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Study reveals importance of ignoring distraction while learning
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 11 (ANI): Cognitive training designed to focus on what's important while ignoring distractions can enhance the brain's information processing, enabling the ability to "learn to learn," finds a new study on mice.
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Immune system early responder can combat COVID-19: Study
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Washington [US], November 11 (ANI): A simple RNA molecule jumpstarts the immune system's 'first responders' to viral infection and can even eradicate the SARS-CoV-2 virus in mice with chronic cases of COVID-19, a new Yale School of Medicine study found.
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Lack of important molecule in red blood cells causes vascular damage in ty
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Stockholm [Sweden], November 10 (ANI): Altered function of the red blood cells leads to vascular damage in type 2 diabetes. Results from a new study in cells from patients with type 2 diabetes and mice show that this effect is caused by low levels of an important molecule in the red blood ce
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High cell membrane tension constrains spread of cancer, finds study
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Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): The membranes of cancer cells are more pliant than the membranes of normal cells. A research collaboration has discovered that cancer invasion and migration can be suppressed in mice by manipulating the stiffness of the cell membrane.
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Study finds foodborne diseases protect gut's nervous system
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Washington [US], November 1 (ANI): A new study has found that mice infected with bacteria or parasites develop a unique form of tolerance that is quite unlike the textbook immune response.
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Scientists find medications that reverse Alzheimer's disease
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Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): Researchers have managed to reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice by administering drugs currently used to treat hypertension and inflammation in humans.
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Cat bacteria treats mouse skin infection, scientists find
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Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine used bacteria found on healthy cats to successfully treat a skin infection on mice. These bacteria may serve as the basis for new therapeutics against severe skin infections in humans,
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Study examines neurons, hormones associated with overeating
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Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Stuber Lab researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in 2019 had discovered that certain cells light up in obese mice and prevent signals that indicate satiety, or feeling full. Now a new study has taken a deeper dive into what role the
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Low-calorie diet that mimics fasting in the body helps live longer, health
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Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): In a new University of Southern California study on the health effects of a low-calorie diet that mimics fasting in the body, researchers found regular five-day cycles of the diet in mice seemed to counteract the detrimental effects of their usual high-fat,
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Researchers discover brain circuits that control fear responses
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London [UK], October 5 (ANI): During a new study, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre researchers discovered a brain mechanism that enables mice to override their instincts based on previous experience.
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New mouse model unlocks drug testing of hormone-sensitive human breast can
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Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and an international team of collaborators generated mice with an improved hormone profile that supports growth and metastatic spread of implanted human breast tumours.
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Study: Circulating tumour cells might help researchers find how cancer spr
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Washington [US], October 3 (ANI): During a recent study, engineers developed a technique to measure the generation rate and half-life of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in mice.
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