Health
Don't go bananas, but maybe eat one
On the screen, bananas are a menace. Just ask Charlie Chaplin, Bugs Bunny or anyone who's played Mario Kart.
Apr 20, 2022
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Health
Study explores what food sector needs to know about how to reduce sodium
Sodium is an essential micronutrient, but the amount we need is small. Three slices of bread or one teaspoon of table salt will do it, and chances are your daily sodium intake is far greater. More than 90% of Americans consume ...
Apr 15, 2022
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Health
Researchers uncover how sugar substitutes disrupt liver detoxification
Results from a new study suggest that two sugar substitutes disrupt the function of a protein that plays a vital role in liver detoxification and the metabolism of certain drugs. These sugar substitutes, also known as non-nutritive ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Medications
Potassium medication patiromer helps patients stay on optimal heart failure therapy
Patients taking renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) medications for heart failure had significantly lower blood potassium levels when taking patiromer—a drug that helps to prevent the body from absorbing ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Neuroscience
Illuminating the brain with an ultra-thin, flexible, multipoint microLED array film
Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology, Dokkyo Medical University and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University have developed a flexible, multipoint microLED array film. The film can ...
Mar 18, 2022
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Genetics
Potassium channel dysfunction in genetic epilepsy
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered functional links between dozens of potassium channel gene variants and neonatal epilepsy, according to a study published in JCI Insight.
Mar 7, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Reducing breast cancer metastasis in animal models by modifying tumor electrical properties
In normal cells, electrical voltage patterns provide a blueprint for orderly growth. But with cancer, the opposite happens. Marked by a breakdown in the normal electrical patterns generated by the cells, they lose their specialized ...
Jan 11, 2022
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Medications
Potential new treatment for Alzheimer's disease would be relatively cheap
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan have discovered that the protein α-endosulfine (ENSA) is involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Studies in mice showed that eliminating this protein ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Medical research
Scientists uncover a circadian rhythm in heart cells that affects their daily function
A new study has shown how circadian rhythms in heart cells help to change heart function over the course of the day and may explain why shift workers are more vulnerable to heart problems.
Oct 15, 2021
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Neuroscience
Researchers reveal a possible new pathway for treating epileptic seizures in patients with autism
Autism affects about 2% of children in the United States, and about 30% of these children have seizures. Recent large-scale genetic studies have revealed that genetic variants in a sodium channel, called voltage-gated sodium ...
Sep 14, 2021
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