Medical research
Report linking 5G to COVID-19 swiftly debunked
"This paper made my jaw drop."
News tagged with hypothesis
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Could disease pathogens be the dark matter behind Alzheimer's disease?
For researchers investigating Alzheimer's Disease (AD), a devastating neurodegenerative illness afflicting close to 6 million Americans, it is the best and worst of times.
Mar 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New hypothesis links habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases
Auburn University researchers have published a new hypothesis that could provide the foundation for new scientific studies looking into the association of habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases.
Jun 24, 2019
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Medical research
Healthy, stress-busting fat found hidden in dirt
Thirty years after scientists coined the term "hygiene hypothesis" to suggest that increased exposure to microorganisms could benefit health, CU Boulder researchers have identified an anti-inflammatory fat in a soil-dwelling ...
May 29, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Hypothesis underpinning dementia research 'flawed'
A hypothesis which has been the standard way of explaining how the body develops Alzheimer's Disease for almost 30 years is flawed, according to a University of Manchester biologist.
Oct 16, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Energy storehouses in the brain may be source of Alzheimer's, targets of new therapy
Alzheimer's disease, a severely debilitating and ultimately fatal brain disorder, affects millions worldwide. To date, clinical efforts to find a cure or adequate treatment have met with dispiriting failure.
Jan 23, 2018
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Medical research
It's all about the timing: Fetal expression of core clock gene determines lifespan in mice
Abolishing the 24-hour clock by knocking out a key gene during development accelerates aging and shortens lifespan by two thirds in mice, but this effect is absent if the gene deletion is delayed until after birth, according ...
Feb 3, 2016
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Immunology
Four gut bacteria decrease asthma risk in infants
New research by scientists at UBC and BC Children's Hospital finds that infants can be protected from getting asthma if they acquire four types of gut bacteria by three months of age. More than 300 families from across Canada ...
Sep 30, 2015
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Neuroscience
Study sheds new light on brain's source of power
New research published today in the journal Nature Communications represents a potentially fundamental shift in our understanding of how nerve cells in the brain generate the energy needed to function. The study shows neurons ...
Apr 24, 2015
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Neuroscience
Common gut microbe might curb multiple sclerosis risk—at least in women
A common gut microbe might curb the risk of developing multiple sclerosis—at least in women—suggests the largest study of its kind published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
Jan 19, 2015
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