With Valentine's Day approaching, love is in the air. It's also in the brain, more deeply ingrained than language itself. Romantic love - i.e., the act of falling love, not to be confused with that other basic instinct, lust - is a primal emotion as basic as fear, according to a Vanderbilt University researcher.
The Center for Research in Electronic Commmerce at the University of Texas at Austin today issued a report, "Research Priorities in Electronic Commerce," that examines economic and business implications of Internet- driven firms and markets, identifying areas of critical research need.
For years, scientists have believed that brain cells can't be born or newly generated following a stroke. But a new study in rodents finds that some brain cells are actually stimulated to regenerate following a stroke, a discovery that opens the door to treating memory disorders in stroke patients.
Researchers who have pioneered a technique of transplanting laboratory-grown neuronal cells into the brains of stroke patients say that the procedure has been performed in seven patients, and some of those patients report that the therapy may have helped to restore motor and speech skills that otherwise would have been lost forever.
The Tufts Managed Care Institute, in partnership with Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, today conducted a train the trainer session for approximately 100 representatives of the nation's leading medical schools, teaching hospitals and health plans.
A new bioreactor system that serves up pollutants to "hungry" bacteria promises to clean up "unprecedented" levels of toxic organic chemicals classified as "priority pollutants" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to Canadian researchers. The scientists envision its use in cleaning up contaminated sites and to get rid of old chemical supplies.
A St. John's University English professor has edited an anthology of poetry by physicians entitled Blood and Bone: Poems by Physicians, newly released by the University of Iowa Press.
St. John's University's Psychology Department is offering a doctoral program in School Psychology.
A new, more effective method for destroying potentially deadly toxins called microcystins that can be found in drinking water has been announced by researchers in Scotland. Microcystins are produced by blue-green algae, which can grow in reservoirs, lakes and other bodies of water that are used for municipal drinking water.
Orthopedic surgeons reported that 85 percent of patients treated with Genzyme Tissue Repair's (NASDAQ:GENZL) Carticel(TM) showed improvements in four key measures three years after surgery.
An engineer at Sandia has developed a way to fabricate ceramics that requires no molds or machining. Called robocasting, it relies on robotics for computer-controlled deposition of ceramic slurries -- mixtures of ceramic powder, water, and chemical modifers
The persistence of a Cornell University researcher, and the prompt use of his unique database, is credited for reducing the death toll in a recent outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes, a virulent food borne pathogen.
Individuals with Alzheimer's disease are likely to have a harder time identifying objects while they are walking or traveling in a vehicle than those without the disease, according to a University of Iowa study.
A new state of matter, predicted 60 years ago by Eugene Wigner, has been created by scientists at LSU and FSU.
A stroke therapy derived from snake venom? According to researchers, it's not a snake oil story, but instead a possible new way to help people recover from the devastating effects of stroke.
Helicopter transport already helps save the lives of car accident victims and, according to researchers, it could help save stroke victims as well.
As more people continue to work after the age of 65 and the older population in the U.S. -- those most susceptible to strokes -- also grows, a new economic dilemma is created: Can people work after having a stroke and what factors limit a stroke survivor's ability to return to work?
"Telestroke" -- using video conferencing to link stroke specialists with physicians treating stroke patients in small community hospitals -- has an extraordinary potential to save lives and reduce disability, and should be tested now in clinical trials to evaluate its benefits, say researchers in an editorial in this month's Stroke.
Mosquitoes will be the guests of honor Feb. 20 at the University of Illinois, and those who come to see them are invited to get pumped for blood. It's the 16th annual Insect Fear Film Festival, which this year will feature a blood drive.
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