A drug that helps us to eat less could help the more than 650 million people around the world who live with obesity. One of the emerging drug candidates that interest researchers is the hormone GDF15 that, when given to rodents, ...
Feb 16, 2021
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It does not happen often. But on rare occasions, physicians make mistakes and may make a wrong diagnosis. Patients may have many diseases all at once, where it can be difficult to distinguish the symptoms of one illness from ...
Feb 16, 2021
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Artificial intelligence is able to predict who is most likely to die from the coronavirus. In doing so, it can also help decide who should be at the front of the line for the precious vaccines now being administered across ...
Feb 5, 2021
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Sweden takes first, Denmark second and Norway lags at the bottom when it comes to how much organic food is served in canteens, kindergartens and other public sector workplaces across the three Nordic nations. This, according ...
Feb 4, 2021
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Every year, more than 400,000 people die from malaria, the majority are children under the age of five years old, who die from a disease which affects more than 200 million people a year.
Jan 26, 2021
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All the cells in the human body share the same genes. But how our genes are expressed determines whether a cell becomes a brain cell or a liver cell. In addition, changes in gene expression often play a significant role in ...
Jan 25, 2021
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Fear of losing your job, worrying about you or a loved one getting sick, and online meetups with family and friends you have not seen for months. The COVID-19 lockdown has completely changed everyday life for most people ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Exercising regularly is one of the best defenses against metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes—but why? It's a question that scientists are still struggling to answer. While exercising changes the molecular behavior ...
Jan 12, 2021
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For several years, researchers have known that women are generally better than men at tasting bitter flavors. Now, research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that ethnicity may also play a role in how sensitive a ...
Jan 5, 2021
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Chemotherapy attacks all cells in our body and not just cancer cells, which is why patients undergoing the treatment often experience side effects such as physical weakness, hair loss and nausea. However, because cancer cells ...
Dec 17, 2020
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