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New genetic mutation behind childhood glaucoma identified
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An international team of scientists led by Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, and Boston Children's Hospital, has discovered a new genetic mutation that may be a root cause of severe cases of childhood glaucoma, a devastating condition that runs in families and can rob child
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Researchers test promising tech treatment for youth depression
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New research shows promising results using neurotechnological approaches to treat depression in youth. The research, led by Simon Fraser University (SFU) professor Faranak Farzan, is published in the Journal of Affective Disorders Reports.
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Research reveals how ketamine acts as 'switch' in brain
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Ketamine, an established anesthetic and increasingly popular antidepressant, dramatically reorganizes activity in the brain, as if a switch had been flipped on its active circuits, according to a new study by Penn Medicine researchers.
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Nanotech strategy shows promise to treat autoimmune disease
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists at Scripps Research have reported success in initial tests of a new, nanotech-based strategy against autoimmune diseases.
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Study finds that experiences of daily stress decrease as people age
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Stories about how daily stress can negatively impact people's lives, from physical health to mental and emotional well-being, are frequently in the media. But there is good news about the experience of daily stress as people age.
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Prenatal classes cut moms' depression in half: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A low-cost, prenatal intervention benefits mothers' mental health up to eight years later, a new UC San Francisco study finds. In the study, one of the first to look at outcomes so far into the future, pregnant women who participated in a group wellness class that met weekly for eight weeks
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Controversial Alzheimer's drug approval sparks surprising impact in US
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave controversial accelerated approval to the first Alzheimer's drug in nearly 20 years, it had a surprising impact on attitudes about research into the disease. A survey by University of California, Irvine neuroscientists has found news coverage o
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Most Asian countries far behind biodiversity targets for protected areas:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Protected areas are one of the most effective tools for safeguarding biodiversity, but new research published today has found that most Asian countries failed to achieve a global minimum target of protecting at least 17 per cent of land by 2020. Under current trends, the outlook for achievin
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For small kidney cancers, freezing better option than heat treatment
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
For patients with early-stage renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) that measure between 3 and 4 centimeters, a procedure that destroys the cancer by freezing - called cryoablation - yields a lower-risk of cancer-related death compared to heat-based thermal ablation, reports a preliminary study in T
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Researchers demonstrate new method of spinal cord tissue repair
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A unique new material developed at the University of Limerick in Ireland has shown significant promise in the treatment of spinal cord injury. Brand new research conducted at UL's Bernal Institute - published in the leading global journal Biomaterials Research - has made exciting progress in
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Carbon ultrafine particles accelerate lung cancer progression
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While it may seem common knowledge that smoking is bad for your lungs, if and how ultrafine particles present in cigarette smoke impact the development and progression of lung cancer remains unclear. Working with animal models, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine sought to find how air
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Did you know Bats use death metal "growls" to make social calls?
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bats use distinct structures in the larynx to produce high-frequency echolocation calls and lower-frequency social calls, according to a study by Coen Elemans at the University of Southern Denmark and colleagues, published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology. The structures used to make
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