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Study reveals brain noise contains a unique signature of dream sleep
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): When we dream, our brains are filled with noisy electrical activity that looks nearly identical to that of the awake brain. But researchers have pulled a signal out of the noise that uniquely defines dreaming, or REM (Rapid eye movement) sleep, potentially ma
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Study finds alcoholism treatment is potentially effective against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 5 (ANI): A team of chemists used molecular modelling to find out that two medications that have been known for a long time can be used to fight SARS-CoV-2. These are disulfiram, which is used to treat alcoholism, and neratinib, an experimental drug being used to treat br
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Study reveals blood test could diagnose baby brain damage just hours after
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 4 (ANI): Researchers have found that an early blood test could detect, which babies deprived of oxygen at birth are at risk of serious neuro-disabilities like cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
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Study finds artificial intelligence-enhanced ECGs may speed heart failure
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): When people seek emergency care for shortness of breath, a routine electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI) is better than standard blood tests at determining if the cause is heart failure, according to new research.
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Study links feeling full with positive body image
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], August 1 (ANI): A new study has found the benefit of relying on one's body sensations while taking descions. According to the research- paying greater attention to internal bodily sensations can increase our appreciation of our own bodies.
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Scientists identify the key enzyme behind body odour
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 27 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a unique enzyme responsible for the pungent characteristic smell we call body odour or BO.
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Study finds popular seafood species in sharp decline around world
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 26 (ANI): According to a recent marine study, researchers found that fish market favourites such as orange roughy, common octopus and pink conch are among the species of fish and invertebrates in rapid decline around the world.
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Treatment of immune system to reduce stress can prevent cancer metastases:
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 26 (ANI): Researchers have found a new approach can save the lives of cancer patients. As per the novel research, the short time period around tumour removal surgery (the weeks before and after surgery) is critical for the prevention of metastases development, which d
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Recalcitrant cancer originates from cells that can be 'significant distanc
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 26 (ANI): A mouse model of glioblastoma, an aggressive type of cancer that can occur in the brain, suggests that this recalcitrant cancer originates from a pool of stem cells that can be a significant distance away from the resulting tumours.
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Study reveals new model connects respiratory droplet physics with COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 25 (ANI): According to a study on droplet physics by an international team of engineers, respiratory droplets from a cough or sneeze travel farther and last longer in humid, cold climates than in hot, dry ones. The researchers incorporated this understanding of the impa
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Blocking fat storage might offer new way to treat most lethal form of brai
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ohio [USA], July 20 (ANI): Glioblastoma is a lethal form of brain cancer that accumulates fats in lipid droplets and uses them as energy for rapid cell division. Blocking an enzyme that GBM cells use to form the lipid droplets might offer a new way to treat this deadly disease, according to
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Cannabis shows potential for mitigating sickle cell disease pain
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 19 (ANI): Cannabis appears to be a safe and potentially effective treatment for the chronic pain that afflicts people with sickle cell disease, according to a new clinical trial.
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