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Study sheds light on new clues into a serious neurodegenerative disease
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Dementia encompasses a range of neurodegenerative conditions that lead to memory loss and cognitive deficiencies and affect some 55 million people worldwide. Yet despite its prevalence, there are few effective treatments, in part because scientists still don't understand how exactly dementia
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New drug to fight complicated UTIs found effective
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
An international study led by a Rutgers scientist comparing new and older treatments against complicated urinary tract infections has found a new drug combination to be more effective, especially against stubborn, drug-resistant infections.
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Study: Gel-like, radioactive tumour implant obliterates pancreatic cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): Biomedical engineers have demonstrated the most effective treatment for pancreatic cancer in mouse models ever recorded. While most mouse trials consider simply halting growth a success, the new treatment completely eliminated tumors in 80% of mice across s
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Findings create new model for investigating diseases related to circadian
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Research into genetic mutations that affect circadian rhythms offers new insight into the rest-wake cycle and provides a new model for investigating human disease and ultimately developing medical treatments.
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Researchers discover amygdale in brain is reason behind overeating
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 20 (ANI): Fear is controlled by the amygdala, a part of the brain. Researchers have shown that the amygdala is also responsible for overeating. Professor Bo Li of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) uncovered a set of neurons in the amygdala that causes mice to devour
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Odisha mandates cancer as "Reportable Disease"
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 20 (ANI): The Odisha Government has declared disease cancer as a "Reportable Disease", thus making mandatory reporting of all cases by all hospitals, clinical and radiological Labs and any other healthcare institutions providing related diagnostic treatm
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Study reveals how stress response in cells can slow down ageing, promote l
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Singapore, October 19 (ANI): Researchers discovered that turning on stress response in cells at a post-reproductive age could be the key to slowing ageing and promoting longevity.
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Exercise enhances cardiorespiratory fitness during and after treatment: St
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): According to research published in JACC: CardioOncology, physical activity intervention during chemotherapy is safe, it increases long-term cardiorespiratory fitness, and alleviates some of the side effects of cancer treatment. If exercise is not possible d
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Researchers develop novel antibiotic cement to treat bone infections
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Each year, 700,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance. A growing global population, unfortunately, generates a growing resistance to established antibiotic treatments, a threat that has been met with insufficient funding and dwindling inspiration, as c
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Study: New findings on how serotonin controls behaviour
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 14 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly accelerated a trend that has seen rising rates of anxiety and depression for many years. Frank Schroeder of the Boyce Thompson Institute's latest research could eventually result in novel treatments that could lessen th
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Study reveals how serotonin helps to improve mental health
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Ithaca (New York) [US], October 14 (ANI): Anxiety and depression have been rising globally for decades, a tendency that has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent study revealed how researchers found new treatments to help alleviate this worldwide mental health burden.
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Researchers find about protein partners that might repair cardiac muscle
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], October 9 (ANI): Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have made important strides in the exciting fields of cellular reprogramming and organ regeneration, and their findings could have a substantial impact on the development of future treatments for broken hearts.
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