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Study identifies brain cells that trigger sugar cravings, consumption
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lowa [USA] July 12 (ANI): A team of researchers has now identified the specific brain cells that control how much sugar you eat and how much you crave sweet-tasting food.
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Scientists discover protective Alzheimer's gene, develop rapid drug-testin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 10 (ANI): In breakthrough research, a gene has been discovered that can naturally suppress the signs of Alzheimer's disease in human brain cells. The scientists have also developed a new rapid drug-screening system for treatments that could potentially delay or prevent the
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Drug treatment could improve immunotherapy's effectiveness in cancer patie
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [USA], July 9 (ANI): While immunotherapy, a treatment that uses the human body's immune system to recognize, attack and kill tumour cells, has given hope to people across the globe, it fails in a significant proportion of cancer patients.
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Simpler way to generate sensory hearing cells: Study
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 5 (ANI): Researchers have now found a simpler way of generating the sensory cells of the inner ear. The team uses a direct reprogramming approach to produce sensory cells known as "hair cells," due to their hair-like protrusions that sense sound waves.
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Study suggests plasticity may make neurons vulnerable to Alzheimer's disea
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Washington D.C. [USA], July 4 (ANI): A new study has discovered that the neurons which regularly remodel are more prone to the dysfunctions linked to Alzheimer's disease. The novel discovery may aid future development for better diagnostic and treatment options.
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Researchers reveal simpler way to generate sensory hearing cells
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 2 (ANI): A team of researchers is revealing the secrets of a simpler way to generate the sensory cells of the inner ear. Their approach uses direct reprogramming to produce sensory cells known as "hair cells," due to their hair-like protrusions that sense sound wa
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Researchers attempt new treatment approach for blood cancer
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Boston [USA], June 20 (ANI): A team of researchers, in an effort to improve the survival of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms, a type of leukemia, inhibited a specific protein to decrease the number of large bone marrow cells in an experimental model.
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New research on blood cancer raises new treatment hopes
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Brisbane [Australia], June 20 (ANI): A new research from QIMR Berghofer has identified an early genetic change in blood and bone marrow cells paves the way for the development of some blood cancers.
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LinTIMaT, a novel statistical learning approach for tracing cell lineage -
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] June 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): Our body consists of numerous cells that are functioning continuously to keep us alive. Even though the cells in different organs contain almost similar DNA, they can perform different functions.
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Researchers find loss of lipid-regulating gene fuels prostate cancer sprea
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Baltimore (Maryland) [USA], June 17 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have identified a lipid-regulating protein that conveys what they describe as "superpowers" onto prostate cancer cells, causing them to aggressively spread.
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Drug with new approach on impeding DNA repair shows promise in first clini
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Boston [USA], June 16 (ANI): In its first randomised clinical trial, investigators report a drug that targets a protein needed by cancer cells to maintain their dogged growth and division has shown considerable promise in combination with chemotherapy in patients with a common form of ovaria
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Blood cancer find raises new treatment hopes
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], June 16 (ANI): New QIMR Berghofer research has identified how an early genetic change in blood and bone marrow cells paves the way for the development of some blood cancers.
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