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From kitchenware to toys, household items linked to toxic flame retardants
From toys to kitchenware to food takeout trays, researchers have discovered a toxic chemical banned for its link to cancer in many common household items. Exposure to the flame retardant can come with serious health risks.
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Immunology
Scientists discover new mechanism controlling T-cells in inflammation
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new mechanism that controls a specialized group of T-cells, known as regulatory T-cells, and may serve as potential therapeutic targets to treat inflammatory disorders and ...
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Stroke associated with accelerated long-term cognitive decline
New evidence from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) indicates that older adults who experience a stroke for the first time will have substantial immediate and accelerated long term-cognitive decline.
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Body weight is an important health factor in pregnancy, regardless of country of birth, finds study
Overweight is a major contributor to complications during pregnancy and childbirth—this applies to both women born in Sweden and women who have moved here, something that has not been well researched so far. Interventions ...
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US adults in worse health than British counterparts at midlife, finds study
American adults have significantly worse health in midlife compared to their British peers, especially in markers of cardiovascular health, according to a new study involving researchers from Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for ...
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Unlocking new regenerative pathways in iPS cell–derived epicardium for cardiac repair
Efforts to foster both intrinsic and extrinsic regenerative responses in heart failure have once again brought iPS cell technologies to the forefront, thanks to their flexibility in reconstructing tissues in vitro and enabling ...
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Researchers use AI to help people see more clearly
Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is on the rise, especially among children. Experts predict that by the year 2050, myopia will affect approximately 50% of the world's population. Researchers believe that an increase ...
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Microbiome-directed food speeds recovery in children with severe acute malnutrition, trial finds
A team of biologists, nutritionists and gut biome specialists has found via a trial run at several hospitals in Bangladesh that giving children suffering from severe malnutrition a microbiome-based food helps them recover ...
New insights into diabetes-related vision problems to inform treatment and prevention
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences details the role of the protein Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness and visual impairment.
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Tuft cells act as regenerative stem cells in the human intestine, study finds
Intestinal tuft cells divide to make new cells when immunological cues trigger them. Additionally, in contrast to progenitor- and stem cells, tuft cells can survive severe injury such as irradiation damage, and contribute ...
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Our brains divide the day into chapters: Psychology research offers details on how
The moment a person steps off the street and into a restaurant—to take just one example—the brain mentally starts a new "chapter" of the day, a change that causes a big shift in brain activity. Shifts like this happen ...
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Stem cell transplants repair macular holes in primate study
Human stem cell transplants successfully repaired macular holes in a monkey model, researchers report October 3 in the journal Stem Cell Reports. After transplantation, the macular holes were closed by continuous filling ...
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Study identifies potential novel drug to treat tuberculosis
A new study published in Microbiology Spectrum demonstrates that a novel semi-synthetic compound can be derived from natural compounds to produce potent activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, including multi-drug resistant ...
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Promising Alzheimer's drug candidate prevents buildup of tau proteins in lab and fruit fly studies
An international team of researchers led by Lancaster University has made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer's Disease. For the first time, scientists have developed a drug that works ...
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Researchers develop new risk scoring system to account for role of chronic illness in post-surgery mortality
A UCLA research team has created the Comorbid Operative Risk Evaluation (CORE) score to better account for the role chronic illness plays in a patient's risk of mortality after an operation, allowing surgeons to adjust to ...
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Key mechanisms in asymptomatic Alzheimer's disease brains offer potential protection against cognitive decline
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are examining the brains of individuals with asymptomatic Alzheimer's disease who, despite having amyloid plaque and tau buildup—the primary indicators of Alzheimer's—did ...
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Banning tobacco sales among young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths, study suggests
Creating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer globally, according to a study led by researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela, the International Agency for ...
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Study reveals molecular mechanism of genetic variant that causes mirror movement disorder
A team of Canadian and American scientists has made a promising breakthrough in understanding the origins of a mysterious neurological disorder known as mirror movements.
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Brain molecule that makes neurons less selective could deepen understanding of human cognition
Neuroscientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have determined how a brain cell surface molecule shapes the way certain neurons behave.
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Synthetic peptide acts as molecular shield to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from infecting cells
A peptide synthesized by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil protected human lung cells against infection by SARS-CoV-2 in the laboratory and eliminated the inflammation caused by the virus in mice ...
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