Genetics
Evolutionary increase in size of the human brain explained
Researchers have found what they believe is the key to understanding why the human brain is larger and more complex than that of other animals.
Aug 16, 2012
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Medical research
Scientists uncover why the human heart can't regenerate itself
Stem cell researchers at UCLA have uncovered for the first time why adult human cardiac myocytes have lost their ability to proliferate, perhaps explaining why the human heart has little regenerative capacity.
Aug 9, 2011
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Medical research
What would it take to set up an African drug discovery ecosystem?
Africa has great potential for drug discovery. The continent has natural resources, indigenous knowledge and human capacity. And it has the need: it bears more than 20% of the global disease burden. There are many internationally ...
Jun 29, 2022
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Diabetes
Controlling blood sugar may improve response to exercise training, study finds
Exercise carries a long list of benefits for everyone. For people with metabolic diseases like pre-diabetes, type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, physical activity can help keep blood sugar levels in check and stave off diabetes-related ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Medical research
Fresh urgency in mapping out ethics of brain organoid research
Scientists have become increasingly adept at creating brain organoids – which are essentially miniature human brains grown in the laboratory from stem cells.
Nov 21, 2018
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Medical research
'FishTaco' sorts out who is doing what in your microbiome
A growing body of evidence indicates that the trillions of microbes that live on and inside our bodies affect our health. Collectively, these resident microbes form our microbiome.
Jan 19, 2017
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Medical research
Protein may improve liver regeneration
Researchers at UC Davis have illuminated an important distinction between mice and humans: how human livers heal. The difference centers on a protein called PPARα, which activates liver regeneration. Normally, mouse PPARα ...
Mar 31, 2015
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Health
As Armstrong case unfolds, experts describe doping's harms
(HealthDay)—In the wake of new allegations around Lance Armstrong's involvement in blood doping, experts are reminding the public of the devastating impact these substances can have on an athlete's health.
Oct 11, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brussels urges world to work for shared vaccine
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen urged rich countries to prepare to share any future coronavirus vaccine with their poorer neighbours, as she launched Brussels' pandemic strategy.
Jun 17, 2020
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Cardiology
Niacin added to statin therapy increases HDL cholesterol levels but does not improve HDL functionality, research shows
While two large clinical trials recently showed that adding niacin to statin therapy failed to improve clinical outcomes despite a significant increase in HDL-C levels, little is known about exactly why the increased HDL-C ...
Mar 12, 2013
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