Juvenile arthritis is a form of auto-immune disease that involves chronic inflammation of the joints and eyes that can lead to pain, vision loss and disability. A new study has revealed that taking antibiotics may double the risk of a child contracting juvenile arthritis. The findings are published in Pediatrics.
In normal plants, a defense hormone that keeps bad bacteria out from the surface as well as inside the plant's roots and actively recruits the good ones has been detected by researchers. For the study, the researcher team introduced 38 strains of bacteria that they had isolated from roots grown in the wild soil into a sterile clay. The researchers showed that when they grew plants in that synthetic soil, the presence of salicylic acid determined which microbes colonized the roots. The findings are published in the Science Express.
Scientists have discovered thousands of toxins hidden deep within the venom of a sea cone snail in Queensland, which may help develop new drugs to treat pain, cancer and other diseases. Researchers used biochemical and bioinformatics tools to develop a new method to analyse the structure of the venom toxins, allowing them to delve deeper than ever before.
Researchers develop a tiny wireless device that, once implanted in the brain, can be activated by remote control to deliver targeted drugs. Size of device is of the width of a human hair. It may be used to treat pain, depression, epilepsy and other neurological disorders in people by targeting therapies to specific brain areas. The researchers believe that similar, more flexible devices could have applications in other areas of the body too, including peripheral organs. The study is published in the Cell.
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A Virginia Institute of Technology scientist has used a mathematical model to demonstrate that robots may indeed be able to have a working brain. The paper published in the journal Scientific Reports.
New study has found that the same species of yeast used in the production of beer, bread, and wine works particularly well in chocolate fermentation. The research by a team of Belgian researchers was published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
A new study conducted at University of Adelaide shows that intelligence in humans can be estimated by the size of the holes in the skull through which the arteries pass. The study Published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
Italian researchers have found a dental tool that led them to conclude that the first operation for toothache was performed 14,000 years ago. They were analyzing the skeleton of a caveman found in Italy's Dolomite Mountains in 1988. This report published in Scientific Reports journal.
A new affordable, non-invasive test that detects electrical activity in the brain may predict the risk of Alzheimer's disease, scientists say. The research was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
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Scientists have for the first time explained the mechanisms that the dengue virus has developed to optimise its ability to cause outbreaks as it travels across the globe to new places and revisits old ones. Dengue virus has been spreading throughout warm regions of the world, prompting the virus to adapt to new environments.
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