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Scientists solve 18-year-old mystery and find the once-elusive source of a critical T cell population
One of the more rigorous debates in immunology has centered on the origin of an enigmatic T cell population that possesses properties imparting memory and stem cell–like qualities, but facts about their genesis were so ...
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New research provides fresh insights into egg usage, donation and disposal after egg freezing
New research from Monash University and Monash IVF has reported for the first time on outcomes following egg freezing in Australia, including patient return rates and the fate of unused eggs.
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Study identifies 'visual system' protein for circadian rhythm stability
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health have identified a protein in the visual system of mice that appears to be key for stabilizing the body's circadian rhythms ...
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Study reveals relationship of gut microbiome on children's brain development and function
Emerging evidence implicates the gut microbiome in cognitive outcomes and neurodevelopmental disorders, but the influence of gut microbial metabolism on typical neurodevelopment has not been explored in detail. Researchers ...
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A study of genetics of pericarditis increases understanding of newly approved drug treatment
Sequence variants that protect against pericarditis have been discovered at a genomic locus encoding interleukin-1 immune cytokines. A newly approved drug treatment for pericarditis inhibits these cytokines, according to ...
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New model of type 1 diabetes: RNA editing disruption mimics early stage disease with no involvement of virus
A recent study published in Cell Metabolism by researchers at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Bar-Ilan University and Vanderbilt University has developed a new paradigm for early stages of type 1 diabetes (T1D), ...
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Sleep may be compromised with a bed partner
If you're having trouble sleeping, perhaps contact with a bedmate is causing the problem, say University of Michigan researchers.
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Researchers uncover unexpected molecular pattern in fragile X syndrome
Researchers have found new disrupted genes and an unexpected molecular pattern—dubbed BREACHes—related to fragile X syndrome (FXS), a genetic disorder estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to impact ...
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Power of illusion can help with learning new movements
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University showed that visual aids that create the illusion of movement, like a screen placed in front of one's hand showing the hand move, can improve motor performance and the early stages ...
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Bad prescription? Strategies to improve racial health disparities can backfire
Strategies used by doctors to increase patient engagement with health information may work with white Americans, but can backfire with Black Americans.
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Virtual care works best when patients see their own family doctor, study finds
Compared to patients who had a virtual visit with their own family doctor, those who received virtual care from a doctor outside of their family care team were 66% more likely to visit the emergency department within seven ...
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Cognitive impairment in preterm infants can be predicted at time of discharge from NICU
Impaired cognition among preschoolers born very early can be predicted already at discharge from neonatal care. This is according to a study from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and University College Cork, Ireland, published ...
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Artificial intelligence lowers the barrier to ultrasound brain disease treatment
Focused ultrasound technology is a non-invasive treatment method that focuses ultrasound energy on a few millimeters of the brain, including deep regions, to treat neurological disorders without opening the skull. It has ...
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Gut microbes may determine patients' response to a drug that delays onset of type 1 diabetes
The microbiome offers a motherlode of data about health and disease, and new findings suggest that antibodies to gut microbes can determine how well patients respond to a new monoclonal antibody drug that delays the onset ...
Scientists use organoid model to identify potential new pancreatic cancer treatment
A drug screening system that models cancers using lab-grown tissues called organoids has helped uncover a promising target for future pancreatic cancer treatments, according to a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell ...
Dec 27, 2023
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The first 'multiome' atlas of cell development in the human cerebral cortex from before birth to adulthood
A team of researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Yale University School of Medicine has created the first "multiome" atlas of brain cell development in the human cerebral cortex across six broad ...
Dec 27, 2023
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Histone acetylation, transcription factor dynamics contribute to gene expression in brain development
No man is an island, and no neuron is either: complex, intricate connections between and among brain cells are needed for the brain to do its job correctly. Now, researchers from Japan have uncovered a fundamental mechanism ...
Dec 27, 2023
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Quality of care declines after private equity takes over hospitals, finds nationwide analysis
Patients are more likely to fall, get new infections, or experience other forms of harm during their stay in a hospital after it is acquired by a private equity firm, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard ...
Dec 26, 2023
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Risk of young-onset dementia could be reduced through targeting health and lifestyle factors, finds study
Researchers have identified a wide range of risk factors for young-onset dementia. The findings challenge the notion that genetics are the sole cause of the condition, laying the groundwork for new prevention strategies.
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