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Study suggests baby marine turtles' stomachs are full of harmful plastic d
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 2 (ANI): The findings of a new marine study show that small juvenile marine turtles from the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean have a very high incidence of plastic ingestion.
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Biomarker for breast cancer response to immunotherapy identified
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): According to a new study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a biomarker that has proven to be a predictor for response to immunotherapies in melanoma patients also has clinical relevance for breast cancer patients.
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Researchers find metabolic syndrome linked to higher risk of second stroke
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Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): According to a new meta-analysis, people with larger waistlines, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome may be at an increased risk for having a second stroke and even dying than people who do not have metabolic syndrome.
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Study identifies gene that regulates root growth angle in corn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], July 31 (ANI): The discovery of a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn is a new tool to enable the breeding of deeper-rooting crops with enhanced ability to take up nitrogen, according to an international team of researchers, led Penn State.
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Study finds pollen germination can be induced by common floral bacteria
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Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): According to a study led by researchers at the University of California, certain species of floral bacteria can enhance pollen germination.
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Off-target antibodies undermine HIV vaccine efforts
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California [US], July 31 (ANI): A new study from Scripps Research suggests that some proof-of-concept HIV vaccines in early human trials generate antibodies that actively hinder protection by degrading the vaccine's payload.
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Study finds simple way to desalinate water using solar energy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Yekaterinburg [Russia], July 30 (ANI): During a new research, Ural Federal University (UrFU) power engineers developed a new desalination technology that will significantly reduce the cost of desalination and quadruple the volume of production.
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Study finds gene that regulates angle of root growth in corn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], July 29 (ANI): During a recent study, an international team of Penn State researchers discovered a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn. This finding can serve as a new tool to enable the breeding of deeper-rooting crops with enhanced ability to take up nit
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Response of T-cells not critical for recovery from COVID-19
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Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): The findings of new research conducted on monkeys revealed that T cells are not critical for the recovery of primates from acute COVID-19 infections. Their depletion does not induce severe disease, and T cells do not account for the natural resistance of rhesu
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Cancer treatment outcomes can be accessed by studying DNA tags
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Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center believe that studying tags, or modifications to cell-free DNA (cfDNA), might lead to a better understanding of how to assess, and possibly modulate, treatment approaches for cancer and other diseas
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3D printed hip implant, pegged as largest in India, conducted on Tanzanian
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New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Doctors at a Gurugram hospital have successfully implanted a custom-made 3D printed hip implant, said to be the largest in India, on a 60-year-old Tanzanian patient who had a damaged pelvic bone.
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Scientists develop new tracking system for monitoring danger to rainforest
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Delaware [US], July 26 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists developed a new indicator for monitoring danger to the world's rainforests, which have been losing the capacity to cycle carbon and water.
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