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New research sheds light on how genes turn on and off
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Using CRISPR techniques, the researchers removed parts of the yeast transcription machinery to systematically examine their role in regulating genes. Yeast and humans have mostly the same molecular machinery to regulate their genes, so yeast provides an excellent model for understanding gene
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Scientists manipulate emotions in dreams in attempt to ease nightmares
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In therapy, dreamers may be coached to rehearse positive versions of their most frequent nightmares, but in a study of such patients published in the journal Current Biology, researchers in Switzerland take this a step further. They found that also playing a sound--one associated with a posi
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Study finds how men, women reacts to reduced physical activity, increased
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found that only in men sedentary lifestyle and high sugar intake cause decreased insulin-stimulated leg blood flow.
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Experts draw lessons learned from Sri Lanka's economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Focusing on deep-rooted, long-term economic vulnerabilities that led to sovereign default in Sri Lanka - the first time in the country's history - Umesh Moramudali, a Lecturer at the University of Colombo and Researcher on Public Debt & Development, pondered why Sri Lanka had come to thi
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Study suggests new approach to block nerve loss in neurodegenerative disea
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers revealed how the molecule, called SARM1 triggers axon death that underlies the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Researchers reveal how traffic pollution is linked to risk of dementia
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study revealed several factors that affect a person's risk of dementia and specific kind of air pollution linked to traffic.
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Scientists find new treatment methods for the new Lassa virus fever
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study from scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology gives researchers a guide to neutralizing Lassa virus using a trio of rare antibodies isolated from survivors of Lassa virus infection.
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Researchers using magnetic bacteria to fight tumors
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists around the world are researching how anti-cancer drugs can most efficiently reach the tumors they target.
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New technology for retrofitting non-earthquake-resistant buildings can pre
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The technology called semi-confined unreinforced brick masonry (SC-URBM) can resolve the problem of spread of settlements in earthquake-prone areas with constructions that have been built without following earthquake-preventive building codes.
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Study finds tumors suppress the development of metastases
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers revealed how the original cancer focus, also called the primary tumor, can suppress the growth of the daughter tumors known as metastases.
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Study finds autistic people are more vulnerable to depression, anxiety dur
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers revealed how pregnant women with autism are more likely to get depression and anxiety.
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New enzyme inhibitor offers hope for treatment of cancer
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have found a small molecule capable of manipulating an immune process that plays an important role in cancers and autoimmune diseases.
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