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Gut microbiome implicated in healthy aging, longevity
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): The gut microbiome is an integral component of the body, but its importance in the human aging process is unclear. A team of researchers and their collaborators have identified distinct signatures in the gut microbiome that are associated with either healt
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Study: Crocodile evolution rebooted by Ice Age glaciations
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 17 (ANI): As per a study driven by McGill University, researchers have discovered impacts of Ice Age sea-level changes in the genomes of Caribbean and Pacific crocodiles in Panama.
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Biodegradable microcapsules provide nerve growth factor helpful in guiding
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow (Russia), February 17 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study demonstrated that the development of hippocampal neurons in a vitro experiment can be guided by nanoengineered biodegradable microcapsules. The microcapsules deliver nerve growth factor, a peptide necessary for neuron grow
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Invasive flies incline toward an untouched territory while laying eggs
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Washington [US], February 16 (ANI): A new study drove by researchers of North Carolina State University found that the invasive spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) prefers to lay its eggs in places that no other spotted wing flies have visited.
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Researchers use light to detect quantum information stored in nuclear quan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 16 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study have found a way to use light and a single electron to communicate with a cloud of quantum bits and sense their behaviour. This discovery will help in making it possible to detect a single quantum bit in a dense cloud.
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Researchers develop new test to help fight deadly melanoma
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 16 (ANI): Researchers have developed a prototype test that can help identify if patients with deadly metastasised melanoma are likely to benefit from immunotherapy.
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Researchers develop new system for identifying drugs to repurpose in fight
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 16 (ANI): A study led by researchers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a system to identify drugs that might be repurposed to fight the coronavirus in elderly patients.
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Israeli researchers say Pfizer's vaccine sharply reduces symptomatic Covid
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 15 (ANI): Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine appears to reduce symptomatic coronavirus infections by more than 90 per cent in the real world, according to Israeli researchers.
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Study suggests medical cannabis helpful in reducing blood pressure
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beer-Sheva [Israel], February 14 (ANI): The findings of a new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and its affiliated Soroka University Medical Center, suggests that medical cannabis may help in reducing blood pressure in older adults.
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Researchers find potential new treatment for fatal childhood brain cancer
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 14 (ANI): Every year around 20 Australian children die from the incurable brain tumour, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). The average age of diagnosis for DIPG is just seven years. There are no effective treatments, and almost all children die from the diseas
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Study discovers specific area of brain prompting desire to overeat
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Texas [US], February 14 (ANI): A study led by the 10-member team of researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso discovered a specific area of the brain tied to recollection and the desire to seek and consume food. It could lead to a way to inhibit the desire to overeat.
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Researchers analyze new drug combination to improve survival in advanced k
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Massachusetts [US], February 14 (ANI): A new clinical study published in The New England Journal of Medicine today and simultaneously presented during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2021 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium claims that a drug combination of Lenvatinib plus pemb
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