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New research suggests cellular stress in the placenta may be possible cause of preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is a mysterious condition that occurs in about one of 10 pregnancies without any early warning signs. After 20 weeks or more of normal blood pressure during the pregnancy, patients with preeclampsia will begin ...
Dec 1, 2023
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How our understanding of HIV/AIDS has evolved: Researcher shares his insights
Just over 40 years ago, the first case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome—more commonly known as AIDS—was reported, setting into motion a worldwide panic about the unknown, devastating disease. At the time, AIDS was ...
Dec 1, 2023
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Prenatal stem cells treat hemophilia A in preclinical study
Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have recently published an article in Nature Communications that demonstrates the potential of bioengineered human placental cells as a cure for Hemophilia ...
Nov 30, 2023
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Researchers restore lost brain function after stroke in mouse models
Researchers have succeeded in restoring lost brain function in mouse models of stroke using small molecules that in the future could potentially be developed into a stroke recovery therapy. "Communication between nerve cells ...
Nov 30, 2023
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Choice of intravenous fluid therapy could improve survival in critically ill patients
Results of a new meta-analysis show that intravenous fluid (IV) therapy using balanced solutions rather than commonly used saline can reduce the risk of in-hospital death of critically ill patients by 4%.
Nov 30, 2023
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Aging modulates extracellular vesicles of epidermal keratinocytes, finds study
A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging titled, "Chronological aging impacts abundance, function and microRNA content of extracellular vesicles produced by human epidermal keratinocytes."
Nov 30, 2023
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Combined use of alcohol and THC can affect rat brains, study finds
The increased legalization of cannabis over the past several years can potentially increase its co-use with alcohol. Concerningly, very few studies have looked at the effects of these two drugs when used in combination. In ...
Nov 30, 2023
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Miniature organs on chips could revolutionize health care research
To understand how bodies work, medical researchers and scientists have created mini models of organs, called organoids. This field of scientific research has had profound impacts on biological discovery and pharmaceutical ...
Nov 30, 2023
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This gross mixture has big benefits for the study of bacteria
Animal models are a necessary research tool for understanding how diseases develop and how therapies work in biological systems and can be credited for breakthroughs ranging from effective antibiotics to the COVID-19 vaccines.
Nov 30, 2023
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Participants in health research not representative of the UK's diverse population, finds study
An audit by University of Manchester experts has found that participants in health research are not representative of the U.K.'s diverse population. The study has been published in BMC Medicine.
Nov 30, 2023
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Findings challenge standard understanding of COVID-19 infection
Some viruses move between species. For example, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can spill over from humans to mink, an agricultural species, and then spill back from mink to humans. Spillback is a concern because ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Long-standing hormone treatment for donated hearts found to be ineffective, possibly harmful
Doctors managing deceased organ donors routinely treat the donors' bodies with thyroid hormones in a bid to preserve heart function and increase the quantity and quality of hearts and other organs available for transplantation. ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Understanding rapid tendon regeneration in newts may one day help human athletes
A research group led by Nagoya University's Graduate School of Engineering has uncovered how rapid tendon regeneration occurs in newts. The research, published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research, compared the regeneration ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Examining what smoking does to oral bacteria
The father of Biotechnologist Giacomo Antonello, a dentist, sometimes amazed patients with his seemingly clairvoyant diagnostic abilities: one look in their mouth and he would advise them to see a specialist because, he explained, ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Fighting fruit flies help researchers understand why we stay angry
It's one of those days. On the drive home from work, the car in the next lane cuts you off. You slam on the brakes, lay on the horn, and yell choice words at the offending driver. When you walk into your house half an hour ...
Nov 29, 2023
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New research compares five retinoids for anti-photoaging therapy
Over the past decades, increasing evidence has demonstrated that five retinoids, including retinol (ROL), retinol acetate (RAc), retinol propionate (RP), retinol palmitate (RPalm), and hydroxypinacolone retinoate (HPR), can ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Report: Nazi doctors weren't just 'a few bad apples.' Simplistic stories won't help guard against future medical abuses
Extraordinary evil involves a total moral collapse across society caused by failure of individual humanity and ethical judgment. This was the conclusion of the philosopher Hannah Arendt after witnessing the trial of Adolf ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Study identifies a key protein for healthy aging
Life expectancy and healthy aging in mice can be determined by a protein present in some cells of the immune system, according to a study published in the journal Cell Reports. When this protein—known as the CD300f immune ...
Nov 28, 2023
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Radiation therapy may be potential heart failure treatment
Cardiologists and radiation oncologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis pioneered the use of radiation therapy—a strategy typically used against cancer—to treat patients with a life-threatening ...
Nov 28, 2023
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Repairing nerve cells after injury and in chronic disease
Each year in the United States there are more than 3 million cases of peripheral neuropathy, wherein nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord are damaged and cause pain and loss of feeling in the affected areas. Peripheral ...
Nov 28, 2023
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