Health
What's in vapes? Toxins, heavy metals, maybe radioactive polonium
If you asked me what's in e-cigarettes, disposable vapes or e-liquids, my short answer would be "we don't fully know."
Aug 12, 2023
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News tagged with toxic material
Biomedical technology
Researchers pioneer technique to self-assemble high-performance biomolecular films
A research team led by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed a novel technique to self-assemble a thin layer of amino acids with ordered orientation over a large area that demonstrates high ...
Aug 10, 2023
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Pediatrics
Model blood-brain barrier could improve newborn meningitis treatment
Investigators in Israel and Italy have developed a model of the blood-brain barrier, studies of which may lead to prevention of meningitis in newborns. The research is published in Microbiology Spectrum.
Jun 22, 2023
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Neuroscience
HIV drug shown to help protect against build-up of dementia-related proteins in mouse brains
Cambridge scientists have shown how the brain's ability to clear out toxic proteins is impaired in Huntington's disease and other forms of dementia—and how, in a study in mice, a repurposed HIV drug was able to restore ...
Apr 26, 2023
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Gastroenterology
Could a vibrating pill ease chronic constipation?
A new treatment for chronic constipation may bring relief without having to use drugs.
Feb 10, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's disease researchers study gene associated with the brain's immune cells
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are studying how the reduction of a gene variant found in the brain's immune cells could diminish the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Jan 5, 2023
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Genetics
Researchers investigate brain's immune cell response in Alzheimer's disease
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are investigating how the deficiency of a gene in immune cells can shape the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
Nov 3, 2022
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Medications
Many drugs can't withstand stomach acid. A new delivery method could lead to more convenient medications
For patients and physicians, taking medications orally is often the most desirable way to administer drugs. Among other advantages, swallowing a pill is safer, more convenient and less invasive compared to injections or other ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Health
New report details links between widespread ocean pollution and human health risks
Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when toxins in the oceans make landfall they imperil the health and well-being of more than 3 billion people, according to a new report by an international coalition of ...
Dec 3, 2020
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Neuroscience
Buzzing through the blood-brain barrier
UConn engineers have designed a non-toxic, biodegradable device that can help medication move from blood vessels into brain tissues —a route traditionally blocked by the body's defense mechanisms. They describe their invention ...
Dec 31, 2019
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