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·March 4, 2021·4 min read

Astrocytes Derived From Patients With Bipolar Disorder Malfunction

Astrocytes derived from pluripotent stem cells of bipolar patients provide suboptimal support for neural activity. The malfunction can be traced to the inflammation-promoting molecule, interleukin-6.

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·February 18, 2021·5 min read

Real-Time Dialogue With a Dreaming Person Is Possible

During REM sleep, people are able to interact with researchers and engage in real-time communication. The study reports while dreaming, people can follow instructions, perform simple math, answer yes and no questions, and tell the difference between different sensory stimuli.

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·February 17, 2021·4 min read

People With This Muscle Protein Gene Variant Tolerate the Cold Better

Researchers report α-actinin-3 deficiency improves cold tolerance in humans by increasing muscle tone. Approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide are believed to have this deficiency.

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·September 3, 2020·4 min read

Is Consciousness Continuous or Discrete? Maybe It’s Both

A new two-stage model seeks to answer a longstanding philosophical debate over whether consciousness is continuous or discrete. Findings suggest discrete consciousness is preceded by a long-lasting unconscious processing period.

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·August 26, 2020·4 min read

How ‘Swapping Bodies’ With a Friend Changes Our Sense of Self

Friends who "swapped bodies" using virtual reality to generate the perceptual illusion found their beliefs about their personalities altered to become more similar to the beliefs about their friends' personalities. Findings suggest that when our mental self-concept doesn't match our physical self, our memories become impaired.

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·June 24, 2020·5 min read

Statin use is linked to lower death rate in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Cholesterol-lowering statins show promise for the treatment of severe coronavirus infections. Statins lowered the death rate and decreased the need for mechanical ventilation in patients hospitalized for severe COVID-19.

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·June 4, 2020·3 min read

Adult neurogenesis essential for sleep-induced memory consolidation

Adult born neurons are essential for synaptic structural remodeling and memory consolidation during REM sleep, a new mouse study found.

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·May 18, 2020·3 min read

Smokers more likely to express ACE2 protein that coronavirus uses to enter human cells

Smoking increases the gene expression of ACE2, a protein that binds to SARS-CoV-2, increasing the risk of coronavirus infection. Findings suggest long-term smokers could have an increase of ACE2 in the lungs, leading to higher rates of morbidity in COVID-19 patients.

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·May 14, 2020·3 min read

Dynamic stimulation of the visual cortex allows blind and sighted people to ‘see’ shapes

A visual cortical prosthesis can restore sight by bypassing damage to the eyes and delivering visual information retrieved from a camera directly to the brain.

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·May 14, 2020·4 min read

Arthritis drug Anakinra may improve respiratory function in some patients with severe COVID-19

Anakinra, a clinically approved anti-inflammatory used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, improves respiratory function in patients with severe COVID-19 infection.

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·May 5, 2020·4 min read

Recently recovered COVID-19 patients produce varying virus-specific antibodies

Recovered coronavirus patients show a wide range of immune responses following the infection, with about half from a current study showing sustained antibodies two weeks later. Results indicate which parts of the virus are most effective at triggering the immune responses.