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New Mapping Method Enhances Malaria Transmission Insights

“Temperature is a key driver of several of the essential mosquito and parasite life history traits that combine to determine transmission intensity, including…

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Ectoine: Natural Compound Eases Lung Inflammation Struggles

From earlier studies it was known that Ectoin has the potential to prevent the induction of lung inflammation. In the recent issue of the European Respiratory…

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Resistant Starch Diet: A Natural Defense Against Colorectal Cancer

As unlovely as that seems, once in the bowel this resistant starch does some important things, including decreasing bowel pH and transit time, and increasing…

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New IL-1 Inhibitor Protein for Treating Dry Eye Disease

Eleven Biotherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company creating novel and differentiated protein-based biotherapeutics, has published preclinical data in…

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Bone Marrow Cells Aid Bladder Regeneration, Study Finds

The Northwestern Medicine® research, which will be published February 18 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by lead author Arun K. Sharma,…

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Innovative Sinusitis Solution from Marine Bacterium Enzyme

They are using an enzyme isolated from a marine bacterium Bacillus licheniformis found on the surface of seaweed which the scientists at Newcastle University…

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New Study Reveals Infant Brain Blood Flow Differences

A new study by Columbia Engineering researchers finds that the infant brain does not control its blood flow in the same way as the adult brain. The paper,…

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Cheese Contaminants: EU Sets Limits Exceeded by Some Samples

The concentration of organochloride contaminants in the majority of the samples was lower than levels set by European legislation, but in a few cases it was…

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Weight-Loss Surgery Criteria: Insights from Swedish Study

This is shown by the Swedish Obese Subjects study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, involving 104 patients who were…

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Gut Bacteria’s Role in Cholesterol Metabolism Revealed

It is well established that cholesterol is the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Cholesterol – which is mainly synthesized in the body but also…

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Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Find Potential New Therapeutic Target for Treating Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The study appeared in the Feb. 13 online issue of Oncogene. The IKBKE gene is part of a family of enzyme complexes involved in increasing cellular…

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Researchers discover breakthrough in ovarian cancer

Researchers at The University of Arizona Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix have discovered that many women with low-grade…

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New Methodology Improves Pandemic Prediction Accuracy

EcoHealth Alliance, the nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, announced new research focused on the rapid…

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Building Healthy Bones: The Gut Connection Revealed

Interestingly, the same can’t be said for female mice, the researchers report in the Journal of Cellular Physiology.“We know that inflammation in the gut can…

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Selumetinib: A Breakthrough in Advanced Thyroid Cancer Treatment

The experimental drug selumetinib may allow some patients with advanced thyroid cancer to overcome resistance to radioiodine (RAI), the most effective therapy…

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Gut Microbes Influence Severity of Melamine Kidney Disease

In 2008, nearly 300,000 Chinese children were hospitalised with kidney disease brought on by supplies of powdered milk deliberately contaminated with melamine…

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