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·April 27, 2020·2 min read

CBD shows promise for fighting aggressive brain cancer

Cannabidiol (CBD) appears to slow the growth of glioblastoma brain cancer cells in both animal and human cell lines. CBD's anti-cancer actions target mitochondria, causing them to dysfunction and release harmful reactive oxygen species. Cancer cells treated with CBD exhibited significant decreases in mitochondrial activity.

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·April 26, 2020·3 min read

From Voldemort to Vader, science says we prefer fictional villains who remind us of ourselves

Study reports we tend to prefer fictional villains who are darker versions of ourselves.

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·April 26, 2020·2 min read

Neuropeptide somatostatin enhances visual processing

The neuropeptide somatostatin improves visual processing and cognitive behaviors by reducing excitatory inputs to parvalbumin-positive interneurons in mice.

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·April 26, 2020·3 min read

COVID-19: The downside of social distancing

Social distancing, while essential for public health during the coronavirus pandemic, thwarts the human impulse to draw together in times of danger.

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·April 26, 2020·4 min read

Effects of rapid-acting antidepressant ketamine consolidated in sleep?

Brain connections strengthened with treatment from fast-acting antidepressants, such as ketamine, are consolidated during deep sleep. Researchers propose rapid antidepressant treatments share the ability to regulate both synaptic potentiation and homeostatic mechanisms, which may contribute to how the brain reorganizes its activity to defeat depression.

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·April 26, 2020·4 min read

Continued CO2 emissions will impair cognition

Indoor levels of carbon dioxide may reach levels harmful to cognition by the end of this century. Researchers say the best way to reduce this hidden consequence of climate change is to reduce fossil fuel emissions.

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·April 25, 2020·3 min read

Novel Compounds Designed To Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease

Researchers have developed two new compounds that are able to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 main protease. The study reports one of the compounds is a strong drug candidate for further investigative trials in the treatment of coronavirus.

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·April 25, 2020·4 min read

High density EEG produces dynamic image of brain signal source

Researchers combine machine learning, EEG, and new functional imaging technology to dynamically map a neural signal's source and underlying brain networks.

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·April 25, 2020·4 min read

3D face photos could be a sleep apnea screening tool

Using 3D imaging and artificial intelligence, researchers discovered the shortest distance between two points on the curved surface of the face predicted, with 89% accuracy, which patients had sleep apnea.

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·April 25, 2020·2 min read

Higher levels of destructive white blood cells associated with more severe COVID-19

Patients with severe COVID-19 infections have higher blood levels of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which produce NETosis, an inflammatory type of neutrophil cell death. Researchers believe the NETs may be relevant to numerous aspects of novel coronavirus as thrombosis and inflammation are hallmarks of the severe infection.

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·April 24, 2020·4 min read

Alcohol use during pregnancy linked to offspring depression

Children whose mothers consumed alcohol at 18 weeks of pregnancy were 17% more likely to be diagnosed with depression at age 18 compared to those whose mothers abstained from drinking.

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·April 24, 2020·4 min read

Highlighting diabetes risks in COVID-19

The risk of severe complications, including death, from coronavirus, is almost 50% higher in those with diabetes than the general population. Although it is yet to be verified in humans, new findings suggest diabetes may not only be a risk factor for severe COVID-19, but the infection could result in causing new onset of diabetes due to the damage it causes to pancreatic beta cells.