Genetics
Study finds heavy cannabis use affects human genome
Heavy cannabis use has an impact on human DNA but the effect is stronger in people who smoke tobacco as well, according to new University of Canterbury (UC) research.
May 6, 2020
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News tagged with chemical
Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover how the immune system can create cancerous DNA mutations when fighting off infection
Chronic inflammation caused by disease or exposure to dangerous chemicals has long been linked to cancer, but exactly how this process takes place has remained unclear.
Aug 7, 2015
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Neuroscience
A brain wide chemical signal that enhances memory
How does heightened attention improve our mental capacity? This is the question tackled by new research published today in the journal Cell Reports, which reveals a chemical signal released across the brain in response to ...
Jan 24, 2017
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Health
Strategies to quit smoking
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., and a listed risk factor for numerous diseases.
Nov 18, 2022
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Vaccination
Optimization of mRNA containing nanoparticles
The research neutron source Hein Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is playing an important role in the investigation of mRNA nanoparticles similar to the ones used in the COVID-19 vaccines ...
Dec 28, 2021
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Medications
Vitamin D and lumisterol emerge as cheap and easily accessible potential treatments for COVID-19
Promising new data from a recent study indicates that active forms of vitamin D can inhibit the replication and expansion of COVID-19. The study's findings also suggest lumisterol, produced by a chemical reaction in the body ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Immunology
Research team discovers body's own anti-inflammatory substance
A team of scientists led by Professor Karsten Hiller from the Braunschweig Center for Systems Biology BRICS has discovered an endogenous, anti-inflammatory substance: mesaconic acid. This molecule could be a drug candidate ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Neuroscience
New brain scan study discovers possible biological basis of visual snow syndrome
Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London have used a novel approach to show that the patterns of activity in two brain chemical systems—glutamate and serotonin—are ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Medical research
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are a global threat—oak surfaces might thwart their growth
Drug resistant superbugs are expected to overwhelm the healthcare system, reverse a century's worth of medical progress and claim more lives than cancer by 2050 unless efforts are accelerated to stop antibiotic resistant ...
Medications
The struggle to define psychedelics
Psychoactive drugs include all manner of hallucinogens, deliriants, hypnotics and psychedelics. But what is a psychedelic, really? Insofar as many in the field are now moving toward bringing new molecules with presumably ...
