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Study uncovers links between hormones, gut microbes, and social behavior i
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): A new analysis explores relationships between domestic cats' hormone levels, gut microbiomes, and social behaviors, shedding light on how these solitary animals live in high densities.
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Scientists find new technique to know what are we eating and its implicati
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
San Diego (California) [US] July 20 (ANI): Untargeted metabolomics is a novel technique described by an international team of scientists, lead by academics at the University of California, San Diego, for identifying the enormous number of chemicals obtained from food that were previously uni
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Research reveals genes from microbes crucial for insect evolution
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): Through horizontal gene transfer, microorganisms and plants may have provided insects an evolutionary advantage hundreds of millions of years ago. More than 1,400 genes from 218 different insect species, including butterflies and moths, are reported to have co
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Study finds cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): The function of a particular domain of proteins crucial to the biology of plants and microbes has now been conclusively connected to a human cancer trigger, the knowledge that had escaped scientists for decades, according to researchers from the US Department
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Do you know small intestinal microbiome prevents obesity and type 2 diabet
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a new study each person's gut is home to 500 to 1,000 different bacterial species, which might total 100,000 trillion germs. Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine used mouse models to examine how diet and feedi
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Scientists discover cancer triggers that could spur targeted drug therapie
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Researchers definitively linked the function of a specific domain of proteins important in plant-microbe biology to a cancer trigger in humans, the knowledge that had eluded scientists for decades.
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Study finds usage of microbes linked to making supercharged rocket fuel
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): According to research, when out of five drawing tasks, the features of those combined drawings are extracted, it results in the accurate classification of individuals having normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease.
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Research shows cancer trigger that can spur targeted drug therapies
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have definitively linked the role of a particular domain of proteins important in the biology of plant microbes to a cancer trigger in humans, the knowledge that had eluded scientists for d
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Study: Usage of microbes to make supercharged new rocket fuel
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): Researchers have found that extracting drawing features from a combination of five drawing tasks rather than from any single task alone leads to a more accurate classification of people with normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease b
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Microbiomes of people and homes they live in interact with each other: Res
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California describe how the microbiomes of people and the homes they live in interact and change each other.
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Giant filamentous bacteria found in mangroves of Guadeloupe: Research
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Researchers describe the morphological and genomic features of a 'macro' microbe' -- a giant filamentous bacterium composed of a single cell discovered in the mangroves of Guadeloupe. Using various microscopy techniques, the team also observed novel, membrane-
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Study: Gut microbiota regulates abdominal functions
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that gut microbes can regulate the exocrine and endocrine functions of the pancreas and hormone production of the gastrointestinal tract.
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