Medical Wellness

Einstein study indicates brain plays role in regulating blood sugar in humans

“The brain is the body's only organ that needs a constant supply of glucose to survive, so it makes sense that it would have some say over how much glucose is…

Molecule Serves as a Key in Some Protein Interactions

The discovery involves a chemical known as an acetyl group. An estimated 85 percent of human proteins have this chemical added to the amino acid at one end of…

Why did healthy children fall critically ill in the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic?

During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, many previously healthy children became critically ill, developing severe pneumonia and respiratory failure, sometimes…

Combined arterial imaging technology reveals both structural and metabolic details

A new device that combines two microimaging technologies can reveal both the detailed anatomy of arterial linings and biological activities that, in coronary…

UCLA researchers identify brain cells responsible for keeping us awake

Now researchers at UCLA have identified the group of neurons that mediates whether light arouses us — or not. Jerome Siegel, a professor of psychiatry at the…

Gene therapy shows promise as hemophilia treatment in animal studies

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine, collaborating with other institutions, report in Experimental…

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