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Study offers more insight into causes of acute inflammatory bowel illness
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A genetic variation uncovered by Cedars-Sinai researchers increases the likelihood of getting perianal Crohn's disease, the most devastating type of Crohn's disease.
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Economic development alone will not end rabies: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the latest research from the University of Surrey, economic progress may not be sufficient to fulfil the internationally agreed-upon aim of eliminating human mortality from dog-mediated rabies.
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Study: Gene activity analysis aids in categorisation of brain disease
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Yashar Zeighami's research at McGill University in Canada provides a fresh method for characterising brain disorders. The study, published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, suggests that comparing transcriptomes (the map of activity for all genes in the genome) associated with differe
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Study suggests to new way to treat chronic transplant rejection
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a mouse model of kidney transplantation, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh discovered a type of immune cell that drives chronic organ transplant failure and discovered pathways that could be therapeutically targeted to enhance patient outcomes. The findings were reported in
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Fungal genetics might help develop new biotechnologies: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Fungi, an integral component of the Earth's biological system, have long been employed to improve human life. While these creatures are still mostly unknown, a new research report argues that their distinct genomes could be used to advance the biotech sector.
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New injectable cell therapy may resolve osteoarthritis: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have developed a promising injectable cell treatment for osteoarthritis that both decreases inflammation and regenerates articular cartilage.
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Too much insulin can be as dangerous as too little: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A little more than a century has gone since the discovery of insulin, and since then hormone's therapeutic abilities have grown and refined. Insulin is a critical treatment for type 1 diabetes and, in many cases, type 2 diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, 8.4 million Am
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Some people might be attracted to others over minimal similarities: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a study published by the American Psychological Association, we are often attracted to those with whom we share an interest, but this attraction may be based on an erroneous belief that such shared interests represent a deeper and more fundamental similarity -- we share an essen
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Research reveals why some kids may be slower to learn words
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A new study from the University of East Anglia explains why some youngsters learn words more slowly than others.
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Talking therapies might lower risk of future cardiovascular: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a new health data analysis led by UCL researchers, talking therapies can be used effectively to treat depression in adults over 45. This treatment may be associated with lower rates of future cardiovascular disease.
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New biosensor can detect biomarkers in blood samples: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team of researchers developed an electronic biosensor based on DNA aptamers that can detect biomarkers in whole blood samples without the use of reagents.
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Animals' travelling speed determined by use of energy and shedding heat: S
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a new study led by Alexander Dyer from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, an animal's travelling speed is limited by how effectively it sheds the excess heat generated by its muscles.
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