And although the prospect of memory enhancement may be enticing for those of us who are constantly losing our keys, it's possible that boosting function in one cognitive skill will take away from another, he says.
However, if a conventional chitinase is added to the mixture, the AA10 enzyme performs a boosting function, leading to an overall increase in chitinolytic activity.
Mainstream CF research largely aims to correct defective folding and trafficking of the CFTR channel and to boost function of residual CFTR, so improving the flow of Cl- ions, and consequently water, across the critical epithelia of the lung and pancreatic and vas deferens ducts.
Two therapeutic strategies are conceivable: blocking negative/co-inhibitory pathways (for example, with anti-PD-1 antibodies) or boosting lymphocyte functions.
The health benefits related to simulated landscapes are widespread including encouraging physical activity, boosting cognitive functioning, and facilitating social relationships.
The drugs will be marketed to combat degenerative diseases of the brain, such as Alzheimer's, by boosting brain function, says Kennedy.
Our work suggests that having meetings without phones present can be more effective, boosting focus, function, and the ability to come up with creative solutions.
We hypothesized that bilingual toddlers with a larger increase of TEs would have more practice in switching across lexical systems, boosting executive function abilities.
With a set of patterns presented to a network, we find that the pattern recall quality under AD-like conditions is significantly better when boosting CREB function with respect to control.
Research shows that time spent among trees causes levels of the stress hormone cortisol to decrease, lowers blood pressure, increases the number of active natural killer cells, so boosting immune function – and improves mood and concentration.
