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Tokyo Tech researchers develop the WalkMate System for improving the quality of life of Parkinson’s disease patients

Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers develop the WalkMate System for improving the quality of life of Parkinson’s disease patients. Tokyo Tech ‘s…

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Nutrients and Genes: WSU Study Links Plant Compounds to Cancer Spread

More than 40 plant-based compounds can turn on genes that slow the spread of cancer, according to a first-of-its-kind study by a Washington State University…

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Light From Self-Luminous Tablet Computers Can Affect Evening Melatonin, Delaying Sleep

A new study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that a two-hour exposure to electronic devices with self-luminous…

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New Gene Discovery Enhances Understanding of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

They have discovered an important gene that determines how vitamin B12 gets into cells. Their discovery enables the diagnosis and treatment of this rare…

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Targeted Oxidation-Blocker Mitigates TBI Secondary Damage

Annually, an estimated 1.7 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to traffic accidents, falls, assaults and sports participation, said…

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Anti-Clotting Drugs Show Similar Results in Heart Patients

The first trial to study patients with acute coronary syndrome who do not undergo coronary stenting or bypass surgery found no significant difference between…

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Unlocking Sleep Learning: New Insights from Recent Experiments

Sleep-learning experiments are notoriously difficult to conduct. For one thing, one must be sure that the subjects are actually asleep and stay that way during…

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Simplifying genetic codes to look back in time

Daisuke Kiga and co-workers at the Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology, together with researchers…

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Astrocytes Influence New Neuron Generation from Stem Cells

Astrocytes are cells that have many functions in the central nervous system, such as the control of neuronal synapses, blood flow, or the brain’s response to…

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Moffitt Expert Reviews Unique Adverse Events of New Melanoma Drug

Both drugs are anti-CTLA-antibodies with similar mechanisms of action, but manufactured by different companies. Ipilimumab is an immunoglobulin G1 with a…

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MMV’s New Framework for Assessing Antimalarial Resistance Risk

Resistance defines the longevity of every anti-infective drug, so it is important when developing new medicines for malaria, to check how easily promising…

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Many Options, Good Outcomes, for Early-Stage Follicular Lymphoma

The research underlines the fact that when cancer strikes, modern patients and their oncologists across the United States are taking many diverse treatment…

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New cancer therapy using ultra-violet C (UVC) pulse flash irradiation

Johbu Itoh at the Tokai University School of Medicine in Japan has developed a new and highly effective cancer therapy method where cancer cells are…

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Antibiotic Use in Infants Linked to Childhood Overweight Risks

The study found that on average, children exposed to antibiotics from birth to 5 months of age weighed more for their height than children who weren't exposed….

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Secondhand Smoke Weakens Cough Reflex in Children

New research from the Monell Center reveals that exposure to secondhand smoke decreases sensitivity to cough-eliciting respiratory irritants in otherwise…

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Smoking in Pregnancy Linked to Child Asthma Risk

“Epidemiological evidence suggests that exposure to maternal smoking during fetal andearly life increases the risk of childhood wheezing and asthma, but…

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