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14/02/2022

Archive: 14/02/2022

Behind a good mutation: How a gene variant protects against Alzheimer's

While the word "mutation" may conjure up alarming notions, a mutation in brain immune cells serves a positive role in protecting people against Alzheimer's disease. Now University of California, Irvine biologists have discovered ...

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Surprising discovery about nature of CASK gene disorders may influence potential treatments

Virginia Tech researchers publishing in the Journal of Medical Genetics made a discovery about a genetic form of microcephaly—a condition where babies' heads and brains are smaller and grow more slowly than those of unaffected ...

Feb 14, 2022

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Highly responsive immune cells seem to be beneficial for the brain

Findings by researchers from Germany support the view that hyperactive immune cells in the brain can have a protective effect in the course of neurodegenerative diseases. Experts from Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative ...

Feb 14, 2022

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Trauma centers expand care to treat patients beyond physical injury

Most patients who show signs of alcohol or opioid/stimulant drug use associated with injury now undergo screening and/or intervention in Level I and II trauma centers, according to national survey results. Screenings and ...

Feb 14, 2022

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'Math neurons' identified in the brain

The brain has neurons that fire specifically during certain mathematical operations. This is shown by a recent study conducted by the Universities of Tübingen and Bonn. The findings indicate that some of the neurons detected ...

Feb 14, 2022

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Immunogenetic studies in diverse populations are essential

Disease and health are the result of a complex interaction between humans and their pathogens. Genetic factors that partly determine host defenses sometimes differ significantly between people and populations. This is shown ...

Feb 14, 2022

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Researchers identify new method for stimulating signaling to improve metabolic health and possibly treat obesity

Following up on a 2018 study that identified an epigenetic modifier known as histone deacetylase 11 (HDAC11) as a potential therapeutic target for treating obesity and diabetes, researchers from the University of Colorado ...

Feb 14, 2022

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Remapping atrial fibrillation treatment

A new way of treating arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF)—the most common heart arrhythmia diagnosis in clinical practice—has debuted at UC San Diego Health. vMap is a non-invasive, computational mapping system ...

Feb 14, 2022

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Stowaway B cells in the lungs bear the blueprint to fight the flu, and possibly other viral infections

Immunologists in Australia have eavesdropped on a stowaway population of B cells that hide in the lungs, their telltale biomarkers indicating they're armed to fight influenza—and their presence yet another sign that the ...

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Teenage fentanyl deaths are soaring, and Black teens are hit hardest

Overdose deaths linked to synthetic opioids like fentanyl tripled among teenagers and went up five times among Black teens in the past two years, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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