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Study reveals how high-sugar diets can worsen inflammatory bowel disease
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh, excess sugar inhibits cells that regenerate the colon's lining in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Study: Schizophrenia patients' symptoms grow by disrupted sleep, wakefulne
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and those from Italy described common patterns of sleep disturbances and irregularities in daily rhythms of rest and activity across patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, or SSD, in a paper that was just published in Molecular Psychiatry
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Study suggests to new way to treat chronic transplant rejection
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In a mouse model of kidney transplantation, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh discovered a type of immune cell that drives chronic organ transplant failure and discovered pathways that could be therapeutically targeted to enhance patient outcomes. The findings were reported in
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Study: Hampered rhythms of rest add up to symptoms of schizophrenia spectr
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Italy revealed common patterns of sleep disorders and anomalies in daily cycles of rest and activity in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, or SSD.
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Study: Disrupted rhythms of rest contribute to symptoms of schizophrenia s
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and those from Italy discovered common patterns of sleep abnormalities and irregularities in daily rhythms of rest and activity across patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, or SSD.
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New biomarker test can identify Alzheimer's neurodegeneration in blood: St
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team of neuroscientists led by a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researcher developed a blood test to detect a new marker of Alzheimer's disease neurodegeneration.
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Research: Innovative cancer chemoimmunotherapy provided by novel nanoparti
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have designed cancer-fighting nanoparticles that co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and a novel immunotherapy.
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Study explains why adults' hearts don't regenerate
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As heart cells mature in mice, the number of communication pathways called nuclear pores dramatically decreases, according to new research from University of Pittsburgh and UPMC scientists. While this might protect the organ from damaging signals, it could also prevent adult heart cells from
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Study finds how words and face recognition can be adequately supported wit
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The findings, published by University of Pittsburgh researchers today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is the first-ever attempt to characterize neuroplasticity in humans and understand whether a single brain hemisphere can perform functions typically split betw
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Researchers give new insights into genetic causes of high cholesterol
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): A new research led by geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health in collaboration with several other organisations, including the University of Otago and the Samoan health research community, the discovery of a genetic variant that
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Research: New insights into genetic causes of high cholesterol
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) [US], October 21 (ANI): According to new research led by geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health in collaboration with several other organisations, including the University of Otago and the Samoan health research community, the discovery
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Scientists explain how virus that affects cat kidneys could also affect hu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) [US], October 19 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research reverse-engineered an elusive virus linked to chronic kidney disease in cats and described its mode of infection, outlining its potential to infect humans, in a study t
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