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Inhaling Microbes: NYC Subway’s Hidden Microbial Landscape

This research, published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, establishes an important baseline, should it become necessary to…

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Air Pollution’s Impact on Arterial Health: Key Findings

Sara Adar, the John Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the U-M School of Public Health, and Joel Kaufman, professor of environmental and…

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“Love handles” melt away at the push of a button

Researchers at the University of Bonn have now gotten a step closer to this goal: They decoded a “toggle switch” in mice which can significantly stimulate fat…

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ALS Trial Confirms Safety of Novel Therapy for Patients

The researchers have shown that the therapy produced no serious side effects in patients with the disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)….

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Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibition: New Therapy for Cardiometabolic Syndrome

Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of California at Davis, led by Dr. John Imig and Dr. Bruce Hammock have determined the…

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“Lazy eye” disorder – a promising new therapeutic approach

By distributing information between the two eyes in a complementary fashion, the video game trains both eyes to work together, which is counter to previous…

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Deficiency in p53 Anti-Tumor Protein Delays DNA Repair after Radiation, Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Say

According to the researchers, p53 is highly inducible by radiation. Activation of p53 stabilizes chromosomes by promoting the repair of heterochromatin DNA,…

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Brain Atrophy Linked to Multiple Sclerosis: Key Insights

MS develops as the body's immune system attacks and damages myelin, the protective layer of fatty tissue that surrounds nerve cells within the brain and spinal…

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Using nitrous oxide for anesthesia doesn't increase — and may decrease — complications and death

Giving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery doesn't increase the rate of complications and death—and might even decrease the risk…

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Asthma Care Declines After 18: Study Reveals Key Insights

In what may be the first study to measure health care utilization patterns among young adults with chronic health problems—in this case asthma—a team of…

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Exploring Molecular Insights: Desai and Campbell’s Latest Research

Ludwig researchers Arshad Desai and Christopher Campbell, a post-doctoral fellow in his laboratory, were conducting an experiment to parse the molecular…

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Cigarette Use Linked to Higher Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital analysed data from the Swedish Mammography Cohort, which included 34,000 women…

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Combating H7N9: Using Lessons Learned from APEIR’s Studies on H5N1

The recent human cases of H7N9 avian influenza demonstrate the importance of adopting the lessons learned from H5N1 avian influenza. Studies on this disease…

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Cold-Blooded Research: Enhancing Cryotherapy Techniques

The goal of the scientific work is to judge whether this type of cryotherapy can be improved when using parallel simultaneous invasive resuscitation…

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Drug Reduces Radiation Damage in Cancer Patients’ Lungs and Heart

Common cancers such as breast, oesophagus, lung, and Hodgkin's lymphoma are frequently treated with radiotherapy, but the radiation dose that can be given…

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How Social Stress Affects Brain Health and Depression

Depression is the leading cause of disability with more than 350 million people globally affected by this disease. In addition to debilitating consequences on…

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