Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan have discovered a set of related mutations that lead to intracranial aneurysms—weakened blood vessels in the brain that can burst at any time. The mutations ...
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A study aiming to develop and test a machine learning model to predict cardiovascular disease using indicators of oral infections was presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the AADOCR, held in conjunction with ...
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Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide. In more than half of all cases, an important protective mechanism in cells is inactivated by mutations—the tumor suppressor gene p53. The product of ...
May 25, 2023
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Scientists have identified the genes in the probiotic Bifidobacteria longum responsible for improving gut motility. A research team reporting November 21 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe found that B. longum strains possessing ...
Nov 21, 2023
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A machine learning model can effectively predict a patient's risk for a sleep disorder using demographic and lifestyle data, physical exam results and laboratory values, according to a new study published this week in the ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Researchers at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, have innovated a technique to track bone development, growth dynamics and healing in a mouse model. In their paper, "Spatiotemporal monitoring of hard tissue development ...
Affecting hundreds of millions of people, chronic hepatitis B is a widespread global health problem for which there is as yet no cure. In a preclinical study involving the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Heidelberg ...
Aug 4, 2023
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Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine and University ...
Jan 27, 2023
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Researchers have identified common and rare gene mutations that increase risk for schizophrenia. Yet it's unclear what biological mechanisms go awry in the brain to cause psychosis and other disabling symptoms, due in part ...
Sep 1, 2023
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In November, researchers reported the drug lecanemab slowed the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The effect was modest, but it has generated tremendous excitement because it was the first time a drug had been shown to ...
Dec 27, 2022
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