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Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit - MARS Awards 2022 Winners Announc
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 10 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck Germany announced the winners of the Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit (MARS) Awards 2022 announced in partnership with African Union (Scient
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Cat locomotion could unlock better human spinal cord injury treatment: Res
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Cats always land on their feet, but what makes them so agile? Their unique sense of balance has more in common with humans than it may appear. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are studying cat locomotion to better understand how the spinal cord works to help humans with par
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Researchers identify brain area necessary for fluid intelligence
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A team led by UCL and UCLH researchers have mapped the parts of the brain that support our ability to solve problems without prior experience otherwise known as fluid intelligence.
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Israeli study finds nutrition more effective than steroids for treating Cr
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Crohn's disease and the more severe ulcerative colitis cause inflammation of the tissues in the digestive tract. Symptoms can include abdominal pain, severe diarrhoea, fatigue, weight loss, malnutrition, loss of appetite and bloody stools. It is characterized by periods of relaxation and fla
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Researchers give insights into pathology of new type of dementia, LATE
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
LATE, also known as limbic predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, is a recently identified type of dementia that impairs social, cognitive, and memory abilities. LATE is a separate condition with its own risks and causes, albeit it sometimes coexists with Alzheimer's disease or AD.
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Researchers reveal how obesity increases risk for dementia
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A significant global public health concern, dementia now affects 50 million individuals and is projected to reach more than 150 million cases by 2050. An ongoing global problem is obesity, which is typically assessed by body mass index (BMI). Previous research has revealed that obesity in mi
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Food insecurity directly linked to healthcare expenses in US: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine have reported the findings of a new study that shows food-insecure families spend more money on health care than food-secure families.
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Researchers discover toxic process involving 'jumping genes'
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder.
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Researchers reveal reason why human approach needs to be incorporated in
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A study emphasised the need of using a biocultural approach in environmental conservation efforts.
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Study finds new trigger of brain inflammation in Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that an inflammatory trigger similar to that found in viral infections is higher in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain illness.
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FTX seeks to recover donations made by exchange and Sam Bankman-Fried
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to WSJ report, at the end of September, FTX's charity arm, Future Fund, had committed more than $160 million to over 110 non-profit organisations, including biotech startups and university researchers developing Covid-19 vaccines and working on pandemic studies, as well as non-prof
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Researchers suggest how brain game can predict risk of infection
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
If your alertness and reaction speed fluctuate more than usual, you may be more vulnerable to a viral disease.
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