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Simple cloth mask may reduce chances of getting COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): Scientists have found even simple cloth masks provide significant protection and could reduce the spread of COVID-19.
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Scientists discover new promising strategy for common retinal diseases
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Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): A potential new strategy for treating eye diseases that affect millions of people around the world, often resulting in blindness - has been discovered by a team of scientists.
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Scientists discover aggressive 'hot spots' inside breast cancer tumours
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Quebec [Canada], October 31 (ANI): By using a novel technique, researchers have found tiny and previously undetectable 'hot spots' of extremely high stiffness inside breast cancer tumours. A team of McGill University researchers has found these 'hot spots' inside aggressive and invasive brea
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New York State follows science in combating COVID-19: governor
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New York [US], October 30 (ANI/Xinhua): New York State has been doing what the scientists say to encounter the COVID-19 pandemic and the results are meeting expectations, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.
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Scientists develop brain-computer that allows patients with severe paralys
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): Researchers demonstrated the success of a fully implantable wireless medical device, the Stentrode, brain-computer interface (BCI), designed to allow patients with severe paralysis to resume daily tasks.
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New strategy for treating common retinal diseases shows promise
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): Scientists at Scripps Research have uncovered a potential new strategy for treating eye diseases that affect millions of people around the world, often resulting in blindness.
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Study shows how exercise stalls cancer growth through immune system
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Solna [Sweden], October 26 (ANI): A recent study suggested that people with cancer who exercise generally have a better prognosis than inactive patients. Now, scientists explain 'Why?'
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Scientists estimate risk of airborne COVID-19 with mask usage, social dist
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Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): Amid the rising cases of coronavirus across the world, scientists are estimating the risk of airborne COVID-19 after an individual abides with health norms including uses of the mask and maintaining social distance.
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Study reveals about 60 per cent cancer patients do not respond effectively
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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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Mapping fundamentals of how cells go awry is a way to prevent cancer
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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
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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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