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Sunday, December 11, 2011

ScienceDaily: Top Health News

ScienceDaily: Top Health News


The cortex plays an essential part in emotional learning

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:53 AM PST

The cortex, which is the largest zone of the brain and which is generally associated with high cognitive functions, is also a key zone for emotional learning, according to new research.

Stem cell research in the UK reaches significant milestone

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 08:50 AM PST

Stem cell scientists have submitted to the UK Stem Cell Bank their first clinical grade human embryonic stem cell lines that are free from animal-derived products, known as 'xeno-free' stem cells.

Study fundamentally alters our understanding of lung growth

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 05:26 AM PST

A ground-breaking international study into the ways lungs grow and develop has challenged existing medical understanding that our lungs are completely formed by the age of three.

Ecstasy drug produces lasting toxicity in the brain

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:51 PM PST

Recreational use of Ecstasy -- the illegal "rave" drug that produces feelings of euphoria and emotional warmth -- is associated with chronic changes in the human brain, researchers have discovered. The findings add to the growing evidence that Ecstasy produces long-lasting serotonin neurotoxicity in humans.

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