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Metabolite Produced By Gut Bacteria From Pomegranates Reduces IBD
Neuroscience News - 13 Jan 2019 01:26
Researchers report UroA, a microbial metabolite derived from a compound found in pomegranates and berries, can reduce and protect against inflammatory bowel disease.
Bile Acids Mediate Metabolic Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery
Neuroscience News - 13 Jan 2019 01:21
Researchers report bile acids play a key role in providing positive metabolic effects after weight loss surgery. The study also suggest the intestinal microbiome participates in post surgical improvements following gastr...
Does Opioid Use in Pets Create Higher Risk for Abuse in Humans?
Neuroscience News - 13 Jan 2019 01:17
Researchers report a 41% increase in the prescription of opioids for small animals over the past 10 years. The study reports the increase could potentially provide human access to the drugs, fueling the opioid epidemic.
Stroke Produces Dysfunctional Brain Cells
Neuroscience News - 13 Jan 2019 22:06
Researchers report that following a stroke, the production of new neurons in the hippocampus fail to develop correctly. However, intervening in the production of these neurons could help mitigate memory problems experien...
CRISPR Repurposed to Develop Better Antibiotics
Neuroscience News - 13 Jan 2019 22:02
Researchers re-purposed CRISPR gene editing technology to study genes targeted by particular antibiotics. The study sheds light on how pharmacologists can improve existing antibiotics and develop new ones.
How Fear and Anger Effects Different Political Ideologies
Neuroscience News - 13 Jan 2019 21:56
A new study reports the emotional underpinnings of political ideology motivates how the people seek and process information about election races and climate change.
How Game Theory Can Bring Humans and Robots Closer Together
Neuroscience News - 13 Jan 2019 21:51
Researchers used Nash equilibrium game theory and adaptive control to program a robot that can better understand its human user's behavior. This allows the robot to anticipate and respond to the human's movements.
Emergency and Urgent Hospitalizations Linked to Accelerated Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
Neuroscience News - 13 Jan 2019 21:48
Researchers link urgent hospitalization to an increased rate of cognitive decline in older people not previously diagnosed with neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
Speeding Up Genetic Diagnosis of Huntington's Disease
Neuroscience News - 13 Jan 2019 19:58
Researchers have developed a method to determine the length of mutated genes associated with Huntington's disease quickly and easily.
Big Brother Nation: The Case for Ubiquitous, Open-Sourced Surveillance in Smart Cities
Singularity Hub - 13 Jan 2019 17:00
Powerful surveillance cameras have crept into public spaces. We are filmed and photographed hundreds of times a day. To further raise the stakes, the resulting video footage is fed to new forms of artificial intelligence...
Fused bis-lactams to spirolactams: New member of the family of ring- contraction reaction
EurekAlert! - 13 Jan 2019 07:00
(Bentham Science Publishers) A new ring contraction of fused bis-lactams into spirolactams is presented here. In the presence of a triflate catalyst in various solvents under microwave irradiation, this rearrangement all...