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Long-studied protein could be a measure of traumatic brain injury
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 14 (ANI): Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research (WRAIR) have recently demonstrated that cathepsin B, a well-studied protein important to brain development and function, can be used as biomarker, or indicator of severity, for traumatic brain inj
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Study reveals good gut bacteria helps reduce the risk for heart disease
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ohio [USA], July 12 (ANI): One of the good bacteria found in the human gut which has a benefit that was unrecognized until now, has been discovered by scientists. The good bacteria has the potential to reduce the risk of heart disease.
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Study identifies new link between calcium, cardiolipin in heart defects
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 11 (ANI): Detection of Energy production in heart muscles result in a variety of cardiac diseases. A team of scientists has now discovered a new link between calcium, heart energy production, and cardiolipin, a type of fat. The discovery helps explain heart defect
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Two bizarre brown dwarfs found with citizen scientists' help
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 11 (ANI): With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered two highly unusual brown dwarfs and balls of gas that are not massive enough to power themselves the way stars do.
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Scientists trace origin of our teeth from most primitive jawed fish
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Stockholm [Sweden], July 10 (ANI): According to an International team of scientists, the origin of our teeth goes back more than 400 million years back in time, to the period when strange armoured fish first developed jaws and began to catch live prey.
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Scientists demonstrate salmonella biofilm protein that causes autoimmune r
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Washington D.C.[USA], July 10 (ANI): In breakthrough research, scientists have demonstrated that a Salmonella biofilm protein can cause autoimmune responses and arthritis in animals.
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Scientists discover protective Alzheimer's gene, develop rapid drug-testin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 10 (ANI): In breakthrough research, a gene has been discovered that can naturally suppress the signs of Alzheimer's disease in human brain cells. The scientists have also developed a new rapid drug-screening system for treatments that could potentially delay or prevent the
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How good gut bacteria help reduce the risk for heart disease
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ohio [USA], July 9 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that one of the good bacteria found in the human gut has a benefit that has remained unrecognized until now -- the potential to reduce the risk for heart disease.
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Study finds new link between calcium, cardiolipin in heart defects
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 8 (ANI): The heart needs the energy to pump blood. So, energy production defects in heart muscles result in a variety of cardiac diseases. In the light of the following information, scientists have now discovered a new link between calcium, heart energy production
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Stevioside can increase efficiency of cancer therapy using magnetic nanopa
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Mohali (Punjab) [India], July 4 (ANI): Stevioside (STE), isolated from the leaves of Honey yerba and widely used as the non-caloric natural sweeteners, can sweeten our lives in more ways than one, say scientists.
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Scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device
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Washington DC [USA], June 30 (ANI): The Southwest Research Institute scientists have increased the speed and accuracy of a laboratory-scale instrument for determining the age of planetary specimens onsite.
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Scientists explain about second-most distant quasar, black hole growth
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Often described as cosmic lighthouses, quasars are luminous beacons that can be observed at the outskirts of the universe, providing a rich topic of study for astronomers and cosmologists. Now scientists have announced the discovery of the second-most dis
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