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Researchers find artificial pancreas useful for type 2 diabetes patients
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have tested an artificial pancreas for use by type 2 diabetes patients. The device, which was powered by an algorithm developed at the University of Cambridge, compared to standard treatment, patients spent twice as much time in the glucose target range and half as much time expe
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Study finds how retirement plans affect cognitive performance in older peo
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Researchers from the State University of New York's Binghamton University found that early retirement can hasten cognitive impairment in older people.
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Study reveals regulatory mechanisms for enzyme production in filamentous f
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In addition to being a longtime ally of sake brewers, filamentous fungi may soon become a supporter of environmentalists. Researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University have identified the processes that control the development of enzymes in a filamentous fungus, enabling the efficient break
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Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit - MARS Awards 2022 Winners Announc
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Cape Town [South Africa]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 10 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck Germany announced the winners of the Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit (MARS) Awards 2022 announced in partnership with African Union (Scient
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Cat locomotion could unlock better human spinal cord injury treatment: Res
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Cats always land on their feet, but what makes them so agile? Their unique sense of balance has more in common with humans than it may appear. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are studying cat locomotion to better understand how the spinal cord works to help humans with par
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Researchers identify brain area necessary for fluid intelligence
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A team led by UCL and UCLH researchers have mapped the parts of the brain that support our ability to solve problems without prior experience otherwise known as fluid intelligence.
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Tibetan Buddhism influenced Chinese Buddhism: Report
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The article is in response to an article titled "The process of Sinicization is the main line of the development of Tibetan Buddhism in History" by Solang Dolma, assistant researcher at the Institute of Religious Studies, China Tibetology Research Center.
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Israeli study finds nutrition more effective than steroids for treating Cr
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Crohn's disease and the more severe ulcerative colitis cause inflammation of the tissues in the digestive tract. Symptoms can include abdominal pain, severe diarrhoea, fatigue, weight loss, malnutrition, loss of appetite and bloody stools. It is characterized by periods of relaxation and fla
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Researchers give insights into pathology of new type of dementia, LATE
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
LATE, also known as limbic predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, is a recently identified type of dementia that impairs social, cognitive, and memory abilities. LATE is a separate condition with its own risks and causes, albeit it sometimes coexists with Alzheimer's disease or AD.
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Researchers reveal how obesity increases risk for dementia
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A significant global public health concern, dementia now affects 50 million individuals and is projected to reach more than 150 million cases by 2050. An ongoing global problem is obesity, which is typically assessed by body mass index (BMI). Previous research has revealed that obesity in mi
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Food insecurity directly linked to healthcare expenses in US: Study
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Researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine have reported the findings of a new study that shows food-insecure families spend more money on health care than food-secure families.
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Researchers discover toxic process involving 'jumping genes'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder.
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