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New mRNA vaccine is more effective, less costly to develop: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new type of mRNA vaccine is more scalable and adaptable to continuously evolving viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H5N1, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and the Pennsylvania State University.
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Indian-origin US student Sudiksha Konanki goes missing in Dominican Republ
Updated : 1 year ago IST
"The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) is actively assisting in the investigation of a missing college student on vacation in the Dominican Republic. Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old female from Chantilly and a student at the University of Pittsburgh, was reported missing on Thursday, Ma
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Herpes virus likely to have have connection with Alzheimer's: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The University of Pittsburgh researchers uncovered a surprising link between Alzheimer's disease and herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) which suggests that viral infections may play a role in the disease.
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Researchers discover potential new treatment for liver fibrosis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy provides light on the processes that contribute to liver fibrosis and proposes a unique therapy method for this prevalent and serious disorder.
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Consuming too much protein is risky for arteries, and this amino acid is t
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found a biological mechanism by which high-protein diets raise the risk of atherosclerosis. The results were published in Nature Metabolism.
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Study reveals child care centres unlikely source for COVID-19 transmission
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a study led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh paediatrician-scientists and published in JAMA Network Open, children in child care centres do not spread COVID-19 at significant rates to caretakers or other children at th
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New study explains why diabetic individuals' wounds heal slowly
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new Nano Today study headed by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC discovered that people with diabetes had faulty exosomes, which can cause inflammation and slow down wound healing. Exosomes are nanoparticles that transport signals between cells.
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Study sheds light on why diabetic patients' wounds heal so slowly
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A recent Nano Today study led by University of Pittsburgh and UPMC researchers found that diabetic individuals had faulty exosomes, which can lead to inflammation and impair wound healing. Exosomes are microscopic particles that shuttle signals between cells.
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BML Munjal University's School of Law Sets the Bar High with Global Collab
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], August 10: School of Law, BML Munjal University (BMU), a Hero Group Initiative, is taking legal education to new heights by forging significant collaborations with over five prestigious international universities namely; Syracuse University’s College of Law, the L
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Study reveals how skin cancer virus outcompetes DNA replication in host ce
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated for the first time how Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), which causes an aggressive skin cancer known as Merkel cell carcinoma, begins DNA replication in host cells
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New blood biomarker can predict if cognitively healthy elderly will develo
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Why do some people get Alzheimer's while others don't? Even more perplexing, why do many people with toxic amyloid aggregates in their brains--a clear marker of Alzheimer's brain pathology--never get Alzheimer's-related dementias?
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Study finds how eating lots of sugar can make inflammatory bowel disease w
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to a recent study from the University of Pittsburgh, in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), extra sugar inhibits cells that regenerate the colon's lining. The results, which were published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, may help to explain
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