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Study finds cone snail's venom might be able to treat diabetics
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Hampshire [US], November 29 (ANI): We often collect seashells at the beach, however, according to new research; the smooth mottled shells are also home to the cone snail which is capable of spewing potent insulin-like venom that can paralyze its prey.
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Study finds natural killer cells might fight malaria
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], November 29 (ANI): Every year, about half a million kids die due to malaria in Africa. It is a deadly disease that has spread globally and is caused by malaria-infected mosquitoes.
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Common drug linked to hampering lung cancer treatment: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 28 (ANI): A common medicine that treats reflux, heartburn as well as ulcers that can hinder the effectiveness of lung cancer immunotherapy medicines, suggests new research by the Flinders University.
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Research on American footballers finds brain lesions in MRI
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Minneapolis [US], November 28 (ANI): There are certain markers of injury on the brain's white matter, which is called white matter hyperintensities and can be seen on brain scans. New research done on athletes, showed brain scans taken during the lifetimes of athletes in contact sports, comp
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Diet more effective than drugs for anti-ageing and good metabolic health:
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], November 28 (ANI): According to a new study, the effect of a proper diet is much stronger on the inner workings of our cells than the intake of drugs.
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Study finds gut bacteria that improves memory in bees
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 27 (ANI): A specific type of gut bacteria in bees that can improve memory has been discovered by an international research team during a recent study.
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Extinction of grazers led to global grassland fires: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], November 27 (ANI): From the past 50,000 to the past 6000 years, some of the world's largest animals like giant bison, woolly mammoth and ancient horses got extinct. According to a recent study, these were the grazing species and losing them has led to the global increase in
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Researcher finds way to manipulate memories in brain
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kyoto [Japan], November 27 (ANI): When you receive an important file to work on, you keep it safe to remember about it. Similarly, our memories first land in one part of our brain and then shift to another for long-term storage. This process is known as memory consolidation. Kyoto University
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Researchers take new approach to fight against COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Durham [UK], November 27 (ANI): For a normal person, the loops, kinks and folds in the single strand of RNA that makes up the coronavirus genome might look like a bowl of spaghetti. However, to researchers like Amanda Hargrove, who is a chemistry professor at Duke University, the complex sha
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New study finds how plants manage stressful situations
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Seville [Spain], November 26 (ANI): A study revealed new data about how plants handle stressful situations. They studied how plants react to and cope up with stressful conditions in order to design biotechnological approaches to decrease the economic losses in the agriculture sector which ar
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Indian astronomers discover a new exoplanet and rare stars hotter than Sun
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Indian astronomers have added another feather to their cap as they have recently made two new discoveries -- an exoplanet 1.4x the size of Jupiter and a rare class of radio stars hotter than the Sun.
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Study suggests unsung gene is key to how antibodies develop
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], November 25 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that an overlooked gene plays a major role in the development of antibodies, which help the immune system recognize and fight viruses including SARS-CoV-2, bacteria and other causes of infectious di
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