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Genetics
Study outlines an activity-regulated genetic program underlying the formation of synapses during development
Synapses are junctions via which neurons communicate with each other or with other types of cells. Synapses are formed throughout the course of a person's life, yet their strength and numbers change over time, a phenomenon ...
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Medications
Digital consultations found to improve the rate at which heart failure patients receive optimal medication
Patients with heart failure, a condition affecting more than 60 million worldwide, are four times more likely to receive the optimal combination of medications after 12 weeks of digital consultations. Researchers from five ...
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Medical research news
Single blood test predicts 30-year cardiovascular disease risks for women
Research supported by the National Institutes of Health has found that measuring two types of fat in the bloodstream along with C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, can predict a woman's risk for cardiovascular ...
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Novel low-dose 3-in-1 blood pressure pill significantly outperforms standard care, study shows
New research shows that a treatment plan based on a novel combination of low doses of three anti-hypertensive drugs in a single pill—known as GMRx2—was superior to a high-quality standard care treatment plan at lowering ...
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Researchers find 60% of infant and toddler foods sold in US do not meet desired nutritional standards
A team of public health specialists at the University of New South Wales's George Institute for Global Health, in Australia, has found that approximately 60% of premade infant and toddler foods sold in the U.S. do not meet ...
AI-based tongue imaging could help enable non-invasive detection of coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of illness-based death throughout the world. According to the World Health Organization, CAD causes 17.9 million deaths per year worldwide, nearly one-third of all illness-based ...
Neuron populations in the medial prefrontal cortex shown to code the learning of avoidant behaviors
Over the course of their lives, animals form associations between sensory stimuli and predicted threats or rewards. These associations can, in turn, shape the behaviors of animals, prompting them to engage in avoidant behaviors ...
Not just a 'bad guy': Researchers discover neuroprotective function of Tau protein
A study by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital, reveals that the protein Tau—a key player implicated in several ...
Aug 30, 2024
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Neuroscientists explore the intersection of music and memory
The soundtrack of this story begins with a vaguely recognizable and pleasant groove. But if I stop writing and just listen for a second, the music reveals itself completely. In Freddie Hubbard's comfortable, lilting trumpet ...
Aug 30, 2024
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Silicon exoskeletons for blood cells: Engineered blood cells successfully transfused between species
A study by an international research collaborative reports a stunning blood modification method that not only protects red blood cells for perfusion-based transplant organ cryostorage, but could make blood types cross-compatible ...
Scientists discover a new cardiovascular risk factor and identify a drug able to reduce its effects
To the known risk factors for cardiovascular disease—high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, overweight and obesity, smoking, and physical inactivity—a new one has to be added, clonal hematopoiesis. This condition ...
Aug 30, 2024
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Study shows how common genetic variants in Black Americans increase Alzheimer's risk
Columbia University researchers have discovered how variants of the ABCA7 gene, which are common among Black Americans, increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease. The paper is published in the journal Cell Genomics.
Aug 30, 2024
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Brain training: Study links cardiovascular fitness to brain health
The brain's white matter comprises areas of the central nervous system made up of myelinated axons. Its name is derived from the pale appearance of the lipids that comprise myelin. Myelin is a segmented sheath that insulates ...
Immunotherapy research offers new hope for children with primary liver carcinomas
Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and fibrolamellar carcinoma are rare, aggressive forms of liver cancer that typically affect adolescents and young adults. Although some immunotherapy drugs are approved by the Food ...
Aug 30, 2024
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Norovirus study shows how bile acids in breast milk affect newborn gut health
A University of Florida researcher has compiled the first-ever study that identifies the role of breast milk bile acids—a breakthrough that could help lessen the incidence of the deadly norovirus in infants, which claims ...
Aug 30, 2024
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Music study links dulled emotional reactions in anhedonia with prolonged activity of the brain's attentional networks
Anhedonia-related emotional blunting is linked with abnormally sustained activity in brain areas responsible for attention. Researchers at the Department of Neuroimaging at the IoPPN used music to study the relationship between ...
Aug 30, 2024
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New anti-cancer 'degrader' targets protein essential to infant leukemia
Scientists at Van Andel Institute and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a potent anti-cancer compound that inhibits cancer cell growth in a tough-to-treat type of infant leukemia. The findings are published ...
Aug 30, 2024
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Novel pathway could lead to potential treatment for metabolic liver disease
Research from the lab of Jason Kim, Ph.D., professor of molecular medicine and medicine, identified a novel pathway in the progression of metabolic liver disease that could be targeted for potential therapies.
Aug 30, 2024
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Study unveils novel treatment for blocking SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells
In light of the ongoing threat posed by new viruses following the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which led to the COVID-19 pandemic, new antiviral drugs continue to be developed ...
Aug 30, 2024
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Billions worldwide consume inadequate levels of micronutrients critical to human health, new study finds
More than half of the global population consumes inadequate levels of several micronutrients essential to health, including calcium, iron, and vitamins C and E, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan ...
Aug 29, 2024
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