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Mere sight of meal triggers an inflammatory response in brain
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): Even before carbohydrates reach the bloodstream, the very sight and smell of a meal trigger the release of insulin. For the first time, researchers have shown that this insulin release depends on a short-term inflammatory response that takes place in these circ
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Do you know what your dogs think of toys? Scientists are here with the new
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], June 13 (ANI): Researchers from the Family Dog Project (Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest) found out in a recent study that dogs have a "multi-modal mental image" of their familiar objects. This means that when thinking about an object, dogs imagine the object's differen
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Delhi: Human body parts stuffed in a bag found, case registered
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Delhi police on Sunday found human body parts stuffed in a bag in Kalyanpuri's Ramlila ground near Pandav Nagar Police Station (PS). While patrolling in the area police personnel noticed a foul smell coming from the bag found in the bushes of Ramlila ground.
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Nayra-- Colour Changing Flower Reed Diffuser Company India
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 25 (ANI/PNN): It's natural for you to crave for the most appropriate household ambience. Aroma diffusers yield a great option that fits in with every modern family. And no wonder why you are not an exception! The well-being of your entire family rests on a few health
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Researchers shed light on how cancer treatment affects nutrition
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 9 (ANI): Individuals living with cancer often experience nutrition-related side effects from cancer treatment, including changes in taste and smell, nausea, diarrhoea, loss of appetite and pain during eating, according to a recent study.
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Study finds how cancer treatment affects nutrition
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 5 (ANI): Researchers have found that individuals living with cancer often experience nutrition-related side effects from cancer treatment, including changes in taste and smell, nausea, diarrhoea, loss of appetite and pain during eating.
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Study finds gene that allows to feel touch plays role in sense of smell
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Texas [US], March 5 (ANI): Researchers from SMU (Southern Methodist University) have determined that a gene linked to feeling touch may moonlight as an olfactory gene.
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Gene that allows humans to feel touch plays role in sense of smell: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Texas [US], February 28 (ANI): The gene that makes us get drawn to the wonderful smell of rose is also responsible for the sense of prick we feel when we accidentally touch the thorns. Researchers from SMU (Southern Methodist University) have determined that a gene linked to feeling touch ma
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Prevalence of COVID-19 taste loss estimated by researchers
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], February 17 (ANI): One of the most common symptoms of COVID-19 is definitely loss of smell and taste. Reports of taste loss have been on the rise over the last two years. The taste dysfunction comes in different forms, including ageusia (total taste loss), hypogeusia (part
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Humanity's experiments with mock meats
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Mock meat, a segment of products that taste, smell and feel very close to their animal counterpart, has become widely popular among people. Millions of dollars are being spent on advertising campaigns to convince us that it is good for us (our health) and
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IRIS Home Fragrance features in the Fragrance Music of the year
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 13 (ANI/GIPR): IRIS Home Fragrances, the spatial home fragrance brand has come together with Alive India in a music video that ties the sense of smell and music together.
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SARS-CoV-2 protein interacts with Parkinson's protein, promotes amyloid fo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 17 (ANI): A team of researchers have found that the SARS-CoV-2 N-protein interacts with a neuronal protein called a-synuclein and speeds the formation of amyloid fibrils, pathological protein bundles that have been implicated in Parkinson's disease.
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