A new study shows how the global economy could claw back billions of dollars lost each year due to workplace injuries and illness. A new study shows how the global economy could claw back billions of dollars lost each year due to workplace injuries and illness. A new study shows how the global economy could claw …
A promising therapy that treats blood cancers by harnessing the power of the immune system to target and destroy cancer cells could now treat solid tumors more efficiently. A promising therapy that treats blood cancers by harnessing the power of the immune system to target and destroy cancer cells could now treat solid tumors more …
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A class of proteins that regulates cell repair and enhances cell growth-signaling systems could be a promising new target for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, according to a new study. They found that disrupting necessary sugar modifications of these proteins promotes cell repair and reverses cellular abnormalities that occur in neurodegenerative diseases. …
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Randomized controlled trials, or RCTs, are believed to be the best way to study the safety and efficacy of new treatments in clinical research. However, a recent study found that people of color and white women are significantly underrepresented in RCTs due to systematic biases. Randomized controlled trials, or RCTs, are believed to be the …
Scientists have identified a gene which, when missing or impaired, can cause obesity, behavioural problems and, in mothers, postnatal depression. The discovery, reported today in Cell, may have wider implications for the treatment of postnatal depression, with a study in mice suggesting that oxytocin may alleviate symptoms. Scientists have identified a gene which, when missing …
A major challenge in developing a vaccine for HIV is that the virus mutates fast — very fast. Although a person initially becomes infected with one or a few HIV strains, the virus replicates and mutates quickly, resulting in a ‘swarm’ of viral strains existing in a single body. A major challenge in developing a …
With a single leap from tabletop to the microscale, engineers have produced the world’s first practical Titanium-sapphire laser on a chip, democratizing a once-exclusive technology. With a single leap from tabletop to the microscale, engineers have produced the world’s first practical Titanium-sapphire laser on a chip, democratizing a once-exclusive technology. With a single leap from tabletop …
Researchers have figured out how to turn ordinary white fat cells, which store calories, into beige fat cells that burn calories to maintain body temperature. Researchers have figured out how to turn ordinary white fat cells, which store calories, into beige fat cells that burn calories to maintain body temperature. Researchers have figured out how to …
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A 1.8-millimetre-wide silicon chip with over 1000 components could help quantum devices communicate without the need for wires or specialised fridges A 1.8-millimetre-wide silicon chip with over 1000 components could help quantum devices communicate without the need for wires or specialised fridges A 1.8-millimetre-wide silicon chip with over 1000 components could help quantum devices communicate without …
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Many dams in the US were designed decades ago using estimates of precipitation based on outdated science – and that makes them more vulnerable to warming-driven extreme weather Many dams in the US were designed decades ago using estimates of precipitation based on outdated science – and that makes them more vulnerable to warming-driven extreme …
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