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Metformin’s anti-diabetic effects are mediated not just through the gut and liver, but also the brain

11 days ago bcm.edu brain medicine

Researchers discover a new neural biomarker for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a specific neural activity pattern to accurately predict and monitor people with OCD who have undergone deep brain stimulation (DBS)

14 months ago bcm.edu brain neuroscience

Serotonin 2C receptor in the brain regulates memory in people and mice, providing new insights into the factors involved in healthy memory but also in conditions associated with memory loss (like Alzheimer’s disease)

14 months ago bcm.edu brain disease neuroscience

Scientists tested the ability of tiny antibodies produced by llamas, called nanobodies, to effectively neutralize human norovirus, which causes acute gastroenteritis and 212,000 deaths annually, in the lab, and found they neutralized the current circulating pandemic strain and its older variants.

21 months ago blogs.bcm.edu medicine

Path-breaking research reveals new possibilities to improve treatment of endometrial carcinoma

23 months ago blogs.bcm.edu cancer

Brain fungal infection produces Alzheimer's disease-like changes - Researchers discovered how the fungus Candida albicans enters the brain in mice and generates amyloid beta-like peptides, toxic protein fragments from the amyloid precursor protein related to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

23 months ago bcm.edu brain disease neuroscience

Excess folic acid intake increases DNA de novo point mutations

2 years ago bcm.edu health

Dawn-to-dusk dry fasting leads to health benefits in the study of immune cells

2 years ago bcm.edu

Oleuropein suppressed endometriosis progression and improved the fertility of mice with the disease

2 years ago blogs.bcm.edu disease

Microbial-based treatment reverses social deficits in mouse models of autism

6 years ago bcm.edu autism

Live mice carrying a genetic mutation for heart arrhythmias received a single injection of AAV-CRISPR or placebo

6 years ago blogs.bcm.edu genetics

Human noroviruses, the leading cause of acute diarrhea, have been grown in the lab for the first time

9 years ago bcm.edu

Landmark study reveals that the placenta is not as sterile as once thought

10 years ago bcm.edu

Human milk fat improves growth in premature infants: Researchers have now successfully incorporated a cream supplement into premature infants’ diets that improved their growth outcomes in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

11 years ago bcm.edu