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Neuroscience
New insight into how the human motor cortex encodes complex handwriting
Compared to other animal species, humans can plan and execute highly sophisticated motor tasks, including the ability to write complex characters using their hands. While many past studies have tried to better understand ...
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Existing drug could revive immune cells in sepsis treatment
When the immune system does not function properly, individuals become more susceptible to infections caused by viruses, bacteria, or fungi. Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center have demonstrated that an existing ...
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Medical research news
Commonly prescribed medications for high blood pressure have unexpected side effects
Cardiovascular diseases are the world's leading cause of death, and high blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than 1 billion people globally, with most living in low- and middle-income countries.
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Millions could lose no-cost preventive services if SCOTUS upholds ruling
A study by the Stanford Prevention Policy Modeling Lab (PPML) finds that almost 30% of privately insured individuals in the United States, or nearly 40 million people, use at least one of the free preventive health services ...
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Low-intensity electrical pulses could help the immune system fight cancer
High-intensity electrical pulses have been medically used to destroy tumors while sparing healthy tissue. But lower-intensity pulses may have a different effect—they reshape the battlefield, making tumors more vulnerable ...
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Modulating the brain's immune system may curb damage in Alzheimer's
New research suggests that calming the brain's immune cells might prevent or lessen the damaging inflammation seen in Alzheimer's disease. The study points to the key role of the hormone and neurotransmitter norepinephrine, ...
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Gene 'reversal' in fruit flies points to new hope for Alzheimer's treatment
A study published in The American Journal of Human Genetics by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital provides solutions ...
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High school experiences linked to midlife body weight
High schools have long been recognized for shaping students' futures. According to a new study by researchers from Penn State, the University of Texas, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota, ...
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Study identifies link between body clock disruption and metabolic disease
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how disruptions in the circadian rhythm in our muscles combined with poor diet can contribute to the development of diabetes, according to a recent study published in Proceedings ...
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Human and HPV genes combine to form extrachromosomal DNA that promotes oropharyngeal tumor growth, study reveals
The incidence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)–associated oropharyngeal cancers—tumors of the back of the mouth and throat—is rising. If caught early, most of these cancers have a high survival rate, but about 20% of patients ...
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Experimental cancer drug could streamline standard tuberculosis treatment and prevent post-TB lung disease
An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators report, ...
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Brain-machine interface study reveals how intentions and actions are linked in time
Researchers led by Jean-Paul Noel at the University of Minnesota, United States, have decoupled intentions, actions and their effects by manipulating the brain-machine interface that allows a person with otherwise paralyzed ...
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: Study reveals why some patients with the hereditary disease remain healthy
Alpha-1-antitrypsin is a so-called protease inhibitor, a type of enzyme inhibitor. It is produced in the liver but exerts its effects in the lungs, where it regulates immune cell activity. This regulation is crucial, and ...
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Brain imaging study reveals synaptic mechanisms of learning
How do we learn something new? How do tasks at a new job, lyrics to the latest hit song or directions to a friend's house become encoded in our brains? The broad answer is that our brains undergo adaptations to accommodate ...
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Bluetooth-based 'indoor positioning system' could help older adults stay independent
A new Bluetooth-based positioning system could offer health care systems a low-energy, low-cost method of tracking older adults' mobility, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health ...
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Can AI tell if you'll stick to your workout? New study says it might
Sticking to an exercise routine is a challenge many people face. But a University of Mississippi research team is using machine learning to uncover what keeps individuals committed to their workouts.
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Is nitrogen fertilizer supercharging allergy-causing pollen?
Nitrogen-fertilized grasslands may produce six times more pollen than their unfertilized counterparts, suggests a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health. The study also suggests pollen from fertilized grasslands is ...
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A new approach to asthma treatment: Harnessing the liver to reprogram the immune system
For millions of people around the world, asthma is more than just a breathing problem—it is a chronic and often debilitating condition caused by the immune system's exaggerated response to harmless airborne particles.
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Genetic variant reveals how cleft lip and cleft palate can arise
Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects, occurring in about one in 1,050 births in the United States. These defects, which appear when the tissues that form the lip or the roof of the mouth do not ...
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Experimental bird flu vaccine excels in animal models
A vaccine under development at the University at Buffalo has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu.
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