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·January 15, 2023·5 min read

Old Antipsychotic Drugs May Offer New Option to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

Diphenylbutylpiperidines (DPBPs), an older class of antipsychotic medications can effectively be repurposed to help treat type 2 diabetes, a new study reports.

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·March 6, 2018·2 min read

Optical Illusion Gives Insight Into How We Perceive the World

Short cues can give our brains the context needed to distinguish between two identical images, researchers say.

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·January 30, 2017·4 min read

Pop! Goes the Hearing

A new study reports popping balloons can be louder than a high power shot gun going off next to someone's head and the noise could lead to permanent hearing loss.

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·March 23, 2017·4 min read

Possible New Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis

Researchers identify a new cellular mechanism that may be responsible for multiple sclerosis. Findings could open up new avenues for the development of treatments.

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·August 13, 2020·3 min read

Recalling Memories From a Third-Person Perspective Changes How Our Brain Processes Them

Using a third-person, or observer, perspective to recall memories activates different areas of the brain than using a first-person perspective for memory recall. Adopting an observer-perspective for memory recall leads to increased interaction between the anterior hippocampus and posterior medial network.

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·April 13, 2020·4 min read

Remdesivir effective against a key enzyme of coronavirus that causes COVID-19

Remdesivir, a drug initially developed to fight Ebola and currently being fast-tracked into trials for COVID-19, is highly effective at stopping the replication mechanism of coronavirus. The drug tricks the virus by mimicking its building blocks, causing the inhibitor to get incorporated repeatedly, and preventing replication of SARS-CoV-2.

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·May 26, 2020·2 min read

Researchers flag similarities between COVID-19 deaths and severe rheumatic illnesses

After natural killer immune cells kill virus-infected cells, T and B immune cells produce cytokines. This makes the immune reaction stronger and results in the cytokine storm associated with severe COVID-19 infection.

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·July 3, 2018·3 min read

Researchers Uncover Secret to Intelligence in Parrots

A new study of parrots reveals evidence of convergent evolution between bird and primate brains. The findings have the potential to shed light on the neural basis for human intelligence.

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·April 17, 2019·5 min read

Screen time associated with behavioral problems in preschoolers

Two or more hours of screen time is associated with inattention problems in preschool-aged children.

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·August 29, 2019·3 min read

Seeing it both ways: Visual perspective in memory

How we recall our memories, either through first-person perspective or as an observer, can affect the vividness and potency of the memory. Remembering an event in first-person perspective can make the memory stronger.

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·May 29, 2022·4 min read

Social Media Data Show Language Related to Depression Didn’t Spike After Initial Pandemic Wave

Using AI to analyze language associated with depression on social media during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found people were more resilient than previously thought.