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Study focuses on genes that help cancer cells to penetrate brain
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 16 (ANI): An international team of researchers reviewed scientific articles on proteins (and genes encoding them) that help cancer cells enter the brain. The study, that tried to understand the processes that facilitate the formation of metastases in the brain, was publi
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Study fouses on exploring connections between ovarian cancer and blood cel
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 15 (ANI): A team of researchers collaborated to gain a better understanding of the interaction among ovarian cancer tumours, blood vessels and platelets. They found that tumours break the blood vessel barriers so that they can communicate with the blood cells, s
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New study focuses on using infrared eye tracking to study infant behaviour
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 15 (ANI): A new study describes how existing infrared technology can be adapted to measure recognition memory and other cognitive outcomes in infants.
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Study reveals newly identified gut cells nurture lymph capillaries
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], August 14 (ANI): In recent research, a team of scientists have identified new subsets of gut connective cells, which are crucial for lymphatic growth. The research will help in understanding the mechanisms that impair lymphatics growth and fat digestion in the small inte
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PAD patients with depression had worse recovery, women twice as likely to
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Washington D.C. [USA], August 12 (ANI): The patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and depressive symptoms experience worse recovery especially women, compared to counterparts without depressive symptoms, one year after receiving speciality care for PAD, according to new research.
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Study reveals malaria discovery could expedite antiviral treatment for COV
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Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): A study outlines a strategy that could save years of drug discovery research and millions of dollars in drug development by repurposing existing treatments designed for other diseases such as cancer. The study demonstrated that the parasites that cause malar
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New test better predicts which babies will develop type 1 diabetes
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Seattle [US], Aug 9 (ANI): Scientists developed a method of combining multiple factors that could influence whether a child is likely to develop type 1 diabetes. The combined risk score approach incorporates genetics, clinical factors such as the family history of diabetes, and their count o
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Study finds bone drug may be beneficial for knee osteoarthritis
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Boston [USA], Aug 9 (ANI): Bisphosphonates -- the drugs that prevent the loss of bone density and used to treat osteoporosis and similar diseases appear to be safe and beneficial for osteoarthritis patients, in a recent study.
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Drug used to treat alcoholism useful in fight against COVID-19: Study
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 9 (ANI): With the use of molecular modelling, two medications that have been known for a long time can be used to fight SARS-CoV-2, found a team of chemists from HSE University and the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry.
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GP trainees willing to use mindfulness to tackle burnout: Study
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Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 8 (ANI): Helping to reduce the number of newly qualified GPs leaving the profession, a recent study has found that mindfulness could help trainee general practitioners (GPs) to build their resilience and reduce burnout.
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Study reveals brain noise contains a unique signature of dream sleep
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): When we dream, our brains are filled with noisy electrical activity that looks nearly identical to that of the awake brain. But researchers have pulled a signal out of the noise that uniquely defines dreaming, or REM (Rapid eye movement) sleep, potentially ma
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Study finds alcoholism treatment is potentially effective against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 5 (ANI): A team of chemists used molecular modelling to find out that two medications that have been known for a long time can be used to fight SARS-CoV-2. These are disulfiram, which is used to treat alcoholism, and neratinib, an experimental drug being used to treat br
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