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Extended wakefulness prior to surgery significantly enhances postoperative pain behaviors and extends recovery time after surgery

Sleep, Caffeine Use May Play Role in Post-Op Pain

Caffeine at onset of sleep deprivation might help prevent increase in post-op hypersensitivity
For rodents with diabetes

Hyperglycemia May Cause Caries but Not Periodontal Disease

Findings in rodent models of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
For humans and mice

Disruption of NAD Synthesis Tied to Congenital Malformations

Patients with congenital mutations have lower levels of circulating nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
Caffeine accelerates emergence from anesthesia

Caffeine Accelerates Emergence From Anesthesia

Caffeine accelerates emergence, even at high level of anesthetic; acts via two mechanisms

Downregulation of miR-126 Augments DNA Damage Response

Reduced miR-126 levels in lungs from mice exposed to cigarette smoke, smokers' lung epithelial cells
The Zika virus doesn't appear to be transmitted through saliva

Little Risk of Oropharyngeal Mucosal Transmission of Zika

Research with monkeys suggests virus isn't transmitted through kissing, sharing eating utensils
Amyloid polypeptide deposits in the pancreas may lead scientists to a better understanding of type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Symptoms Appear to Spread Via Prion-Like Mechanism

Injections in mice led to symptoms of the disease, researchers report
Galectin-1 (Gal-1)

Immunotherapy Efficacy Up With Gal-1/SIT Co-Administration

Suppressed allergic responses in mouse intestine with Gal-1, allergen-specific immunotherapy
Maternal exposure to diesel exhaust particles during pregnancy may increase susceptibility to allergic asthma in more than one generation of offspring

Pollutant Exposure May Lead to Multi-Generational Asthma Risk

Elevated susceptibility to allergic asthma persists into F2, and with lesser magnitude, into F3 mice
Animal research may have yielded a potential treatment for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in children; the new report was published online July 18 in Molecular Psychiatry.

Animal Study Reveals Potential of Fetal Alcohol Damage Reversal

Two common medications show promise in lab rats, researchers report