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New mechanism involved in learning and memory discovered by scientists
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 10 (ANI): FMRP, a protein whose loss caused fragile X syndrome, intellectual disability, and some forms of autism, has been shown to play a key role in brain functions. It includes basic understanding about learning and memory. It helps to regulate synaptic connection
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Context-dependent behaviour makes cooperation flourish, says study
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Pennsylvania [US], February 10 (ANI): It is not uncommon to see a person who is generous and caring at home, be cutthroat at work, striving to bring in the most sales or advance up a corporate management chain. In a similar vein, a self-centred neighbour may be a model of altruism on Twitter
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Loneliness widespread at problematic levels in many countries, says study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], February 10 (ANI): No matter how many times it has been said, it is an undeniable fact that the COVID-19 pandemic was one that spiralled out of control and brought about not only loss of loved ones, but also an increase in loneliness amongst other things. A recent analysis found
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Medical students studying in China University seeks physical training in I
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New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre and National Medical Council NMC) on a plea moved by students seeking directions to NMC to allow physical training in India of Indian students studying medicine in China, who are stuck in their
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Babies in trailers exposed to higher levels of pollutants than parents: St
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Surrey [England], February 10 (ANI): Could anyone fathom that an innocent activity like taking one's infant in a bicycle trailer can expose it to pollutants? According to research from the University of Surrey, babies and children sitting in bicycle trailers breathed in more polluted air tha
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Ebola virus hides in brain even after years of treatment? Study reveals sh
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Maryland [US], February 10 (ANI): Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates. People can get EVD through direct contact with an infected animal (bat or nonhuman primate) or a sick or dead person infected with the Ebola virus. In a ground-breaking s
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65 per cent of people with hybrid immunity neutralised Omicron variant of
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], February 10 (ANI): Hybrid immunity is effective in preventing the spread of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, reveals the study conducted by Dr Padmanabha Shenoy, a rheumatologist and medical director at CARE Hospital in Kochi.
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Where mental health help is scarce, telehealth comes to the rescue: Study
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Michigan [US], February 9 (ANI): Mental health has been a taboo for as long as one can remember. It is only recently that people not only acknowledged mental health issues but also sought treatment for them.
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Changing diet could add up to a decade of life expectancy, says study
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Bergen [Norway], February 9 (ANI): Our elders unsurprisingly lived up to eighty years and more, even without much medication or hospitalisation, while the youth nowadays grapple with heart diseases, diabetes, obesity, blood pressure and whatnot. But, according to a new study, a young adult c
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Study finds how liver and immune cells communicate while fasting
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], February 9 (ANI): People often fast for losing weight. Sometimes they do it for better digestion. Previous studies have shown how fasting can influence the immune system to improve different chronic inflammatory conditions, but little is known about how immune responses mig
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Researchers restore function in gene that suppresses liver cancer, enhance
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Boston [US], February 9 (ANI): Scientists and researchers never fail to amaze us with their dedication to making breakthrough discoveries that can save life even from life-threatening diseases. In a recent study, a team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and
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Old drug may protect against COVID-19 lung injury, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 9 (ANI): Lung infection and lung injury was the cause for many deaths in the second wave of COVID-19. Doctors everywhere tried their best to find a drug that cured the lung infection. Now, a new preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cold Spr
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