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Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial. The vaccine, developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
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Machine learning identifies drugs to help smokers quit
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine and University of Minnesota researchers. They developed a novel machine learning meth
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Research shows 'hyper-palatable' food impact across four diets
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
If losing weight was among your 2023 resolutions, findings by researchers from the University of Kansas and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may provide clearer guidance about the food you put on your plate.
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Research finds mating causes 'jet lag' in female fruit flies
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
An innovative technique from Cornell University researchers finds seminal fluid protein transferred from male to female fruit flies during mating changes the expression of genes related to the fly's circadian clock.
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Coffee with milk might have an anti-inflammatory effect: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Can a cup of coffee with milk have an anti-inflammatory impact on humans? According to a new study from the University of Copenhagen, this is the case. Anti-inflammatory effects in immune cells are doubled when proteins and antioxidants are combined. The researchers intend to investigate the
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Study reveals preventative, therapeutic measures of optic nerve hypoplasia
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC are looking at potential preventative and therapeutic measures for the disease, optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH), which causes vision impairment in newborns.
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Researchers reveal how depression, poor mental health connected with heart
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to a recent study, researchers found that examined data from more than 500,000 people between the ages of 18 and 49, young adults who experience sadness or depression are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) and have poor heart health. The findings support a growing
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Gum infection may risk heart arrhythmia: Research
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Periodontitis, a gum disease, can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have found that it could be connected to even more severe problems elsewhere in the body -- the heart.
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Researchers find new way to improve storage time of quantum information
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
An international team of scientists have demonstrated a leap in preserving the quantum coherence of quantum dot spin qubits as part of the global push for practical quantum networks and quantum computers.
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Researchers find gum infection may be a risk factor for heart arrhythmia
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Periodontitis, a gum disease, can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have found that it could be connected to even more severe problems elsewhere in the body -- the heart.
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Mid-life obesity connected to physical frailty risk in older age: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that being overweight, including having a bulging belly, starting in middle life is associated with a higher chance of developing physical weakness in old age.
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Researchers reveal short-term exposure to air pollution has rapid impact
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to a new study, common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in just a few hours. The study was the first to demonstrate, in a controlled experiment using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), that diesel exhaust interferes with the ability of differen
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