The anatomy of sarcasm: Researchers reveal how the brain handles this complex communication
...may-Tsoory and his/her colleagues propose a neural network for processing sarcastic utterances: 1-The left h...hamay-Tsoory says, "A lesion in each region in the network can impair sarcasm, because if someone has a problem understanding a social situation, he or she may...Tiny bundles seek and destroy breast cancer cells
...cell death. The ceramide also reduces the vascular network that feeds the tumor. In this study in mice, the ceramide bundles targeted and destroyed only breast cancer cells, sparing the surrounding healthy tissue. Kester and his team first tested the ceramide-filled liposomes in a culture of breast cancer ce...ARVO Foundation and Alcon announce significant gift
...n Clinician-Scientist Mentor Program is to build a network of current and potential mentors to assist individuals pursuing careers as clinician-scientists and to foster interactions with the basic science community. Recognizing that mentors play an important role in the retention of clinical scientists in o...UK receives $6 million for Appalachia Community Cancer Network
...rsity and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The new network will build on the progress made by the Appalachia Cancer Network (ACN), part of a previous NCI community-based research program that ended earlier this year. UK Appalachia Community Cancer Network The ACN had worked with 35 community cancer coali...Witnessing gun violence increases likelihood that a child will also commit violent crime
...iety Scholar. Previous work has shown that a large network of factors pushes or pulls young people away from or into violent crime. Researchers suspected that exposure to violence in the community played a role, but many argued that a common factor, perhaps in family structure or personality, might be the c...UNC launches study of liver injury caused by drugs
...ine and DILIN investigator at UNC. One goal of the network is to develop testing that will identify patients ... now," Watkins said. "Overall, we believe that the network will bring greater focus and interest to the study of drug-induced liver injury and will help to dev...New NIAID grants strengthen national biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research network
...y (Fort Collins) mark the completion of a national network of academic centers that conducts research to coun...rs to head a regional research consortium. The RCE network was identified as a national priority in the 2002 NIAID Biodefense Research Agenda. "Since before t...New information on reproductive health in St Petersburg
...r further research in the international researcher network of the consortium. The two most important partners in the surveys in St Petersburg were MAPS (St Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies) and CISR (Centre for Independent Social Research). Besides the Academy of Finland, funding has also b...Hebrew University researcher develops compounds to control bacteria
...red that the bacteria assembled in biofilms have a network of communication between them called "quorum sensing," which controls their collective activity (or lack thereof). These sensing signals control the physiology and pathogenicity of the bacteria in the biofilms. A boron-based molecule that is produced......ctor of the Obesity Research Network, a nationwide network of physicians and scientists recognized for their work in the treatment of obesity. He also is medical director of the HMR Program for Weight Management in conjunction with the University of Kentucky. He currently has several weight loss and lipid tr...Zero increase in prescription drug spending with generic promotion programs
...cripts provides integrated PBM services, including network pharmacy claims processing, mail pharmacy services, benefit design consultation, drug utilization review, formulary management, disease management, medical and drug data analysis services, and medical information management services. The Company als...TV confuses children about which foods are healthy, new study finds
...e food commercials appearing on weekend morning TV network programming were for unhealthy foods -- defined as products containing significant amounts of fat, sodium, cholesterol or sugar; for weekend evening programming, 78.3 percent of the commercials were for unhealthy foods. Therefore, whether kids are wa...Pitt receives $9 million to develop research tools that may aid drug discovery
...olecules will be pursued and select from among its network of funded pilot centers those that will develop and implement these particular assays. All information collected on assays and high throughput screenings of compounds will be included in NIH's new database, PubChem, to ensure that resources developed...Good friends, rather than close family ties, help you live longer in older age
A network of good friends, rather than close family ties, he... on survival rates over the 10 years. But a strong network of friends and confidants significantly improved the chances of survival over that period. Those wit...'Apollo Program' for hydrogen energy needed, Stanford researcher says
...ov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed anambitious network of hydrogen filling stations by 2010. Most carmanufacturers have prototype hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. California evenhas a test fleet of hydrogen buses. While some are concerned about hydrogen's explosiveness, Jacobson saidanother property of hydro...NIMH study finds antipsychotic Risperidone safe, effective as intermediate term treatment for autism
... (RUPP) network, which is funded by NIMH. The RUPP network is composed of research units devoted to conducting studies to test the efficacy and safety of medications commonly used off-label to treat children and adolescents. In clinical practice, many medications are used in the treatment of autism, but few ...Molecular ballet unravels, links proteins so cell can direct own movement
...how some cancers spread. The cell's skeleton is a network of long rows of a protein called actin linked toge...a-actinin. This configuration gives the skeleton a network structure in which many rows of actin are held together in a grid, somewhat like a checkerboard. Alo...Northwestern Memorial named among '100 Most Wired Hospitals' for sixth consecutive year
...vailability of clinical information across a broad network of care providers. Northwestern Memorial distinguished itself this spring by becoming one of a few hospitals across the country (less than 4 percent) to meet and exceed the LeapFrog standard for CPOE, which requires that physicians enter at least 75...Queensland to be hub of Australasian kidney network
...ents. "We already have 10 trials submitted to the network researching varying treatments for chronic kidney diseases such as dialysis and transplants." Dr Hawley said kidney disease affected one in seven Australian adults, with 1.7 million people with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease. Other UQ re...Wife influences husband's marijuana use during first year of marriage
...rding marijuana use that are present in the social network may impact on the members of the couples. "For both social drinking and smoking marijuana, wives influence husbands' use from the first to second anniversary," Leonard said. "Although wives influence husbands' marijuana use from before marria...