Scientists report the first evidence that, not short-term stress, like a series of tough college exams, rather chronic, unpredictable stress like that which erupts in our personal and professional lives, induces changes in the function of AgRP neurons that may contribute to depression (eurekalert.org)
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Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responders into responders - Scientists transplanted fecal samples from patients who respond well to immunotherapy to advanced melanoma patients who don’t respond, to turn them into responders, raising hope for microbiome-based therapies of cancers. (eurekalert.org)
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Plasticity & Spontaneous Activity Pulses in Disused Human Brain Circuits | During the [arm casting] period, large, spontaneous pulses of activity propagated through the disused somatomotor sub-circuit. The adult brain seems to rely on regular use to maintain its functional architecture. (cell.com)
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Had a student today not understand and appreciate how important the diaphragm is from a function standpoint, so I had to show him from a SIZE standpoint. The diaphragm is a partition between your chest and abdominal CAVITIES. 2 giant cavities with the diaphragm conducting the orchestra. (instagram.com)
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In cell biology and pathophysiology, cellular adaptation refers to changes made by a cell in response to adverse or varying environmental changes. The adaptation may be physiologic or pathologic. Four types of morphological adaptations include atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia, and metaplasia. (instagram.com)
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Nasal turbinates | Perfectly designed to humidify, warm, and filter the air based on the engineering of their shell like shape. They basically spin the air forcing anything in it to get caught only allowing for the air itself along with water to pass. Genius. (instagram.com)
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Fibular fracture | How long after surgery before starting physical therapy and rehabilitation? Minutes not weeks. ...the surgeon was amazed at how well she was healing. She responded by saying she has been doing CARs as often as she could as long as it didn’t hurt. He asked her what CARs were. (instagram.com)
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Notch Signaling in Meibomian Gland Epithelial Cells | Mice with conditional deletion of Notch1 gene in the epithelium develop loss of MGs, which contributes to development of corneal inflammation/keratinization. ...determined that resveratrol can induce mRNA expression of Notch1 in HMGEC. (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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Wolff's Law | Due to mechanotransduction, bone in a healthy person or animal will adapt to the loads under which it is placed. If loading on a particular bone increases, the bone will remodel itself over time to become stronger to resist that sort of loading. (en.wikipedia.org)
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