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Find out which factors are linked to optimal ageing
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
What factors contribute to "successful" or ideal ageing? A recent study tracked more than 7,000 Canadians in their middle and older years for about three years to determine the variables associated with well-being as we age.
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New drug offers potential treatment for common kidney disease
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A serious condition that can cause the kidneys to suddenly stop working could be treated with existing medicines, a new study shows.
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Linking fossil climate proxies to living bacteria helps climate prediction
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Microbial skins are made out of lipids - fatty molecules - which can be preserved as fossils telling us stories about how these microbes lived in the past.
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Researchers identify origins of serious illnesses in children
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The origins of the serious cancer-like disease LCH have been identified by researchers from Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with Karolinska University Hospital. The findings presented in Science Immunology may lead to new, targeted treatments.
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Researchers unravel population of 'cheating' cells in cancers
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at UConn Health, Yale, and Johns Hopkins have identified that some cancer cells can "cheat" by escaping constraints imposed by lack of oxygen, allowing the cancer cells to continue to grow.
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Astronomers discover clues about stellar 'glitching'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Astronomers have found a way to peer into the physics of some of the brightest stars in the sky. Using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, an international team of researchers has found new evidence that red giants, dying stars that have exhausted their supply of hydrogen and are in the
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Want to know which bacteria lives on mosquitoes? Read here
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Avoiding mosquitoes to protect against bites is always a good idea. But a new North Carolina State University study shows that the bacteria-ridden exteriors of mosquitoes may be another reason to arm yourself with a swatter.
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Research: Killing pancreatic cancer with T cells that supercharge themselv
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have engineered T cells to produce a potent anti-cancer cytokine, but only when they encounter tumour cells.
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Problems with alcohol increase after weight-loss surgery in adolescence: R
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Youth who underwent metabolic and bariatric surgery as teenagers are at heightened risk for alcohol use, according to the first study to document long-term alcohol use and associated issues in this population. Researchers found that after eight years, nearly half of the study participants ha
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Walnuts are the new brain superfood for stressed students: Research
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Stressed university students might want to add walnuts to their daily diet in the weeks leading up to their next exam. A new clinical trial of undergraduate students during their university studies has shown positive effects of walnut consumption on self-reported measures of mental health an
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New study uncovers negative effects of vaping
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A vital layer in the lungs called surfactant, which is composed of lipids and proteins, lowers surface tension to enable humans to breathe easily. Without surfactants, breathing would be more difficult and require assistance from a machine.
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Longevity treatments do not slow aging: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a new study, researchers have taken a close look at three treatment approaches that have been widely believed to slow the aging process. However, when tested in mice, these treatments proved largely ineffective in their supposed impact on aging.
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