Nerve cells in the brain demand an enormous amount of energy to survive and maintain their connections for communicating with other nerve cells. In Alzheimer's disease, the ability to make energy is compromised, and the connections ...
Jan 29, 2024
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With tens of thousands of synthetic chemicals on the market, and new ones in development all the time, knowing which ones might be harmful is a challenge both for the federal agencies that regulate them and the companies ...
Jan 10, 2024
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In a significant development that brings hope to the one billion individuals with obesity worldwide, researchers led by Director C. Justin Lee from the Center for Cognition and Sociality (CCS) within the Institute for Basic ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Inflammation is a complex biological process that can eradicate pathogens and promotes repair of damaged tissues. However, deregulation of the immune system can lead to uncontrolled inflammation and produce lesions instead. ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Using new methodology, University of Kentucky researchers have mapped the variations in sugar chains attached to brain proteins from deceased healthy individuals or individuals with Alzheimer's disease.
Dec 16, 2021
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When the eye isn't getting enough oxygen in the face of common conditions like premature birth or diabetes, it sets in motion a state of frenzied energy production that can ultimately result in blindness, and now scientists ...
Aug 10, 2020
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A clinical review, published today for the BMJ, provides new interim advice for doctors and clinicians in prescribing cannabis-based products and cannabinoids to treat certain conditions.
Apr 7, 2019
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Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that could explain why the common cold can bring on life-threatening asthma attacks.
Oct 1, 2014
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The spread of breast cancer to distant organs within the body, an event that often leads to death, appears in many cases to involve the loss of a key protein, according to UC San Francisco researchers, whose new discoveries ...
Jan 27, 2013
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Legend has it that Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." University of Missouri researchers are doing just that, but instead of building mousetraps, the scientists ...
Aug 29, 2012
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