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New ovarian cancer screening technique shows reduced false negatives compared to CA125 method
Researchers at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, China, have developed a new ovarian cancer screening technique. In a paper, "Profiling the metabolome of uterine fluid ...
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Biological clocks of people and malaria parasites tick in tune, shows study
Health officials warn that drug resistance could wipe out recent progress against malaria, particularly in Africa and southeast Asia. Now, researchers looking for other ways to fight the mosquito-borne parasites that cause ...
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Study identifies two brain mechanisms for picking speech out of a crowd
Researchers led by Dr. Nima Mesgarani at Columbia University, US, report that the brain treats speech in a crowded room differently depending on how easy it is to hear, and whether we are focusing on it.
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Remnants of ancient virus may fuel ALS, says new research
More than 5,000 people are diagnosed annually with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a fatal, neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, gradually robbing people of the ability to ...
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Mechanism behind reductions in depression symptoms from LSD and mushrooms found
An international team of biotechnologists and neuroscientists has found the mechanism responsible for reducing depression symptoms in patients given two kinds of hallucinogenic compounds. In their mouse study, reported in ...
Data show no evidence that chronic disease treatment efficacies depend on number of comorbidities
Treatment efficacy for a broad range of chronic diseases does not differ depending on patients' comorbidities, according to a new study publishing June 6 in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by David McAllister of the ...
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Movement symptoms in dystonia found to be caused by spinal cord dysfunction
Many neurological conditions that involve involuntary muscle contractions have long been considered as diseases of the brain. However, both the brain and the spinal cord contain many nerve cells associated with movement.
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New algorithm sets parameters for waves of COVID-19
A method for defining different waves of COVID-19 to better understand the progression of the virus across the pandemic has been devised by a team of scientists at Cardiff University and the University of Oxford. They developed ...
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Researchers target proteins, pathways behind congenital heart disease
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center characterized the expression of thousands of cardiac proteins during eight critical stages of embryonic ...
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Hospital infection control experts question validity of public reporting metrics in new survey
Infections spread in hospitals and other healthcare settings cause over 680,000 infections and 72,000 patient deaths in the U.S. every year. Surveillance and reporting of these infections to government entities has become ...
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Several Down syndrome features may be linked to a hyperactive antiviral immune response, finds new research
People with Down syndrome, or trisomy 21, a genetic condition caused by an extra copy of human chromosome 21, experienced a remarkable increase in life expectancy during the 20th century. In the early 1900s, less than 20% ...
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How climate-related disasters exacerbate health and housing vulnerability
Australians whose homes have been damaged or destroyed in climate-related disasters such as floods, cyclones or bushfires suffer significant health and housing impacts, new research shows.
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Decoding the dark matter of our DNA: Study links genetic variants to blood pressure regulation
Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are delving deep into the non-coding genome to unravel the complex genetics that underlie blood pressure regulation and hypertension (high blood pressure)—the leading ...
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Breakthrough treatments for accelerated wound healing summarized
Patients who undergo skin injuries endure hospital stays, infection and/or succumb to death; therefore, advances in wound healing aim to improve clinical practices underlying macroscale healing to effectively intervene in ...
How the immune system becomes overactivated in old age
The lack of a key signaling molecule in certain immune cells can induce various age-related diseases in young mice, RIKEN researchers have shown. This finding eventually could help to develop new treatments for age-related ...
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How synaptic vesicles accumulate glutamate
In the brain, neurons communicate via neurotransmitters, which trigger electrical signals in downstream neurons by binding and activating specific receptors. Neurotransmitters are released through the fusion of synaptic vesicles, ...
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New artificial intelligence program could help treat hypertension
For the nearly half of Americans with hypertension, it's a potential death sentence—close to 700,000 deaths in 2021 were caused by high blood pressure, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It ...
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ChatGPT flunks self-assessment test for urologists
At a time of growing interest in the potential role of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in medicine and healthcare, a new study reported in Urology Practice finds that the groundbreaking ChatGPT chatbot performs poorly ...
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A novel strategy for cardiac repair using stem cell–derived progenitor cells and cell-seeding matrix patches
Myocardial infarction (MI) and the resulting heart failure remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cell therapy by implantation of stem/progenitor cells and their derived cardiovascular cells offers new ...
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Researchers invent powerful tool to gather data on immune response at single-cell level
Cells interact with their surrounding environment by secreting proteins which act as messengers or signals for communicating with other cells. Capturing these elusive and minute secreted proteins, particularly those from ...
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