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Study finds Alzheimer's-like changes in some COVID patients' brains
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI): A recent study has found that the brains of a small sample of patients who died of COVID-19 displayed some of the same molecular changes found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.
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David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian win 2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], October 4 (ANI): David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian jointly won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch, announced the award-giving group on Monday.
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Tracking receptor proteins can unveil molecular basis of memory, learning:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Nagoya [Japan], April 4 (ANI): In a new study, scientists from Japan have reported their findings on the dynamics of receptors, which can enable understanding of the processes of memory formation and learning.
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Researchers study virus-cell interaction to understand COVID-19's high inf
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], March 29 (ANI): Scientists from Lehigh University during a recent study identified a previously unknown interaction between receptors in human cells and the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This new information could help in the development of n
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Study finds leaf-eating Asian monkeys do not have a sweet tooth
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 1 (ANI): Asian Colobine monkeys are unable to taste natural sugars, and in fact have a generally poor sense of taste as the receptors on their tongues do not function in the same way as for fruit-eating monkeys, found biologists.
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Nose and tongue have same receptors, finds study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 24 (ANI): A recent study claims that sensors, called functional olfactory receptors, that detect odours in the nose are also present on the tongue. The new finding may help to modify food flavour, claim researchers.
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Here's how you can alleviate pain
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Jun 26 (ANI): Experts have found a new way that can relieve pain in a more efficient way.
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Old drug may have new tricks to fight cancer
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Feb. 5 (ANI): Turns out, old powerful drugs may have new tricks to fight cancer.
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Blocking sweet taste receptors can help body fight sinus
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 09 (ANI): A study has recently found that by blocking sweet taste receptors, one can help the body fight off sinus infections.
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A 'bitter' way to stop unwanted preterm labour contractions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 11 (ANI): According to a recent study, the bitter taste receptors may hold the key to managing preterm labour.
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Obesity in mothers could lead to high blood pressure risk in offsprings
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): Exposure of babies to high levels of the satiety hormone, Leptin, in the womb irreversibly activates receptors in the brain that regulate blood pressure and this activation may lead to a lifelong increased risk of high blood pressure and kidney disease
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New study uses brain receptors to suppress cocaine addiction
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 13 (ANI): Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have used viruses to infect neurons with genes that allow them to switch on brain receptors involved in suppressing addiction relapse.
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