Neuroscience: Music, silence, and prediction

Two new research studies have identified the neural signals underlying music imagery. These neural signals are related to melodic expectations and predictions. The researchers isolated, for the first time, the electrical neural signals of prediction by investigating moments of silence in music. They suggest a strong link between imagery, listening to music, and neural prediction

Immunotherapy may be effective for a subgroup of metastatic colorectal cancer patients, study finds

Researchers at City of Hope, a world-renowned research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases, looked at the most common type of metastatic colorectal cancer and discovered that these patients are more responsive to checkpoint blockade immunotherapy, an innovative treatment that helps the immune system recognize and attack cancerous cells, if tumors

More evidence emerges of improving COVID backdrop in UK

Further evidence emerged on Friday to show that the latest outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.K. has eased, with the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 falling across most parts of the country. In its weekly survey of the levels of infection across the U.K., the Office for National Statistics said case

The Suicide Squad\u2019s Flula Borg Eats Seven Meals a Day

You may not recognize his face yet, but Flula Borg is an actor who’s been in various animated and live-action shows including Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Good Place and Teen Titans Go! If none of those rang any bells, you’ll definitely know him after you see his performance in The Suicide Squad. He’s playing the

Research suggests potential new treatment strategy for phenylketonuria

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a critical new factor in regulating phenylalanine metabolism and, therefore, in preventing the inherited metabolic disorder phenylketonuria (PKU). The research also suggests a possible avenue for new treatments that may be effective for certain patients with PKU. The study, published today in Science,

Retracted Study Using Fraudulent Surgisphere Data Still Cited

A retracted study on the safety of blood pressure medications in patients with COVID-19 continues to be cited nearly a year later, new research shows. The study in question, published on May 1, 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), showed no increased risk for in-hospital death with the use of angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

New mothers’ sleep loss linked to accelerated aging

When new mothers complain that all those sleepless nights caring for their newborns are taking years off their life, they just might be right, UCLA research published this summer in the journal Sleep Health suggests. Scientists studied 33 mothers during their pregnancies and the first year of their babies’ lives, analyzing the women’s DNA from