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Researchers find new epigenetic vulnerability of acute myeloid leukemia
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a blood cancer that causes an uncontrollable buildup of white blood cells. Due to the poor outcomes of this disease, researchers all over the world have been looking for new ways to treat AML while still allowing normal blood development to occur.
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Study finds how worm embryos produce specific, pluripotent cells
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how specific proteins within roundworm chromosomes enable their offspring to produce specialised cells generations later, a startling discovery that challenges the conventional wisdom that hereditary information for cell differentiation is primarily ingrained with
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Study discovers four different autism subtypes based on people's brain, b
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, people with autism spectrum disorder can be classified into four distinct subtypes based on their brain activity and behaviour.
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Exposure to air pollution increases risk of dementia: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Many uncertainties remain, so caution is needed when interpreting these findings, but the researchers say the results "strengthen the evidence that air pollutants are risk factors for dementia."
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Scientists suggest novel ways to treat antibiotic-resistant strains of tub
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Otago have discovered new treatment possibilities for antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis (TB) strains, clearing the path for new tactics to tackle the disease that takes the lives of around 4,000 people every day.
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Did you know Beige fat are linked to age-related metabolic changes? Resear
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have revealed a method to avoid age-related weight gain, which may help to prevent obesity and related health issues such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and chronic inflammation.
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Smartwatches might predict whether there's higher risk of heart failure
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A recent study performed by UCL researchers claimed, wearable gadgets such as smartwatches might be used to predict a higher risk of developing heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms in later life.
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Researchers find protein that helps to suppress tumour growth
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Designing efficient, individualised cancer medicines requires an understanding of how cancer develops. For many years, scientists have understood that certain kinds of gene mutations are the origin of cancer.
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Researchers find how Broccoli consumption reduces risk of diseases, protec
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The health benefits of broccoli are well recognized. Research has revealed, for instance, that increasing the intake of cruciferous vegetables lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer.
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Researchers reveal exposure to fine particle air pollution associated with
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Even at levels below the current US, UK, and European air quality regulations, exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is associated with an increased risk of dementia.
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Researchers suggest new ways to treat antibiotic-resistant strains of tube
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New treatment options for tuberculosis (TB) strains that are resistant to antibiotics have been found by University of Otago researchers, paving the way for fresh strategies to combat the illness that claims the lives of approximately 4,000 people daily.
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Study reveals how people with obesity due to genetic tendency have lower r
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers found that those with obesity who have a genetic tendency for high BMI have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than those whose obesity is mostly caused by environmental factors like lifestyle.
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