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Earth's climate control system got changed due to arrival of land plants:
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London [UK], July 16 (ANI): According to the findings of a new study led by researchers at UCL and Yale, the arrival of plants on the land about 400 million years ago might have changed the way the Earth naturally regulates its own climate.
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Common medication used to reduce cholesterol levels may lessen COVID-19 se
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Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): In a new study, researchers confirmed that patients taking statin medications had a 41 per cent lower risk of in-hospital death from COVID-19.
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Scientists identify new gut-liver drug recycling process
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Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): A team of University of Houston pharmaceutical researchers has reported a newly recognised process of drug metabolism in the intestines - followed by recycling through the liver- that could have important implications for developing treatments for intestinal d
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Solar radio signals could be used to monitor melting ice sheets, study sug
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Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): Researchers at Stanford University found a new method for seeing through ice sheets using radio signals from the sun that could enable cheap, low-power and widespread monitoring of ice sheet evolution and contribute to sea-level rise.
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Fermented-food diet increases microbiome diversity, lowers inflammation: S
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Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): A diet rich in fermented foods enhances the diversity of gut microbes and decreases molecular signs of inflammation, according to researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine.
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Researchers discover new approach to fight metastatic melanoma
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Madrid [Spain], July 13 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers found that combining BRAF oncogene inhibitors and chemotherapy is a very effective strategy for fighting metastatic melanoma, which is the leading cause of death from skin cancer around the globe.
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Research highlights critical role of immune system in ageing process
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Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): Researchers from the Buck Institute and Stanford University have created an inflammatory clock of ageing (iAge) which measures inflammatory load and predicts multi-morbidity, frailty, immune health, cardiovascular ageing and is also associated with exceptional
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New technique reduces nicotine levels, harmful compounds simultaneously in
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Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new technique that can alter plant metabolism. Tested in tobacco plants, the technique showed that it could reduce harmful chemical compounds, including some that are carcinogenic.
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Sunflower oil properties can be predicted by genetic analysis
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Moscow [Russia], July 12 (ANI): During a new study, Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the University of Southern California performed a genetic analysis of a Russian sunflower collection.
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India's COVID 'R-value' increased in July first week over June, some north
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New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The R-value for COVID-19, which denotes the speed at which the infection is spreading, has gone up for the country, researchers at the Chennai-based Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) have said.
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Training helps teachers anticipate how students with learning disabilities
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Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): North Carolina State University researchers found that a four-week training course made a substantial difference in helping special education teachers anticipate different ways students with learning disabilities might solve math problems.
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Study develops novel gene therapy method to help children with neurologica
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Ohio [US], July 12 (ANI): Researchers recently developed a novel method of gene therapy that can help children born with a rare genetic disorder called AADC deficiency. This deficiency causes severe physical and developmental disabilities.
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