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Social media data can provide a population-level view of physical activity, from bowling to Crossfit, and inform future efforts to tackle health disparities Social media data can provide a population-level view of physical activity,…
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Previously, decline wasn't evidenced until people reached their 50s A gene linked to Alzheimer's Disease may impact cognitive health much sooner than previously realized. The APOE gene creates a protein, apolipoprotein E, which packages…
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(SACRAMENTO) -- UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center and Department of Public Health Sciences has received $6 million to participate in a landmark study that will see if multiple changes in lifestyle can protect against changes in…
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'Embarrassing' or stigmatized cancers like lung and liver are underfundedCredit: Northwestern University Poorly funded cancers: colon, endometrial, liver and bile duct, cervical, ovarian, pancreatic and lung Well-funded cancers:…
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First in series, 'Aging Mechanisms and Interventions that Impact Senior Health', organized by the Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging and Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership (MMAAP) FoundationCredit:…
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Findings in Developmental Cell show that expression of an early developmental gene prevents the immune system from identifying and attacking cancer cells SEATTLE -- July 18, 2019 -- A team at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has…
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Study reports pre-clinical development of novel treatment and potential for combination use with immunotherapy drugsCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered how…
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In a first of its kind study, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute evaluated the language use of black mothers in comparison with white mothers with the same…
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Expression of AEBP1 correlates with severity of liver fibrosis; may provide therapeutic target PHOENIX, Ariz. -- July 18, 2019 -- Researchers have found that a gene known as AEBP1 may play a central role in the development, severity and…
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The new study identifies patterns of DNA methylation associated with breast cancer subtypes and response to docetaxel using PDX modelsCredit: Eva González-Suárez Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute…
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Researchers discover endometrial receptor that can recognize sperm moleculeCredit: (c) American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Why does it take 200 million sperm to fertilize a single egg? One reason is that…
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Credit: Longji Cui, Nanomechanics and Nanoscale Transport Labs, Michigan Engineering ANN ARBOR--Heat transfer through a single molecule has been measured for the first time by an international team of researchers led by the University…
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Neural mechanisms could inspire designs for new skylight-based navigation tools for robotsCredit: Christian Lischka, unsplash. A computational simulation suggests that insects may be capable of using the properties of light from the sky to…
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Credit: Mariana Lourenço Freire Accurate and timely diagnosis of the tropic disease visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the pillars for reducing VL deaths. Currently available serological tests for diagnosing VL vary widely in their…
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