What’s Up With Our Poop the Day After We Booze?
If you wake up after a night of boozing and make a beeline for the bathroom, you’re not alone. First...
Month: May 2015
Wild chimps teach scientists about gene that encodes HIV-fighting protein
Different people can vary substantially in their genetic susceptibility to viruses, including HIV. Although the biology that underlies this variation...
Implicit social biases made to drop away during sleep
Can we learn to rid ourselves of our implicit biases regarding race and gender? A new study indicates that sleep...
MEDI4736 combined with tremelimumab results in acceptable toxicity in NSCLC patients
Advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients have few effective treatment options and low 5-year survival rates. The checkpoint inhibitors MEDI4736...
Regenerating lost taste buds: Key steps discovered
Researchers have discovered a key molecular pathway that aids in the renewal of taste buds, a finding that may help...
Scientists retrieve lost memories using optogenetics
Researchers have found that memories that have been 'lost' as a result of amnesia can be recalled by activating brain...
HIV’s sweet tooth is its downfall
HIV has a powerful sweet tooth. After the virus invades an immune cell, it craves sugar and nutrients from the...
New findings shed light on complexities of emerging zoonotic malaria
Zoonotic malaria has been shown to be caused by two genetically distinct Plasmodium knowlesi parasite subpopulations associated with different monkey...
The Tour de Fox: A Nationwide Trek to Fight Parkinson’s Disease
Mike SimoneThe Tour de FoxA nationwide expedition to find a cure for Parkinson's disease.On June 2nd, Sam Fox, an extreme...
Summer Shape Up with Balance Bar
Memorial Day was Monday. I had the pleasure of watching my dad receive an award for being a Vietnam Vet....
Proactive Psychiatric Consultation For Hospitalized Patients, A Plan for the Future
The Yale Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) is a proactive, multi-disciplinary psychiatric consultation service for all internal medicine inpatients at Yale-New...
