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Study finds how surgery can prevent abdominal aneurysms
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
When the artery that supplies the stomach and liver bulges and ruptures, 50 percent of patients die before they reach the hospital. This "silent killer," known as abdominal aortic aneurysm, killed Albert Einstein and is responsible for nearly 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. Rese
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World's oldest meal helps unravel mystery of our earliest animal ancestors
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The contents of the last meal consumed by the earliest animals known to inhabit Earth more than 550 million years ago has unearthed new clues about the physiology of our earliest animal ancestors, according to scientists from The Australian National University (ANU).
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Study sheds light on new clues into a serious neurodegenerative disease
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dementia encompasses a range of neurodegenerative conditions that lead to memory loss and cognitive deficiencies and affect some 55 million people worldwide. Yet despite its prevalence, there are few effective treatments, in part because scientists still don't understand how exactly dementia
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Research finds new clues to how circadian clock helps brain in recovering
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 19 (ANI): According to new research from Children's National Hospital, a type of brain cell that can renew itself is regulated by circadian rhythms, providing significant insights into how the body's internal clock may promote healing after traumatic brain injuries
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New study shows how memory of personal interactions declines with age
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): One of the most upsetting aspects of age-related memory decline is not being able to remember the face that accompanies the name of a person you just talked with hours earlier. While researchers don't understand why this dysfunction occurs, a new study ha
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New clues on unsolved genetic diseases in children
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 30 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new way to interpret unsolved Mendelian diseases which are inherited from either parent due to gene mutations in the developing egg or sperm through studying the inheritance of a protein known as SMCHD1 which is coded by the SMCHD1
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Study finds new clues on how brain links pain and food
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], February 12 (ANI): The association between food and pain, has been known for a long time, as people with chronic pain often struggle with their weight. Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience may have found an explanation in a new study.
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New clues regarding formation of solar system discovered
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): A region of active star formation in the constellation Ophiuchus is giving astronomers new insights into the conditions in which our own solar system was born.
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Study finds new clues regarding formation of solar system
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): A study of the Ophiuchus star-forming complex has offered new insights into the conditions in which our own solar system was born.
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Toxin sponges may protect poisonous frogs, birds from their own poisons, s
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): A team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Stanford University, and the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) has uncovered new clues as to how poisonous frogs and birds avoid intoxicating themselves.
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Researchers detect new clues to eliminate infant HIV infections
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): Each year over 150,000 infants worldwide are infected with HIV in the womb, at birth, or through breastfeeding. Why transmission occurs in some cases but not others has long been a mystery, but now a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine and Duke University scie
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Night shift work may increase cancer risk, says study
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): A new study conducted by researchers at Washington State University has found new clues as to why night shift workers may be at increased risk of developing certain types of cancer compared to those who work regular daytime hours.
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