MNT daily newsletter - October 29, 2019

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Biology / Biochemistry

Could hair analysis diagnose schizophrenia? A new study links higher brain levels of hydrogen sulfide to a subtype of schizophrenia and proposes hair levels of a related enzyme as a biomarker.

Study challenges link between depression and inflammation New research applies complex statistical analyses to existing data and casts doubt on the existence of a direct link between depression and inflammation.

Preventing herpes infections: Study offers new insights A new study reveals a key protein that can encourage or slow the progression of the herpes simplex virus 1 and tests a compound that blocks the virus.

Depression

Study challenges link between depression and inflammation New research applies complex statistical analyses to existing data and casts doubt on the existence of a direct link between depression and inflammation.

Genetics

Preventing herpes infections: Study offers new insights A new study reveals a key protein that can encourage or slow the progression of the herpes simplex virus 1 and tests a compound that blocks the virus.

Immune System / Vaccines

Study challenges link between depression and inflammation New research applies complex statistical analyses to existing data and casts doubt on the existence of a direct link between depression and inflammation.

Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses

Preventing herpes infections: Study offers new insights A new study reveals a key protein that can encourage or slow the progression of the herpes simplex virus 1 and tests a compound that blocks the virus.

Mental Health

Study challenges link between depression and inflammation New research applies complex statistical analyses to existing data and casts doubt on the existence of a direct link between depression and inflammation.

Neurology / Neuroscience

Could hair analysis diagnose schizophrenia? A new study links higher brain levels of hydrogen sulfide to a subtype of schizophrenia and proposes hair levels of a related enzyme as a biomarker.

How we learn things shapes our memory A new study found that different learning modes are tied with distinct ways of storing information in the brain, and with differences in memory resilience.

Psychology / Psychiatry

Could hair analysis diagnose schizophrenia? A new study links higher brain levels of hydrogen sulfide to a subtype of schizophrenia and proposes hair levels of a related enzyme as a biomarker.

Schizophrenia

Could hair analysis diagnose schizophrenia? A new study links higher brain levels of hydrogen sulfide to a subtype of schizophrenia and proposes hair levels of a related enzyme as a biomarker.

Veterinary

Pigs have the intelligence to use tools Researchers have observed that female Visayan warty pigs are capable of using twigs and bark as tools to help them construct their nests.

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