MRI Study: Breastfeeding Boosts Babies' Brain Growth
TEHRAN (FNA)- A study using brain images from "quiet" MRI machines adds to the growing body of evidence that breastfeeding improves brain development in infants. Breastfeeding alone produced better brain development than a combination of breastfeeding and formula, which produced better development than formula alone. ( 10:01:17 - 2013/06/08)

Scientists Coax Brain to Regenerate Cells Lost in Huntington's Disease
TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers mobilized the brain's native stem cells to replenish a type of neuron lost in Huntington's disease. ( 12:12:33 - 2013/06/07)

Surgeons Implant Bioengineered Blood Vein
TEHRAN (FNA)- A team of doctors helped create a bioengineered blood vessel and implanted it into the arm of a patient with end-stage kidney disease. ( 12:08:26 - 2013/06/07)

Study: Black Holes Abundant among Earliest Stars
TEHRAN (FNA)- An international team of astronomers discovered evidence of a significant number of black holes that accompanied the first stars in the universe. ( 11:33:51 - 2013/06/06)

Scientists Discover How HIV Kills Immune Cells
TEHRAN (FNA)- New research by scientists revealed how HIV triggers a signal telling an infected immune cell to die. ( 11:29:00 - 2013/06/06)

Study Explains Cognitive Ability Differences among Elderly
TEHRAN (FNA)- A new study showed compelling evidence that associations between cognitive ability and cortical grey matter in old age can largely be accounted for by cognitive ability in childhood. ( 12:48:13 - 2013/06/05)

Heart Health Matters to Your Brain
TEHRAN (FNA)- Findings of a new study showed that people suffering from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are at an increased risk of cognitive decline. ( 12:45:00 - 2013/06/05)

Potential New Way to Suppress Tumor Growth Discovered
TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers identified a new mechanism that appears to suppress tumor growth, opening the possibility of developing a new class of anti-cancer drugs. ( 12:54:35 - 2013/06/04)

New Technique Selectively Dampens Harmful Immune Responses
TEHRAN (FNA)- Medical researchers demonstrated a new technique that may lead to a better way to selectively repress unwanted immune reactions without disabling the immune system. ( 12:51:36 - 2013/06/04)

Evolution: How Turtles Got Their Shells
TEHRAN (FNA)- Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles' most unusual shell came to be. ( 09:47:17 - 2013/06/03)

A Step Closer to Growing Artificial Livers
TEHRAN (FNA)- Prometheus, the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods, was punished for this theft by being bound to a rock. Each day, an eagle swept down and fed on his liver, which then grew back to be eaten again the next day. ( 09:43:40 - 2013/06/03)

Lead Acts to Trigger Schizophrenia
TEHRAN (FNA)- Mice engineered with a human gene for schizophrenia and exposed to lead during early life exhibited behaviors and structural changes in their brains consistent with schizophrenia. ( 10:32:48 - 2013/06/02)

Do Men's and Women's Hearts Burn Fuel Differently?
TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine will study gender differences in how the heart uses and stores fat -- its main energy source -- and how changes in fat metabolism play a role in heart disease. ( 10:25:17 - 2013/06/02)

New Gene Delivery Method: Magnetic Nanoparticles
TEHRAN (FNA)- Stent angioplasty saves lives, but there often are side effects and complications related to the procedure, such as arterial restenosis and thrombosis. ( 10:28:39 - 2013/06/01)