An international research team from the fields of veterinary medicine and genetics has developed a new survey tool to advance canine epilepsy diagnosis and research.

Scientists have refined a new way of using genetics to identify whether someone has type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Chinese populations – and it is now being used in a large clinical trial to improve treatment in the region.

A University of Cologne research team has identified the protein AIFM1 as a central coordinator of cellular energy production. More research on this protein’s role can also contribute to a better understanding of various diseases caused by mitochondrial dysfunction / publication in ‘Molecular Cell’

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have conducted a new study revealing that changes in blink frequency induced by mild exercise may be a subtle but powerful indicator of individuals differences in improvements in executive function, a set of cognitive processes that regulate behavior toward achieving goals. Although the average resting spontaneous (unconscious) blink frequency did not significantly increase after mild exercise, a closer look at individual differences revealed a compelling pattern: Those who exhibited an increase in blink frequency tended to exhibit enhanced executive function.

A cup and a half of leafy green vegetables could go a long way to addressing atherosclerotic vascular diseases (ASVD’s), new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU), the University of Western Australia and the Danish Cancer Institute has found.