Medications
Scientists identify drug that could extend lifespan
The age-old quest for immortality has taken a step forward with the results of an Aotearoa New Zealand study just published in Nature Aging.
Jan 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study finds promising treatment for cognitive deficits associated with cholestatic liver disease
Patients with cholestatic liver disease such as primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) can experience significant impairment of bile flow and may develop neurological symptoms including fatigue and cognitive decline. Little is ...
Dec 6, 2022
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Neuroscience
Scientists map the neural pathways for vomiting after eating infected food
The urge to vomit after eating contaminated food is the body's natural defensive response to get rid of bacterial toxins. However, the process of how our brain initiates this biological reaction upon detecting the germs remains ...
Nov 1, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Vaping during pregnancy causes long-term pulmonary effects in mouse offspring
Women who vape during pregnancy, including products without nicotine, may predispose their children to developing adulthood lung diseases such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccine that targets both spike and nucleocapsid proteins in SARS-CoV-2 virus found effective in test animals
A large team of researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch, working with two colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and two with the Mayo Clinic, has developed a vaccine for ...
Neuroscience
A role for cell 'antennae' in managing dopamine signals in the brain
A historically overlooked rod-like projection present on nearly every cell type in the human body may finally be getting its scientific due: A new study has found that these appendages, called cilia, on neurons in the brain ...
Aug 9, 2022
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Genetics
Genetic discovery could lead to early detection, treatment for osteoarthritis
A newly detected flaw in a genetic signaling pathway that leads to a hyper-active inflammatory response could help explain why some people are more prone to develop severe osteoarthritis than others, according to University ...
Jul 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Some viruses make you smell tastier to mosquitoes
Zika and dengue fever viruses alter the scent of mice and humans they infect, researchers report in the 30 June issue of Cell. The altered scent attracts mosquitoes, which bite the host, drink their infected blood and then ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Medical research
The benefits of exercise in a pill? Science is closer to that goal
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine and collaborating institutions report today in the journal Nature that they have identified a molecule in the blood that is produced during exercise and ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Mouse model of transgender men finds active testosterone worsens IVF outcomes
Active testosterone therapy for transgender men may negatively impact IVF outcomes, suggests a mouse study being presented Monday at ENDO 2022, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga.
Jun 13, 2022
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