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New discovery gives hope to fight metastatic cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Cancer that splits and develops in new organs around the body becomes significantly more difficult to fight. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have shown that these metastatic cancers, that spread from the original, adapt their metabolism to the tissue in which t
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Mothers' activity levels may depend on number and ages of children: Resear
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Less than half of mums meet the recommended levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and mothers of younger children manage to do the least, researchers have found.
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Do you know honey can reduce cardiometabolic risks? Study reveals
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers discovered how raw honey which comes from single source help to boost important cardiometabolic health indicators like blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
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Researchers discover new biomarker for severe Covid 19
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Patients with acute COVID-19 infection have higher amounts of the cytokine IL-26 in their blood, according to researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet. Furthermore, high IL-26 levels are associated with an increased inflammatory response, which indicates severe cases of the disease. The
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Researchers develop promising new cancer therapy
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Immune checkpoint inhibitors such as Keytruda and Opdivo work by unleashing the immune system's T cells to attack tumour cells. Their introduction a decade ago marked a major advance in cancer therapy, but only 10 per cent to 30 per cent of treated patients experience long-term improvement.
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Next-generation material that adapts to its history: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Inspired by living systems, researchers have developed a new material that changes its electrical behaviour based on previous experience, effectively giving it a basic form of adaptive memory. Such adaptive materials could play a vital role in the next generation of medical and environmental
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Study finds how Error-prone DNA lead to BRCA1 related cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have identified that people who inherit a faulty copy of the BRCA1 gene may develop mutations and cancer due to error-prone DNA replication and repair. When these individuals' cells are under stress, replication of the normal BRCA1 gene stalls because of the highly repetitive DNA
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Study finds leprosy has potential to regenerate livers
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered that parasites associated with leprosy can reprogramme cells to increase the size of a liver in adult animals without causing damage, scarring or tumors.
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Scientists discover genes to diagnose long-term Lyme disease
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine in New York discovered 35 genes that are overly expressed in people with chronic Lyme disease. These genes could be used as biomarkers to diagnose patients with the condition, which is currently difficult to treat.
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New nasal vaccination approach might enhance COVID-19 protection: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A novel nasal vaccination method has been created by researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney that promotes strong lung immunity and protection against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
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Researchers find how flu shots protect people with heart failure from deat
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found how Flu vaccinations can prevent influenza and helps to reduce cardiac consequences.
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Decline in deaths from cardiovascular disease anticipated in Japan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A key requirement of health policy-makers preparing budgets, and of great interest to those with family histories of cardiovascular disease (CVD), are predictions of future prevalence of this disease. Now, researchers from Japan have used new statistical modelling approaches that have predi
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