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Study finds decreased testing could lead to surge in sexually transmitted
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], May 25 (ANI): Screening and testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) decreased by 63 per cent for men and 59 per cent for women during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study led by Penn State and Quest Diagnostics researchers.
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Evidence of COVID-19 originating from Chinese lab continues to grow: Forme
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [China], May 25 (ANI): The former head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday said that circumstantial evidence of COVID-19 originating in a lab in China's Wuhan continues to grow as researchers are yet to prove that the virus jumped from an animal to humans, The H
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Here's how the brain strengthens memories during sleep
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Birmingham [England], May 25 (ANI): Over a long period of time, researchers have been exploring the link between memories and sleep, and in a recent study, they found that the two activities in the brain, slow oscillations and sleep spindles, help keep the memories strong.
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Researchers develop diagnostic tool to predict individual risk of Alzheime
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lund [Sweden], May 25 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with greater accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future.
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Study on harnessing next generation sequencing to detect SARS-CoV-2
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], May 25 (ANI): During the pandemic, it is extremely critical to detect the virus at the beginning stage, and in a move to achieve the same a team of researchers at the Vienna BioCenter designed a testing protocol for SARS-CoV-2 that can process tens of thousands of samples i
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Theoretically, antibiotics can treat human diseases in addition to bacteri
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): According to the findings of a study by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, the antibiotics used to treat common bacterial infections, like pneumonia and sinusitis, may also be used to treat human diseases, like cancer. At least, theoretically.
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Women with low bone density at increased risk of hearing loss: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 24 (ANI): Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital analyzed data from nearly 144,000 women who were followed for up to 34 years to find that risk of subsequent moderate or worse hearing loss was up to 40 per cent higher in study participants with osteoporosis or LBD.
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Researchers get step-closer to nasal spray drug delivery for Parkinson's d
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 24 (ANI): Scientists at the University of York have made significant progress in the development of a nasal spray treatment for patients with Parkinson's disease.
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Researchers develop tool to accurately evaluate CRISPR genome editing
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Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers from the IDC Herzliya and Bar-Ilan University developed a novel software tool to quantify potential CRISPR-induced errors. CRISPR is the technology that allows researchers to edit genomes by altering DNA sequences and by thus
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Researchers from Wuhan lab sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak d
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): Three researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care after they fell ill in November 2019, a month before Beijing reported the first patient with Covid-like symptoms, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Study shows which mammals live most successfully alongside people
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 23 (ANI): A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California- Santa Cruz analyzed data from 3,212 camera traps to show how human disturbance could be shifting the makeup of mammal communities across North America.
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Study finds educational intervention improves student learning
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 23 (ANI): Students exposed to Photovoice, an educational intervention, experienced greater improvements in STEM-capacity scores and environmental awareness scores compared to a group of youth who were not exposed to the activity, according to a study of low-income, urban
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