Neuroscience
How climate change could be affecting your brain
A new element of the catastrophic impacts of climate change is emerging—how global warming is impacting the human brain.
Nov 13, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
With breast cancer risks, where you live matters, researchers find
Inadequate health care access, unhealthy diets and not enough exercise are all well-known risk factors for the number one cause of cancer-related deaths in women—breast cancer—but what was never clear is why death rates ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Neuroscience
Microbial metabolites as risk factors for Parkinson's disease
A research team has discovered a microbial metabolite that destroys dopamine-producing neurons. Further experiments showed that Parkinson-like symptoms occur as a result.
Oct 11, 2023
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Genetics
Largest-ever genetic study of suicide finds new risk factors
The reasons why people attempt suicide are complex and include external triggers like trauma and stress, as well as inherited genetic factors. A new study published online on October 1 in the American Journal of Psychiatry ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Breathe: The shape-shifting ball that supports mental health
A soft ball designed to support mental health by 'personifying' breath has been invented by a computer science student at the University of Bath.
Aug 29, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds hallmarks of T cell exhaustion within hours of tumor exposure
Immune system T cells that should be able to kill cancer cells become dysfunctional or "exhausted" within hours of encountering a tumor, according to a study reported Aug. 3 in Nature Immunology.
Aug 3, 2023
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Genetics
Gene mutation may explain why some don't get sick from COVID-19
People who contract COVID-19 but never develop symptoms—the so-called super dodgers—may have a genetic ace up their sleeve. They're more than twice as likely as those who become symptomatic to carry a specific gene variation ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Functional imaging shows how intestinal and liver diseases mutually influence each other
A mechanism underlying several liver diseases involves bile produced in the liver that cannot be secreted into the intestine as intended. This leads to a backlog of bile, which can damage the liver tissue.
Jul 3, 2023
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Genetics
Study reveals how cleft lip is caused by a combination of genes and environment
A cleft lip or palate arises from the combined effects of genes and inflammatory risk factors experienced during pregnancy, such as smoking or infections, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
May 24, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study reveals a driver of brain cell damage in neurodegeneration
Scientists have long known that the complement cascade, a set of immune system proteins, protects against infection in the body. But in recent years, researchers have uncovered new roles for the system in the brain, including ...
Mar 30, 2023
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