Researchers at Linköping University have identified in mice the cells in the blood vessels of the brain that are necessary for a fever reaction. The results have been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Warm-blooded animal groups with higher body temperatures have lower amounts of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, while those with lower body temperatures have more REM sleep, according to new research from UCLA professor Jerome ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Why are bats often linked to incubating coronaviruses such as those behind COVID-19, SARS and other highly contagious respiratory diseases?
Jul 27, 2022
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Scientists at EPFL and Sorbonne propose a new model of the diversity and evolution of gut bacteria that shows how the gut environment helps neutral mutations become prevalent, with significant potential implications on health ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Eating fructose appears to alter cells in the digestive tract in a way that enables it to take in more nutrients, according to a preclinical study from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. These ...
Aug 18, 2021
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A new study illuminates how a gene called HAND2 may have a hand in the timing of human labor.
Feb 22, 2021
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A new analysis suggests that north-south differences in ticks' host choice, density, and host-seeking behaviors may explain why Lyme disease is more prevalent in the northeastern U.S. than in the southeast. Howard Ginsberg ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Sharing a home with a pet appeared to act as a buffer against psychological stress during lockdown, a new survey shows.
Sep 25, 2020
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1.9 billion people around the world are overweight. Of these, 650 million people are obese, which increases the risk of secondary diseases such as cancer. Professor Martin Klingenspor and his team at the Technical University ...
Jan 9, 2020
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Although most victims survive the 735,000 heart attacks that occur annually in the U.S., their heart tissue is often irreparably damaged—unlike many other cells in the body, once injured, heart cells cannot regenerate. ...
Mar 8, 2019
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