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Singularity Hub - 5 Dec 2015 19:26
ROBOTICS: 8 industries robots will completely transform by 2025 Paul Szoldra | Business Insider "These are just some of the interesting -- and sometimes scary -- predictions to come from a...
What Clues Does Your Dog's Spit Hold for Human Mental Health?
Live Science - 5 Dec 2015 18:27
Dogs suffer from many of the same psychiatric and neurological disease humans do. Can studying them help diagnose and treat humans as well?
Breast screening program found to be effective in preventing some invasive cancers
Science Daily - 5 Dec 2015 14:37
Screening for and treatment of an early form of breast cancer has been found to prevent subsequent invasive cancer, according to new research.
Four studies explore memory decline in people with epilepsy
EurekAlert! - 5 Dec 2015 07:00
(American Epilepsy Society) Four studies presented at the American Epilepsy Society's (AES) 69th Annual Meeting uncover the biological factors that mediate memory decline in people with epilepsy, particularly those with ...
Microtubules act as cellular 'rheostat' to control insulin secretion
Science Daily - 5 Dec 2015 01:36
Microtubules -- cellular 'highways' that deliver cargo to the cell membrane for secretion -- have a surprising role in pancreatic beta cells. Instead of facilitating glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, they limit it, a...
How cells are foiled by a herpesvirus family member in the virus-host arms race
Science Daily - 5 Dec 2015 01:36
Not every virus wants to go viral right away -- some want to wait for the perfect opportunity to attack. So the virus has to find a way to enter the cells of the human body without tripping the alarm. It's how viruses in...