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Researchers propose obesity is a neurodevelopmental disorder
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Obesity has increased rapidly in recent decades to affect more than 2 billion people, making it one of the largest contributors to poor health worldwide. Despite decades of research on diet and exercise treatments, many people continue to struggle to lose weight. Researchers at Baylor Colleg
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Research explains why women get more migraines
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Research published today reveals a potential mechanism for migraine causation which could explain why women get more migraines than men. The study, in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, suggests that sex hormones affect cells around the trigeminal nerve and connected blood vessels in the he
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Stress speeds up immune ageing: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a new USC study, stress in the form of traumatic events, job strain, everyday stressors, and discrimination accelerates immune system ageing, potentially increasing a person's risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and illness from infections like COVID-19.
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Scientists map key protein structure of Hepatitis C virus
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team led by scientists at Scripps Research and the University of Amsterdam has achieved an important goal in virology: mapping, at high resolution, critical proteins that stud the surface of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and enable it to enter host cells.
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Scientists engineer probiotic to prevent infection of large intestine
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have created a probiotic to restore bile salt metabolism, found in the gastrointestinal tract, to counter the onset and effects of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI).
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Study: Lymphoma cell metabolism might provide new cancer target
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell's Ithaca campus
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Study: Cholesterol increases risk of Alzheimer's and heart disease
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome and the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that a single mechanism may underlie the damaging effect of cholesterol on the brain and on blood vessels.
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Research reveals new links between brain over-activity and schizophrenia s
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New research has shown that over-activity in a specific area of the brain is linked to certain symptoms of Schizophrenia, opening up possibilities for the development of more targeted treatments.
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Research: Genetic clues link lipoprotein A to prostate cancer risk
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A new analysis has uncovered a potential link between higher prostate cancer risk and genetic variants associated with higher bloodstream levels of the cholesterol-transporting molecule lipoprotein A. Anna Ioannidou of Imperial College London, U.K., and colleagues present these findings in t
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Researchers look to licorice for promising cancer treatments
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A research review into molecular insights of a licorice-derived substance called glycyrrhizin for preventing or treating cancer suggests further research could lead to specific agents for clinical use.
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Skin cancer cells use Alzheimer's protein to sabotage brain's immune defen
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amyloid beta, a protein known to build up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, also helps skin cancer cells thrive when they spread to the brain, a new study finds.
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Implantable device provides prolonged treatment of Type 1 diabetes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A quarter-sized device created at Houston Methodist could drastically alter the course of treatment for Type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition that impacts millions of Americans and does not have a cure.
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