gap across nations — ScienceDaily November 12, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker A new global analysis led by Imperial College London, and published in journal The...
4 min read Healthy News Discovery could help treatment of neurological disorders — ScienceDaily November 11, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker A “molecular volume knob” regulating electrical signals in the brain helps with learning and...
2 min read Healthy News Researchers examine the decline in average body temperature among healthy adults over the past two decades — ScienceDaily October 29, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker In the nearly two centuries since German physician Carl Wunderlich established 98.6°F as the...
2 min read Healthy News Positive outlook predicts less memory decline — ScienceDaily October 29, 2020 Jeffrey J. Baker We may wish some memories could last a lifetime, but many physical and emotional...