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Key role identified for nervous system in severe allergic shock
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
An abrupt drop in blood pressure and body temperature is a key feature of the severe allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis, causing people to faint and, if untreated, potentially die. That response has long been attributed to blood vessel dilation and leakage. However, in a mouse study, res
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Research suggests how to boost growth of beneficial bacterial species in h
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Understanding the factors that promote the growth of beneficial bacterial species known as "good" bacteria in the gut may enable medical interventions that promote gut and overall human health. Yale researchers have discovered a novel mechanism by which these bacteria colonise the gut in a n
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Pottery colours tell a lot about power of empires: Study
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Our use of colour to express who we are, where we come from, and what matters to us plays a significant role in our daily lives. Archaeologists have compared the hues on various pieces of prehistoric Peruvian pottery in a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The
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Study discovers how preterm infants do not become used to repeated pain
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A study led by UCL (University College London) researchers discovered that preterm infants do not become accustomed to repeated pain in the same way that full-term infants, children, and adults do.
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Memories could be lost if two key brain regions fail to sync: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Several distinct groupings of neurons connected inside and across critical parts of the brain assist learning, remembering, and retrieving memories. A recent study led by the universities of Bristol and Heidelberg discovered that if these neuronal assemblies fail to sync up at the correct ti
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New treatment may improve cardiac pump function in heart failure patients:
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden discovered that the hunger hormone ghrelin can boost the heart's pump capacity in patients with heart failure in a clinical investigation. The findings were published in the European Heart Journal.
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Researchers give insight into techniques to reduce neuronal deterioration,
Updated : 3 years ago IST
While medications to reduce the course of neurodegenerative disorders are available, there are no treatments. Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, on the other hand, are searching for innovative techniques to reduce neuronal deterioration and cure amyotrophic
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New medicine to lower brain pressure might treat blinding IIH headaches: S
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A new experiment has discovered that patients suffering from 'blinding' headaches known as Idiopathic Intercranial Hypertension (IIH) might be treated with an injectable peptide used to treat type 2 diabetes.
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Researchers find new strategies to treat Clostridioides difficile infectio
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), two of the founding institutions of Mass General Brigham, have discovered the metabolic mechanisms Clostridioides difficile uses to quickly invade the gut.
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Researchers find chemical substance that treat variety of autoimmune dise
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A chemical compound that may be used to treat a number of autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, has been discovered by Japanese researchers. As the immune system of the body fails, several diseases might arise.
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Researchers discover therapeutic target to aid glaucoma treatment
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A damaged optic nerve underlies the neurodegenerative illness glaucoma, which results in visual loss and eventual blindness. Glaucoma affects more than 2,00,000 persons in the United States annually. Regrettably, there is no cure at this time. Researchers discovered that neurons use mitochon
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Scientists identify substance that may have sparked life on Earth
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A portion of a protein that may hold the key to identifying planets on the edge of supporting life has been discovered by a group of Rutgers researchers working to identify the earliest beginnings of metabolism, the set of fundamental chemical events that originally powered life on Earth.
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