When faced with a potential threat, mice often freeze in place. Moreover, when two animals are together, they typically freeze at the same time, matching each other’s periods of immobility.
In a new study, researchers found that coordination…
Category: 5. Health
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Targeted new approach to treat pancreatic cancer
Researchers at City of Hope®, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S. with its National Medical Center named top 5 in the nation for cancer by U.S. News & World Report, have identified a new…
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Mimicking embryonic growth to break barriers in organoid research
Organoids are made to model human organs and are promising for research and therapy, but there are limitations in their growth and function. A recent study by researchers at The University of Tokyo found that placenta-derived IL1α under hypoxic…
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Researchers discover natural compound may slow ALS and dementia
A natural compound found in everyday fruits and vegetables may hold the key to protecting nerve cells — and it’s showing promise as a potential treatment for ALS and dementia, according to new research from the University of Missouri.
“It’s…
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Long-term health impacts of flooding revealed
The world’s largest and most comprehensive study of the long-term health impacts of flooding — via analysis of over 300 million hospitalizations records in eight countries prone to flooding events — has found an increased risk of 26 per cent of…
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CVD and obesity: When protective lipids decline, health risks increase
New research from Weill Cornell Medicine has uncovered a surprising culprit underlying cardiovascular diseases in obesity and diabetes — not the presence of certain fats, but their suppression. The study, published Feb. 25 in Nature…
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Smoke from US wildfires, prescribed burns caused premature deaths, billions in health damages
Since the end of the 20th century, air pollution from most U.S. sources has decreased, but emissions from wildland fires have risen. In a new study, researchers estimated that smoke from wildfires and prescribed burns caused $200 billion in…
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Stronger coffee with fewer coffee beans
Tens of billions of kilograms of coffee are consumed around the world each year. However, due to its very specific agricultural needs, coffee can be difficult to cultivate, and ongoing climate change threatens its growth.
To efficiently meet the…
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Groundbreaking study reveals changes in brain cell composition and gene activity in Tourette syndrome
In the first comprehensive, cell-by-cell analysis of brain tissue from individuals with Tourette syndrome, researchers have pinpointed exactly which cells are perturbed and how they malfunction, revealing how different types of brain cells are…
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ALS drug effectively treats Alzheimer’s disease in new animal study
Experimental drug NU-9 — a small molecule compound approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical trials for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — improves neuron health in animal models of Alzheimer’s…
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