Summary: Findings from a study of naked mole rats could be important for helping develop pain therapies for humans. Source: MDC. In injuries and inflammation, naked mole-rats do not develop normal hypersensitivity to temperature stimuli. This is due to a tiny change in a receptor molecule on cells called TrkA, as a research team fromContinue reading “How the Naked Mole Rat Escapes Inflammatory Pain”
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Panel Advises Routine Brain Health Screening for People Over 70
A panel of world experts in aging convened at Saint Louis University recommended that everyone 70 and older should have their memory and reasoning ability evaluated annually by a doctor or health care provider. This is the first time routine brain health screenings have been recommended for patients, starting at age 70. Patients found toContinue reading “Panel Advises Routine Brain Health Screening for People Over 70”
Nature is the great inventor
Biologist Janine Benyus likes to tell stories about using nature to solve our problems. For instance, a company called Arnold Glas was concerned about all the birds killed when they fly into windows. The company’s scientists asked, How has nature solved this kind of problem? The answer, Benyus says, is spiders. “Spiders build webs forContinue reading “Nature is the great inventor”