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Researchers identify possible cause, treatment for inflammatory bowel dise
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Researchers have identified a new mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of Inflammatory bowel disease( IBD) and suggested therapeutic targets for the clinical trial.
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Study reveals prenatal smoking, drinking greatly increase SIDS risk
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 20 (ANI): Children born to mothers who drank and smoked beyond the first three months of pregnancy have 12 fold increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) as compared to those who are unexposed or only exposed in the first three months of pregnancy, say
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Study reveals people with inadequate access to food more likely to die pre
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 20 (ANI): According to a recent study, adults with food insecurity and inadequate access to food because of financial constraints are 10 to 37 per cent more likely to die from any cause other than cancer compared to food-secure people.
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Scientists develop laser diode to emit deep UV light
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 19 (ANI): Laser diodes that emit short-wavelength ultraviolet light, which is called UV-C, could be used for disinfection in healthcare, for treating skin conditions such as psoriasis, and for analysing gases and DNA. In recent research, scientists have succeeded i
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Study reflects how stress in pregnant mothers affect babies
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): Maternal stress, anxiety, and depression go a step higher if a fetus is found to have congenital heart disease. But this level of anxiety in pregnant mothers can lead to impaired development in key brain regions of the babies before they are born.
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Researchers find traces of Vitamin C deficiency disease Scurvy in Canada
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have found traces of a disease known as Scurvy in Canada. The debilitating condition is remembered as a disease of pirates.
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Human foetal lungs harbour a microbiome signature, find researchers
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): In a first time finding, researchers discover that the lungs and placentas of foetuses in the womb as young as 11 weeks after conception already show a bacterial microbiome signature, which suggests that bacteria may colonise the lungs well before birth.
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Researchers discover new tumour-driving mutations in under-explored region
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Jan 18 (ANI): Researchers have discovered new regions of non-coding DNA that when altered may lead to cancer growth and progression, according to a pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes. The analysis reveals novel mechanisms of disease progression that could lead to new
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Beauty sleep could be real, say body clock biologists
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): While taking a good night sleep, makes one feel energetic and refreshed for the day, Biologists have explained for the first time why having a good night's sleep really could prepare us for the rigorous activities of the day ahead.
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Study reveals women's blood vessels age faster than men's
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 16 (ANI): According to new research women's blood vessels age faster than men's and puts them at risk of heart disease.
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Researchers find evidence for reduced brain connections in schizophrenia
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have been able to show, for the first time, lower levels of protein found in the brains of people with schizophrenia due to advances in scanning.
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Bioengineers opening up DNA to delete disease: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): To access previously inaccessible genes to delete disease, protein editorial assistants are clearing the way for DNA editors like bacterial defence system CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats).
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