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Study reveals about 60 per cent cancer patients do not respond effectively
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Indiana [US], October 25 (ANI): Nearly 60 per cent of all cancer patients do not respond effectively to chemotherapy treatments, as estimated by scientists from Purdue University. In recent research, they say that the results can be even worse - as many of those same patients experience toxi
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Excessive fog affecting pigeon pea crop in Karnataka's Kalaburagi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], October 25 (ANI): Pigeon pea (Tur) crop in Karnataka's Kalaburagi has been severely affected due to fog and flood, Raju Tagali, senior scientist at Krishi Vigyan Kendra said on Saturday.
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Mapping fundamentals of how cells go awry is a way to prevent cancer
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 24 (ANI): A new paper suggests that sometime in the future, scientists may be able to prevent cancer by controlling two proteins that operate deep inside the quagmire of epigenetic cell fate transitions.
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Study reveals PTSD, alcohol abuse go hand-in-hand, but males and females e
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California [US], October 24 (ANI): Through intricate experiments designed to account for sex-specific differences, scientists have collaborated to zero in on certain changes in the brain that may be responsible for driving alcohol abuse among people with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PT
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60 per cent of cancer patients do not respond effectively to chemotherapy
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Indiana [US], October 23 (ANI): Scientists estimate that nearly 60 per cent of all cancer patients do not respond effectively to chemotherapy treatments. Even worse - many of those same patients experience toxic and sometimes deadly side effects.
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One way to prevent cancer: map the fundamentals of how cells go awry
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Someday, scientists may be able to prevent cancer by controlling two proteins that operate deep inside the quagmire of epigenetic cell fate transitions, a new paper suggests.
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High levels of ultraviolet light 'most strongly' associated with reduced g
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], October 18 (ANI): A new study, in which scientists looked at statistical models of the link between weather and the maximum growth rate of COVID-19 globally, found that high levels of ultraviolet light are "most strongly" associated with reduced growth of the deadly virus.
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Scientists turn to computers to understand C4 photosynthesis during COVID
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Washington [US], October 17 (ANI): After COVID-19 pandemic led to shutdown of laboratories across the world, a team of researchers from the University of Essex turned to computational approaches to understand what makes some plants better adapted to transform light and carbon dioxide into yi
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During COVID, scientists turn to computers to understand C4 photosynthesis
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): When COVID closed down labs in March, a team from the University of Essex turned to computational approaches to understand what makes some plants better adapted to transform light and carbon dioxide into yield through photosynthesis.
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Surveys suggest men, women have different attitudes towards COVID-19 pande
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Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Scientists have finally cracked why women ruled countries are responding more effectively to coronavirus pandemic as surveys suggest a difference in attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic in the genders which impacts the gender differences in mortality.
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Deadly effects of nuclear weapons can be reduced with help of dust particl
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Deadly effects of nuclear weapons can be reduced with the help of dust particles, a Delhi-based woman scientist has said in her research while noting that more testing is required in a controlled environment to see how things will work out on the groun
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Therapy plus medication better than medication alone in bipolar disorder
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Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): A review of 39 randomised clinical trials by scientists from UCLA and their colleagues from other institutions has found that combining the use of medication with psychoeducational therapy is more effective at preventing a recurrence of illness in people wi
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