News tagged with lesions
Selective brain damage modulates human spirituality
New research provides fascinating insight into brain changes that might underlie alterations in spiritual and religious attitudes. The study, published by Cell Press in the February 11 issue of the journal Neuron, explor ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Neuroscientists find brain region responsible for our sense of personal space
In a finding that sheds new light on the neural mechanisms involved in social behavior, neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology have pinpointed the brain structure responsible for our sense ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 30, 2009 |
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Geologists find ponds not the cause of arsenic poisoning in India's groundwater
The source of arsenic in India's groundwater continues to elude scientists more than a decade after the toxin was discovered in the water supply of the Bengal delta in India. But a recent study with a Kansas State University ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Different paths to drug resistance in Leishmania
Two remarkable discoveries were today revealed by researchers into genome analysis of Leishmania parasites. These results uncovered a surprising level of variation at the genome structure level.
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Learning to see consciously
Our brains process many more stimuli than we become aware of. Often images enter our brain without being noticed: visual information is being processed, but does not reach consciousness, that is, we do not ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Tissue structure delays cancer development
Cancer growth normally follows a lengthy period of development. Over the course of time, genetic mutations often accumulate in cells, leading first to pre-cancerous conditions and ultimately to tumour growth. Using a mathematical ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
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New material could offer hope to those with no voice
In 1997, the actress and singer Julie Andrews lost her singing voice following surgery to remove noncancerous lesions from her vocal cords. She came to Steven Zeitels, a professor of laryngeal surgery at Harvard ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Stroke damage to brain may not be permanent, study finds
Brain functions lost after a stroke might not be gone forever.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Mild memory loss is not a part of normal aging
Simply getting older is not the cause of mild memory lapses often called senior moments, according to a new study by researchers at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center. The study, published in the September 15, 2010, online ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 15, 2010 |
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First parasitic nematodes reported in biofuel crops
Researchers at the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) at the University of Illinois have discovered widespread occurrence of plant-parasitic nematodes in the first reported nematode survey of Miscanthus and switchgrass plants ...
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Aquatic ecologist studies silent killer of bald eagles
(PhysOrg.com) -- Something is killing American bald eagles, and Susan Wilde is determined to find out what. An assistant professor in the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Nano-Bio-Chip Checks for Oral Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- The gentle touch of a brush on the tongue or cheek can help detect oral cancer with success rates comparable to more invasive techniques like biopsies, according to preliminary studies by researchers at Rice ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 28, 2010 |
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Nanoparticles Detect and Purge Metastases in Lymph Nodes
Colonoscopy represents one of the great weapons against cancer. In one step, a physician can find precancerous lesions in the colon and then cut them out, an on-the-spot intervention that prevents cancer from developing. ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Mouse Work: New Insights on a Fundamental DNA Repair Mechanism
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding a new link to our understanding of the complex chain of chemistry that keeps living cells alive, a team of researchers from the University of Vermont (UVM), the University of Utah, ...
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Protein helps fix damaged DNA in yeast
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like a scout that runs ahead to spot signs of damage or danger, a protein in yeast safeguards the yeast cells' genome during replication -- a process vulnerable to errors when DNA is copied ...
Jul 30, 2010 |
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Lesion
A lesion is any abnormal tissue found on or in an organism, usually damaged by disease or trauma. Lesion is derived from the Latin word laesio which means injury.
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