The lone star tick, seen here in a vial, can transmit alpha-gal sugar and thus alpha-gal syndrome. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
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Category: 5. Health
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Just How Different Are Women’s And Men’s Brains? It’s Complicated
How many times have we heard the argument repeated, that women and men are different because our brains are different? Smaller or larger brain areas associated with certain behaviors, the argument commonly goes, puts the sexes at odds on…
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One protein may hold the key to fixing leukemia treatment failure
Researchers at Rutgers Health and collaborating institutions have uncovered why a widely used leukemia medication eventually stops helping most patients and have also identified a possible strategy to reverse this resistance.
The team pinpointed…
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A tiny enzyme may hold the key to safer pain relief
Researchers at Tulane University, working with teams from eight additional institutions, have identified a previously unknown way that nerve cells send messages. This discovery could change how scientists understand pain and may guide the…
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Scientists capture stunning real-time images of DNA damage and repair
Cancer biology, drug safety studies and aging research may all benefit from a fluorescent sensor created at Utrecht University. The new technology gives scientists the ability to watch DNA damage and repair unfold inside living cells in real…
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Boosting one protein helps the brain protect itself from Alzheimer’s
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a natural process in the brain that can remove existing amyloid plaques in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease while also helping preserve memory and thinking ability. This process relies…
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NIH Under Trump Just Made It Easier To Terminate Grant Funding
A new NIH announcement includes updated Terms and Conditions to grant awards that can make it even easier to terminate such grants. (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hidden microglia switch helps protect the brain from Alzheimer’s
Working with Alzheimer’s mouse models, human cells, and donated human brain tissue, researchers found that reducing levels of a molecule called PU.1 can shift microglia into a more protective mode. Microglia are immune cells that live in the…
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Reminders Of What Our Losses From CDC And USAID Mean
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ASTMH Tropical Medicine Meeting
The recent meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene was a reminder of how global funding cuts and this year’s changes in priorities have undermined public health and…
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New nasal nanodrops wipe out brain tumors in mice
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, working with scientists at Northwestern University, have created a noninvasive strategy to treat one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer. Their method…
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