Collagen, the main component of the skin's extracellular matrix, can cause a pathological condition if it is in excess. Applying an electric field to the skin affects collagen pathways, temporarily reducing collagen production ...
Oct 21, 2021
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Brain damage caused by a head injury may affect social cognition, resulting in an "invisible" disability that reduces interactions with others. The current tests used to assess this disability can be biased, as they do not ...
Sep 30, 2021
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When cells multiply and migrate, they can be compressed and their nucleus may break open. This phenomenon causes DNA damage. Scientists from the CNRS, Institut Curie and INSERM have now shown that this facilitates the spread ...
Sep 23, 2021
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While temporary sterility after childbirth lasts on average only a few weeks for a woman who does not breastfeed, it can last for months, or even more than a year, for one who does. But it was unclear how this contraceptive ...
Jul 20, 2021
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A team of neurobiologists at the Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université) has just shown that within a population of rats it can predict which will become cocaine addicts.
Mar 31, 2021
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What if more inclusive urban planning for poor populations was key to fighting dengue fever? This is what researchers from the CNRS, the Institut Pasteur and the Indian Council of Medical Research have demonstrated using ...
Feb 11, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the presence of amyloid plaques in the patient's brain. These plaques sequester copper, and contain approximately five times as much as a healthy brain.
Dec 17, 2020
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The Zika virus has spread around the world over the last decade, causing millions of infections, some of which have been associated with congenital abnormalities and neurological disorders.
Nov 19, 2020
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Proven fact: we remember our altruistic behavior more easily than selfish actions or misdeeds that go against our own moral sense. Described as 'unethical amnesia' by scientists, it is generally explained by self-image maintenance. ...
Sep 29, 2020
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Since the late 1990s, immunotherapy has been the frontline treatment against lymphomas where synthetic antibodies are used to stop the proliferation of cancerous white blood cells. However, in the more than 20 years since ...
Aug 13, 2020
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