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Science behind 'Polly want a cracker' could guide future treatment design for speech disorders
A new study explains how a parakeet's brain helps it to mimic human words. By recording for the first time the brain activity of parakeets as they made sounds, a research team at NYU Grossman School of Medicine found that ...
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What happens in the male mouse brain during sex
To uncover what drives sexual behavior in animals, researchers studied the brain activity of male mice throughout the series of actions involved in sex leading up to ejaculation. Their results, published in Neuron, show that ...
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Study questions effectiveness of sepsis quality measure on patient outcomes
A new study led by the Center for Sepsis Epidemiology and Prevention Studies (SEPSIS) at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute raises critical questions about the effectiveness of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...
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Medical researchers lose federal grants to study vaccine hesitancy and Alzheimer's
Researchers at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus have lost two scientific grants since President Donald Trump returned to office, but worry they'll lose both money and their future colleagues if the federal ...
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'Flycode' system allows simultaneous analysis of 25 antibodies in mice to reduce animal testing
Many modern drugs are based on antibodies. These proteins very specifically identify a certain structure on the surface of cells or molecules and bind onto it—this may be a receptor protruding from the cell envelope. For ...
Mar 18, 2025
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Scientists say officials told them to scrub mRNA references on grant applications
National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising ...
Mar 18, 2025
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Prion protein may play key role in progression of glioblastoma
Glioblastoma (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of brain cancer, is one of the greatest challenges for medicine, both because it is difficult to treat and because of its high mortality rate. In Brazil, although no exact ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Inhibitor blocks flesh-eating bacteria's metabolism, reducing tissue damage in infections
A new study published in Nature Communications reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such as necrotizing fasciitis. ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Unexpected discovery shows how cells use telomeres to avoid cancer
Cancer researchers at Children's Medical Research Institute have discovered an "unexpected mechanism" that our cells use to avoid cancer.
Mar 17, 2025
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Bug drugs: Bacteria-based cancer therapies are finally overcoming barriers
Imagine a world where bacteria, typically feared for causing disease, are turned into powerful weapons against cancer. That's exactly what some scientists are working on. And they are beginning to unravel the mechanisms for ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Getting eggs 'out of the basket': Study explores challenges with surplus frozen eggs in assisted reproduction
There has been a dramatic uptake of egg freezing to address the risk of future infertility in Australia in recent years. Despite this surge, only a small proportion of individuals have returned to use their frozen eggs in ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Ebola-infected monkeys cured with a pill, sparking human treatment hopes
Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more practical, affordable treatments in humans.
Mar 15, 2025
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Latin American researchers denounce economic and cultural inequities in the global scientific publishing system
Researchers from Brazilian, Argentine, and Uruguayan institutions analyze the barriers that low- and middle-income countries face in disseminating research on intensive care medicine, particularly in the treatment of critically ...
Mar 15, 2025
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New CRISPR-based diagnostic test detects pathogens in blood without amplification
Bioengineering professor and The Grainger College of Engineering's Dean, Rashid Bashir, led a team of researchers in a project that's resulted in new technology that offers rapid, highly sensitive detection of multi-drug-resistant ...
Mar 15, 2025
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The fight against TB was frozen in time, until now. See its future.
Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ice age. Today, the disease—passed from those who are actively sick to others through airborne ...
Mar 14, 2025
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Scientists solve decades-long Parkinson's mystery
WEHI researchers have made a huge leap forward in the fight against Parkinson's disease, solving a decades-long mystery that paves the way for the development of new drugs to treat the condition.
Mar 13, 2025
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Axolotls help reveal keratinocytes, not fibroblasts, make collagen for healthy skin
The skin consists of two primary layers. The epidermis, the outermost layer, is predominantly made up of keratinocytes, while the deeper dermis contains blood vessels, nerves, and structural proteins such as collagen, which ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Specialized blood vessels and nitric oxide found to be key to stem cell survival and immune evasion
An international group of researchers has identified an important mechanism that enables stem cells to evade immune rejection. Their research, published in Nature, sheds light on how these specialized cells create an "immune-privileged" ...
Mar 12, 2025
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More than 1.2 million medical device side-effect reports not submitted within legal timeframe, analysis finds
More than 1.2 million medical device adverse event reports were not submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the deadline set by federal regulations, finds an analysis of recent data published by The ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Routine asthma test more reliable in the morning and has seasonal effects, say doctors
A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have found.
Mar 12, 2025
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Transforming thymic carcinoma treatment with a dual approach
Thymic epithelial tumors are a rare group of malignancies originating in the thymus gland, that includes thymoma and thymic carcinoma. Among these, thymic carcinoma is the more aggressive subtype, characterized by high invasiveness, ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Medical infusion bags can release microplastics, study shows
Microplastics have been found almost everywhere that scientists have looked for them. Now, according to research published in Environment & Health, these bits of plastic—from 1 to 62 micrometers long—are present in the ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Study shows how neurofilaments act like Velcro to clog up brain functions
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new insights into how neurofilaments act like Velcro in neurodegenerative diseases, clogging up the brain and preventing normal function, according to a study published in the ...
Mar 11, 2025
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NIH cuts funding for studies on vaccine hesitancy and acceptance
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is cutting or canceling more than 40 grants focused on vaccine hesitancy and ways to increase vaccine acceptance, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.
Mar 11, 2025
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Lessons learned from 20 years of snakebites
The best way to avoid getting bitten by a venomous snake is to not go looking for one in the first place.
Mar 11, 2025
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