Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A 2016 bird flu variant was found to be one mutation away from binding to human receptors, highlighting the potential for avian influenza to adapt to humans. The ...

Now, new research suggests the drug’s effectiveness is less about the amount of dopamine it produces and more about the number and type of receptors that respond to it. Conditions where a person ...

This work shows that enhancing the function of the GluN2b subunit of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor signaling pathway can correct key neural dysfunctions in a mouse model of fragile X ...

Sweet taste receptors in the heart: A new pathway for cardiac regulation New research shows that the heart can sense sweeteners and can increase the force of heart muscle contraction in response ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The heart contains "sweet taste" receptors, TAS1R2 and TAS1R3, which, when stimulated by sweet substances like aspartame, enhance heart muscle contraction and ...

Additionally, their research may explain why high consumption of artificially sweetened beverages is linked to arrhythmogenesis, or an irregular heartbeat. Not only are these sweet taste receptors ...

ROCKVILLE, MD – In a surprising discovery, scientists have found that the heart possesses "sweet taste" receptors, similar to those on our tongues, and that stimulating these receptors with ...

The SNIPRs activate once the receptors fold into the cell (shown in purple). Most cancer treatments – from chemotherapies to engineered immune cells – have a host of side effects, in large part ...

Mirtazapine is a generic prescription drug that’s used to treat major depressive disorder in adults. It’s also available as the brand-name drug Remeron. Mirtazapine can cause side effects ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when ...

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Mirtazapine has been suggested as an option for cancer-related anorexia in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Currently, there is no standard treatment of cancer ...