Around 80% of people with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer's disease, often when they are between 40 and 50 years old. A study led by Lund University in Sweden has shown that a simple blood test can detect Alzheimer's disease ...
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A team of scientists from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a quick test ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Researchers in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and at Brigham and Women's Hospital are adapting an antibody-detection tool to study the aftermath of infections by the novel coronavirus that is causing ...
Mar 26, 2020
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Despite numerous social, employment, and lifestyle benefits, speaking more than one language does not improve your general mental ability, according to a new study by Western's Brain and Mind Institute.
Apr 22, 2020
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Why do some people develop Alzheimer's disease while others don't? And, even more puzzlingly, why do many individuals whose brains are chock-full of toxic amyloid aggregates—a telltale sign of Alzheimer's brain pathology—never ...
May 29, 2023
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It was initially unclear how the immune system would react to infections with SARS-CoV-2 after a third vaccination. A team of scientists from the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), in collaboration with the University ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Scientists at Newcastle University have revealed how a simple blood test could be used to help identify cardiovascular ageing and the risk of heart disease.
Feb 24, 2020
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More than 1 million men will undergo a prostate biopsy this year, but only about one-fifth of those biopsies will result in a cancer diagnosis.
Sep 26, 2013
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The performance of some home testing kits for COVID-19 appears to have declined as the omicron variant emerged, suggests a study published by The BMJ today.
Sep 14, 2022
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If a tumour has spread through the lymph nodes, the decision is often taken to exercise caution and remove extra tissue, to prevent it from spreading further. This often involves the removal of healthy lymph nodes. Photoacoustic ...
Apr 18, 2013
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