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Study finds how COVID-19 alters immune system
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 28 (ANI): COVID-19 reduces the numbers and functional competence of certain types of immune cells in the blood, say Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich researchers. This could affect responses to secondary infections.
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Study offers new immunotherapy insights for kidney cancer
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and UCL, found immune cell patterns within tumours that can help predict if patients with kidney cancer will respond to immunotherapy.
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Scientists discover twenty-four trillion pieces of microplastics in ocean
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Tokyo [Japan], October 28 (ANI): A team of oceanographers led by Kyushu University researchers has calibrated and processed data from expeditions to build a publicly available dataset for more accurately assessing the abundance of microplastics in the world's oceans.
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Physical therapy reduces risk of chronic opioid use for knee replacement p
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Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): A team of researchers have discovered a promising way to reduce knee replacement patients' risk of opioid addiction: Participate in physical therapy either before or after total knee replacement surgery.
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Researchers identify unique genetic variants to overcome cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): University of California, Los Angeles researchers add monoclonal antibody to target oropharyngeal cancer in HPV-positive patients with KRAS gene variant.
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To baby brains, language is language, signed or spoken: Study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): Parents of deaf babies are often encouraged to give them cochlear implant surgery to prevent cognitive delays. Researchers have shown that it's the early exposure to language, not sound, that helps with normal brain development.
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Researchers show how air pollution reduces sperm count
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers have shown how air pollution reduces sperm count by causing inflammation in the brain.
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Researchers discover ways to increase effectiveness of antibiotics
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Canberra [Australia], October 27 (ANI): Researchers have found a way to make antibiotics more effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria - also known as superbugs.
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Lack of sleep affects your walk: Study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], October 26 (ANI): A new study, by researchers at MIT and the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, reports that walking and specifically, how well we can control our stride, or gait, can indeed be affected by lack of sleep.
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Men, women ride same emotional roller coaster: Study
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Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): Contrary to widely held gender stereotypes, women are not more emotional than men, according to researchers at the University of Michigan.
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Tumour reasons why cancers thrive in chromosomal chaos
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Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health describe how a pair of fundamental genetic and cellular processes are exploited by cancer cells to promote tumour survival and growth.
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Scientists make breakthrough in understanding how penicillin works
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 26 (ANI): The mechanism which allows beta-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has been revealed for the first time by an international team of researchers led by the University of Sheffield, who discovered that beta-lactam antibiotics kill MRSA (Methic
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