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Study investigates how antiviral treatment promotes emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants
Do patients with prolonged infections contribute to the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants? A research team from the Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV) and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) has investigated ...
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Researchers identify a key enzyme that controls white-to-brown fat conversion
Once considered an inert tissue, fat—or adipose tissue—is now known to play an active role in the body's critical functions by secreting hormones that regulate hunger and body temperature. Body fat comes in several varieties; ...
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Study: Most people infected with omicron didn't know it
The majority of people who were likely infected with the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, didn't know they had the virus, according to a new study from Cedars-Sinai investigators. The findings ...
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The taste for specialty foods is in our genes, study shows
The reasons why people love certain foods and turn their noses up at others, has to do with more than their cultures or even their taste buds… their genes play a significant role too, a new study reveals.
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Intranasal vaccination produces potent systemic immunity against HIV and SARS-CoV-2 in animal models
Even though most viruses cause infection directly through mucosal cells, the vast majority of vaccines are administered intramuscularly in a cellular mismatch that doesn't always produce optimum immunity.
Researchers identify an Achilles' heel in neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that develops from neural cells on the adrenal glands, accounts for 15% of childhood cancer deaths. Almost half of children with high-risk neuroblastoma harbor extra copies of the gene MYCN ...
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Reprogramming human skin cells into aged neurons to study neurodegenerative disorders
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new method for studying age-related brain disorders. The researchers have focused on the neurodegenerative disorder Huntington's disease and the results have now been ...
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Adults who, as children, had half their brain removed still able to score well with face and word recognition
A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute has found that adults who had a hemispherectomy as a child scored surprisingly well on face and word recognition tests. ...
Smartphone video motion analysis detects narrowed neck arteries that may lead to stroke
Motion analysis of video recorded on a smartphone accurately detected narrowed arteries in the neck, which are a risk factor for stroke, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, ...
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New drug candidate uses novel absorption method to target cancer cells in mice
A team of University of Michigan researchers is developing a new anti-cancer drug that is absorbed through the gut's lymphatic system rather than blood vessels, potentially outmaneuvering the molecular signaling pathways ...
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Potential of nigrosome imaging for earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
A team of neurophysicists, led by Malte Brammerloh of MPI CBS, found evidence that the identification of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sign for Parkinson's diagnosis, as a specific anatomical region in the brain, is ...
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How hepatitis E tricks the immune system
Over 3 million people are infected with the hepatitis E virus every year. So far, no effective treatment is available. An international team has investigated which factors are important for the virus in the course of its ...
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A step closer to a low toxicity treatment for childhood leukemia
Newly published research carried out using synthetic human bone marrow cells is paving the way for the development of safer and kinder treatments for children with leukemia.
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New gene variant that protects against coronary heart disease uncovered
A variant typical of the Finnish population that protects against heart diseases was identified in the FinnGen genomic study coordinated by the University of Helsinki. The risk of developing heart diseases is roughly one-fifth ...
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New study indicates people with current cancer diagnosis may face severe complications from COVID-19
A new study has found that a current cancer diagnosis posed a significant risk for severe outcomes during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, including ICU admission and death. UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center ...
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Cutting 1 gram from daily salt intake could ward off nearly 9 million cases of stroke/heart disease in China
A modest cut of just 1 gram in daily salt intake could ward off nearly 9 million cases of heart disease and strokes and save 4 million lives by 2030, suggest the estimates of a modeling study published in the open access ...
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Dearth of high quality monkeypox guidelines may be hampering care globally
A dearth of high quality, up to date clinical guidance on monkeypox may be hampering effective and safe treatment of the infection around the world, concludes a review of what's available to guide patient care and published ...
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A new perspective in how immunity is fine-tuned through mechanics
The immune system protects us from infections, harmful substances and problematic changes in our own cells. Traditional research posits that parts of invading pathogens or cells sound the alarm, but accumulating evidence ...
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