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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown how the bacteria causing tuberculosis (TB) directly cross the brain's protective barrier, causing meningitis, a very severe form of the disease that occurs in 1%–10% of ...
May 27, 2025
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A new study suggests that methylene blue—a medication already approved for several clinical uses—may protect the lungs from damage caused by major heart surgeries that involve stopping blood circulation and lowering body ...
May 19, 2025
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Caltech professor of medical engineering Wei Gao and his colleagues are envisioning a smart bandage of the future—a "lab on skin" that could not only help patients and caregivers monitor the status of chronic wounds but also ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Hankering for a chiseled jawline, a male TikTok influencer strikes his cheekbones with a hammer—highlighting the rise of "looksmaxxing," an online trend pushing unproven and sometimes dangerous techniques to boost sexual ...
Apr 16, 2025
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A research team at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has identified a previously unknown enzyme, SIRT2, that plays a key role in memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study, led by Director C Justin ...
Apr 14, 2025
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University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers presented promising results from an early-stage clinical trial investigating a unique coffee-based approach to ovarian cancer maintenance therapy at the Society of Gynecologic ...
Apr 4, 2025
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Protein accumulations do important work in the human body, but something can go wrong and proliferate in those aggregates, resulting in neurodegeneration and diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
Feb 26, 2025
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Many foods are often advertised for their antioxidant properties. Antioxidants counteract what are known as reactive oxygen species (ROS), chemically reactive molecules that can disrupt the normal functions of lipids, proteins, ...
Feb 3, 2025
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Whenever 27-year-old Nathan Kerr stops by the office of his 81-year-old mentor Frank Booth, Kerr often finds Booth running on a treadmill.
Jan 23, 2025
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In 1980, two children and 29 crew members aboard a grain freighter became ill. They had been exposed to phosphine—a chemical used in fumigation to kill pests in and on grain—for four days. In the end, one child died.
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