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Step counters, wearable fitness trackers helpful in shedding weight
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], March 20 (ANI): The findings of a pooled data analysis of existing evidence suggests that wearable fitness trackers and step counters are helpful in shedding pounds for people who are overweight, obese, or who have weight-related health conditions.
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Study claims membrane surrounding tumours might prevent metastasis
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently characterized properties of the protective membrane around tumours and discovered that this lining might be a good target for therapies in order to prevent metastasis.
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Gene therapy's cellular benefits remain decades after treatment
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): During an international collaboration recently between Great Ormond Street Hospital, the UCL GOS Institute for Child Health, and Harvard Medical School, it was found that the beneficial effects of gene therapy can be seen decades after the transplanted blood
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Researchers create more accurate model for how microbes search nutrients
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Cambridge [UK], March 17 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study created a more accurate model of how microbes search for nutrients, by considering how some bacteria will swim faster within higher nutrient concentrations.
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Researchers discover 3D structure responsible for regulating gene expressi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 14 (ANI): During a recent study led by researchers from Northwestern University, they peered inside a human cell for the first time to look at a multi-subunit machine that is responsible for the regulation of gene expression.
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Exhaustion related to higher risk of heart attack in men
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 14 (ANI): The findings of new research suggests that men who experience vital exhaustion, are at a higher risk of having a heart attack. This risk of exhaustion linked with myocardial infarction was particularly pronounced in divorced, widowed, and men who never got ma
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Study finds 3D structure responsible for gene expression
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Illinois [US], March 12 (ANI): Researchers from Northwestern University during a recent study, for the first time peered inside a human cell in order to have a look at a multi-subunit machine that is responsible for regulating gene expression.
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Study shows influence of graphene nanoparticles on neurons
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): A new study shows that nanomaterials act on excitatory synapses, which interferes with the development of anxiety-related behaviours in vertebrates.
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Researchers use silkworm silk hoping for better treatment of muscle atroph
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): Researchers at the Utah State University recently used the silk from silkworm to grow skeletal muscle cells, improving on traditional methods of cell culture and hopefully leading to better treatments for muscle atrophy.
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Study maps full evolutionary journey of hospital superbug
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Cambridge[UK], March 9 (ANI): Researchers during a new study discovered that antibiotic treatment and modern hospitals alone don't create the antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria that are seen today. Instead, it was the selection pressure prior to the widespread use of antibiotics that i
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Diphtheria now becoming major global threat, as it evolves antimicrobial r
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Researchers from the UK and India, during a recent study, found that Diphtheria, which is a relatively easily-preventable infection, has now started to evolve and become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics, and in future, it could even lead to va
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Risk of rebound headaches increases in people using cannabis for migraine
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 7 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study found that individuals, who use cannabis for relief from migraine, might later develop rebound headaches. This would be similar to headaches that people who overuse migraine pain medication experience.
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