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Study sheds light on progression of pancreatic cancer
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): A detailed analysis of pancreatic cancer by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has revealed details of two key transition points in the development of these tumours the shift from normal cells to precancerous cells and the c
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Study: Therapeutic drug can render cancer cells
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], August 26 (ANI): The immune system is suppressed by the protective scent that many tumour cells spray themselves with. However, it appears that a medicine that has already been approved for other uses can render this weapon harmless. A study from the University of Bonn and th
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Leisure activities may lower risk of death in older adults
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Maryland [US], August 26 (ANI): According to a recent study led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, older adults may have a lower risk of death from any cause, as well as death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, if they engag
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Research at Yale University reveals how human brain is different
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], August 26 (ANI): What distinguishes the human brain from all other animal brains, even those of our closest primate relatives? Researchers from Yale University discovered species-specific characteristics in the prefrontal cortex of four different primate species.
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Researchers develop a novel method to unveil hidden genome
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): Thousands of short RNA sequences that code for microproteins and peptides have been identified, opening new avenues for disease research and drug development.
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Researchers reveal new approach to clear toxic waste from brain
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Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): Researchers have found a new druggable pathway that potentially could be used to help prevent Alzheimer's dementia.
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Researchers identify chemo alternative for targeted treatment of leukemia
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], August 25 (ANI): Chemotherapy is a painful experience. The treatments in general have terrible side effects and it's no secret that the medications used are frequently hazardous to both the patient and the tumour. Because tumours spread so quickly, the theory is that chemoth
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Study shows safety of neurosurgical technique used to assess dopamine and
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Winston-Salem (North Carolina) [US], August 25 (ANI): In order to study and measure dopamine and serotonin in the human brain, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have shown that a neurosurgical technique is safe.
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Research: Psychedelics may diminish one's fear of death and dying
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], August 25 (ANI): Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine compared psychedelic experiences with non-drug-related near-death experiences in a survey study of more than 3,000 persons and discovered striking similarities in people's views toward death. Both groups of survey respo
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Research reveals global warming spawned the age of reptiles
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): Researchers reveal the rapid evolution and radiation of reptiles actually began before the end of the Permian in connection to the steadily increasing temperatures, which drove successive climate changes over 60 million years.
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New novel curative treatment for paediatric neuroblastoma patients
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): Children who suffer a relapse of aggressive cancer known as neuroblastoma have small chances of survival. However, researchers have now shown that DHODH blockers, which are well-tolerated in humans, can cure neuroblastoma in mice if administered in combinati
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Study: Autism diagnosis can be improved by looking at men and women's diff
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bath [England], August 23 (ANI): A group of researchers revealed that the diagnosis of autism could be improved by taking into account the differences in how men and women experience and act on their emotions.
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