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Mathematical model reveals how humans store narrative memories using 'random trees'
Humans can remember various types of information, including facts, dates, events and even intricate narratives. Understanding how meaningful stories are stored in people's memory has been a key objective of many cognitive ...
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Olorofim Phase IIb trial shows efficacy in invasive fungal disease for patients with limited treatment options
Researchers from KU Leuven, the University of California Davis Medical Center, the University of Cologne, and over 20 collaborating institutions report that the antifungal olorofim demonstrated efficacy and tolerability in ...
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Attending events is the ticket to happiness, study suggests
New research led by the University of South Australia has found that frequently attending in-person events can significantly boost well-being.
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Weekly injection offers steady Parkinson's medication, reducing need for daily pills
A new weekly injectable drug could transform the lives of more than eight million people living with Parkinson's disease, potentially replacing the need for multiple daily tablets.
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Premenstrual symptoms linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease
Women diagnosed with premenstrual symptoms have a slightly increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life. This is shown by a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in Nature Cardiovascular Research.
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'Molecular shield' placed in the nose may soon treat common hay fever trigger
Approximately 40% of the European population are allergic to pollen, and their symptoms cause an estimated loss of 100 million school and workdays every year.
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Smarter flow simulation model for analyzing blood flow in brain aneurysms improves efficiency and accuracy
To simulate blood flow inside brain aneurysms, researchers from Japan have developed a computational method that combines 4D flow MRI, computational fluid dynamics, and data assimilation, which provides greater accuracy and ...
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Bird flu found to evolve rapidly, infecting more hosts and finding ways to spread more effectively
Although the avian flu (H5N1) virus may not be making the news as frequently, it is still working hard behind the scenes, attempting to evolve into more and more effective versions. Since the highly pathogenic avian flu was ...
FDA study links high consumer CBD doses to liver enzyme elevations
FDA researchers report that the upper end of reported consumer use (~400mg of daily CBD intake) of cannabidiol (CBD) may elevate liver enzymes in healthy adults.
Decades of data reveal no clear liver cancer link to oral contraceptive pills
The National Cancer Institute and University of Oxford report that oral contraceptive use is not associated with increased liver cancer risk, based on a population-based analysis of more than 1.5 million women and a review ...
Study finds fewer complications after additional ultrasound in pregnant women who feel less fetal movement
It can be difficult to decide whether to expedite birth when a woman in the final stage of pregnancy perceives fewer fetal movements. An additional ultrasound measurement to assess resistance in fetal blood vessels can help ...
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Reducing dietary serine may help hair follicle stem cells heal skin wounds faster
The skin has two types of adult stem cells: epidermal and hair follicle. Their jobs seem well-defined: maintaining the skin, or maintaining hair growth. But as research from Rockefeller University has shown, hair follicle ...
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Advanced microscopy reveals that dopamine operates with surgical precision, not as a broad signal
A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has upended decades of neuroscience dogma, revealing that dopamine, a neurotransmitter critical for movement, motivation, learning and mood, communicates ...
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Looking to study neurological conditions, researchers produce over 400 different types of nerve cells
Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cells in the human brain, according to the latest calculations. These cell ...
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New AI tool gives a helping hand to X-ray diagnosis
Can artificial intelligence (AI) potentially transform health care for the better?
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Wristband sensor provides all-in-one monitoring for diabetes and cardiovascular care
A new wearable wristband could significantly improve diabetes management by continuously tracking not only glucose but also other chemical and cardiovascular signals that influence disease progression and overall health. ...
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Tissue-integrated bionic knee can restore natural movement
MIT researchers have developed a new bionic knee that can help people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles more easily than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The work appears ...
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Microglia replacement halts progression of rare genetic brain disease in mice and humans
Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) is a progressive neurological disease with an average age of onset at 43 years and an average life expectancy of only three to five years after ...
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Modified personalized cancer vaccine generates powerful immune response
Results of a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute-initiated phase 1 clinical trial for patients with melanoma show that an updated formula and delivery of the NeoVax personalized cancer vaccine called NeoVaxMI is safe, feasible, ...
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Gene-editing platform could boost anti-cancer immune responses
Researchers have developed a new gene-editing platform that will enable safer and more effective T cell–based immunotherapies to treat cancer.
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