When our bodies become infected, various immune responses are triggered, starting with a release of granulocytes, white blood cells containing special enzymes that make up about half or more of all human white blood cells.
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The bacteria that cause the deadly lung disease tuberculosis appear to facilitate their own spread by producing a molecule that triggers cough, a new study led by UTSW researchers shows. The findings, published online March ...
Mar 5, 2020
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Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have reprogrammed ordinary heart cells to become exact replicas of highly specialized pacemaker cells by injecting a single gene (Tbx18)–a major step forward in the decade-long search ...
Dec 16, 2012
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As black-legged ticks crawl their way across Michigan, scientists hope a new vaccine in development could make their presence less menacing.
Jan 3, 2022
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Speech sounds elicit comparable neural responses and stimulate the same region in the brain of humans, macaques and guinea pigs, a multidisciplinary group of University of Pittsburgh researchers reported in the journal eNeuro ...
Nov 19, 2021
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New research has shown for the first time that omega-3 in fish oil could "substantially and significantly" reduce the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis.
Oct 17, 2011
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Hearts 'run' on electrical pulses—and when doctors measure the electrical activity in a person's heart in order to determine his or hers heart condition, they generally rely on electrocardiography (ECG):
Nov 2, 2018
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Animal-assisted therapy can foster social competence in patients with brain injuries and increase their emotional involvement during therapy. These were the findings of a clinical trial conducted by psychologists from the ...
Apr 9, 2019
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Seven months after the first human-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was confirmed in China, the method of transmission remains unsettled. Is the virus airborne in tiny infective particles? Or do infected people expel the ...
Jul 22, 2020
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New insights into how the colon functions and actually expels its contents have been revealed for the first time following decades of study by Flinders University researchers.
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