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Study sheds light on potential drug target for HIV
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Texas [US], February 13 (ANI): A team of researchers discovered that a human protein named SAMHD1 recognises a unique molecular pattern in nucleic acids. This pattern, called 'phosphorothioate', may act as a signal for action to the human body defense system and henceforth could be a step f
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New study on potential drug target for HIV
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Texas [US], February 11 (ANI): The researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have discovered that a human protein named SAMHD1 recognizes a unique molecular pattern in nucleic acids. This pattern, called 'phosphorothioate', may act
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Risk of severe retinal disease halved in premature infants through combina
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Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): A Swedish study led by the University of Gothenburg shows that risk for a severe form of retinopathy of prematurity, which can cause blindness in extremely premature babies, was halved when the newborns were given a new supplement combining various fatty ac
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Halved risk for severe retinal disease in extremely premature infants
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): Risk for a severe form of retinopathy of prematurity, which can cause blindness in extremely premature babies, was halved when the newborns were given a new supplement combining various fatty acids, as shown in a Swedish study led from the University of Got
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Study: Individuals with High omega-3 index are less inclined to die from C
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Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): Researchers with the Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI) and collaborators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and in Orange County, CA claimed that people with higher omega-3 index have a lower probability of dying due to COVID-19.
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Study reveals people with high omega-3 index less likely to die from COVID
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): People who have a higher omega-3 index have a lower probability of dying due to COVID-19, suggest the findings of new research.
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Asthma can be prevented by consuming omega-3 fatty acids
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London [UK], January 28 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study have found that by higher dietary consumption of long chain omega-3 fatty acids during childhood, the risk of developing subsequent asthma reduces in children carrying a common gene variant.
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Fatty acid may combat multiple sclerosis: Study
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): The abnormal immune system response that causes multiple sclerosis (MS) by attacking and damaging the central nervous system can be set off by the lack of a specific fatty acid in fat tissue, suggests a new study by Yale University.
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Scientists find breakthrough in understanding 'tummy bug' bacteria
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Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): Scientists have discovered how bacteria commonly responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and then "wake up".
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Study finds that fatty acid may combat multiple sclerosis'
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Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): A new study by Yale University explains that the abnormal immune system response that causes multiple sclerosis (MS) by attacking and damaging the central nervous system can be set off by the lack of a specific fatty acid in fat tissue.
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Scientists acquaint new methodology with improved treatment of brain tumou
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Augusta (Georgia) [US], January 19 (ANI): Scientists of Medical College of Georgia claim that looking directly at the Ribonucleic acid (RNA) of brain tumour cells appears to provide objective, efficient evidence to better classify a tumour and the most effective treatments.
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Link between driver of ovarian cancer, metabolism opens up new therapeutic
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): Mutations that inactivate the ARID1A gene in ovarian cancer increase utilisation of the glutamine amino acid making cancer cells dependent on glutamine metabolism, according to a study by The Wistar Institute published online in Nature Cancer.
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