Health
Have you gone vegan? Keep an eye on these 4 nutrients
There are many reasons people go vegan, from wanting to be healthier, to reducing their environmental footprint, to concerns about animal welfare.
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Medications
Study links omega-3s to improved brain structure, cognition at midlife
Eating cold-water fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids may preserve brain health and enhance cognition in middle age, new evidence indicates.
Oct 5, 2022
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Medical research
Tweaking gene therapy: Scientists experimentally boost red blood cells to aid sickle cell and other hemoglobin diseases
A series of laboratory studies is underway in the United States to improve gene therapy worldwide for sickle cell disease, a complex and sometimes deadly heritable blood disorder that dramatically affects the structure and ...
Radiology & Imaging
Scientists fashion tiny 'lyre' to ensure medical imaging systems are in tune
Skoltech researchers have created a solution for quick functional checks of optoacoustic microscopes and tomographs. These are diagnostic devices that use harmless laser irradiation and ultrasound waves instead of X-rays ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Breakthrough discovery may make blood test feasible for detecting cancer
Doctors may soon be able to detect and monitor a patient's cancer with a simple blood test, reducing or eliminating the need for more invasive procedures, according to Purdue University research.
Mar 8, 2017
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Medical research
Genome engineering paves the way for sickle cell cure
A team of physicians and laboratory scientists has taken a key step toward a cure for sickle cell disease, using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to fix the mutated gene responsible for the disease in stem cells from the blood of ...
Oct 12, 2016
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Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is being misdiagnosed in African-Americans, genetic study suggests
One of the tests used to diagnose type 2 diabetes and monitor blood sugar control is influenced by 60 genetic variants, an international team of scientists, including those from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, has found. ...
Sep 12, 2017
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Neuroscience
Team discovers how to train damaging inflammatory cells to promote repair after stroke
White blood cells called neutrophils are like soldiers in your body that form in the bone marrow and at the first sign of microbial attack, head for the site of injury just as fast as they can to neutralize invading bacteria ...
Sep 19, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers re-engineer red blood cells to trigger immune system against COVID-19
Physicists, chemists and immunologists at McMaster University have teamed up to modify red blood cells to transport viral agents which can safely trigger the immune system to protect the body against SARS-CoV-2, creating ...
Mar 11, 2022
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Diabetes
Artificial pancreas successfully trialed for use by type 2 diabetes patients
Cambridge scientists have successfully trialed an artificial pancreas for use by patients living with type 2 diabetes. The device—powered by an algorithm developed at the University of Cambridge—doubled the amount of ...
Jan 11, 2023
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