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Researchers investigate drug used to treat botulism disease
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): Botulism is a rare but deadly disease, and researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) are looking into a drug that is used to treat neuromuscular weakness as a potential treatment.
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Researchers find variations in brain activity of children with and without
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Chappel Hill (North Carolina) [US], July 26 (ANI): It's not simply a professional skill to multitask. It requires something known as cognitive flexibility, or the capacity to seamlessly switch between different brain processes, and it is essential to functioning as a person. Researchers fro
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Researchers develop new tool to investigate psychological traits of violen
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): The Extremist Archetypes Scale is a brand-new assessment tool that researchers have created and verified to help distinguish between various psychological characteristics that are found among people engaged in violent extremism.
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Researchers reveal gene that increases muscular strength during exercise
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], July 25 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a gene that enhances muscular strength when activated by physical activity, opening the door to the creation of therapeutic therapies that mirror some of the advantages of exercise.
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Study finds weak handgrip strength may indicate major health problems
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Austria [Vienna], July 25 (ANI): By testing handgrip strength, one may rapidly and easily determine muscle strength, a significant predictor of death. Researchers created cut-off values for the general population in a recent study, taking into account the relationship between handgrip streng
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Researchers reveal multiple diagnoses are the norm for mental illness in r
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Boulder (Colorado) [US], July 25 (ANI): In their lives, more than half of people with one psychiatric disorder will also develop a second or third. A third or more have four or more.
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Researchers find how cells are connected to brain tumor growth and recurre
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Washington [US], July 25 (ANI): A study revealed that tumors are made up of many different cell types, including both cancerous and benign. The unique intricacy of the cells found inside brain tumours has been a defining feature of the condition, one that makes therapy very challenging. Alth
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New gene treatment can lower the risk of bleeding in people with hemophili
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Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): A study involving UCL researchers found that a single gene therapy injection can dramatically reduce the bleeding risk faced by people with haemophilia B.
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Synthetic tools can move DNA messages from one place to another: Research
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): Researchers from Rice University have shown that the increasingly popular CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool may be used in human cells in a variety of new potent ways, according to a recent study.
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Researchers claim women have higher rates of depression than men
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Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): Although there are therapies for depression, many people occasionally find these treatments unhelpful. In addition, women are more prone than men to experience depression, albeit there is no established reason for this difference. This occasionally makes treat
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Wearable activity trackers encourage weight loss
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Adelaide [Australia], July 24 (ANI): According to a new study by Australian researchers, millions of people worldwide believe that fitness trackers, pedometers and smart watches motivate them to exercise more and lose weight.
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Exposure to phthalates increases chances of preterm delivery, finds study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Pregnant women exposed to the chemical substances known as phthalates during pregnancy have a higher risk of premature birth, suggests a National Institutes of Health study, which included a Rutgers researcher.
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