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A broad-spectrum synthetic antibiotic that does not evoke bacterial resistance
In a potential game changer for the treatment of superbugs, researchers have developed a new class of antibiotics that cured mice infected with bacteria deemed nearly "untreatable" in humans—and resistance to the drug was ...
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More than a thousand studies on coronaviruses summarized by researchers
Researchers at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) have processed the scientific findings on COVID-19 disease severity, which reveal the risk factors and possible causes of the differential course of the disease. Their study ...
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Study shows that COVID-19 virus can be detected in tears sampled by ocular swab
Research led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has found that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can be detected in tears collected by swabbing. A swab is an absorbent cotton pad on a flexible ...
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An allergy drug showed promise for MS, but could they prove it?
What if an over-the-counter allergy medicine could help halt and even reverse multiple sclerosis? And if it did, could patients return to their full capacity? Those were some of the questions first posed in 2013 after a landmark ...
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A short-term birth control pill for men? Mouse study hints its possible
A guy pops a little pill just before he expects to get frisky with his girlfriend.
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More than 100 years after the first TB vaccine, why are we still waiting for a second?
It has been more than 100 years since the first and only tuberculosis (TB) vaccine—the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine—was used for the first time medically in 1921. With an estimated 1.6 million people dying ...
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Aircraft noise exposure increases damage from myocardial infarction, finds study
Traffic noise may play an essential role in the development and deterioration of ischemic heart disease. Researchers from the Cardiology Department at the University Medical Center Mainz have now discovered that noise exposure ...
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Novel technique distinguishes between types of oral bone lesion based on MRI scan image texture
Ameloblastomas and odontogenic keratocysts are benign lesions of the maxillo-mandibular region with different biological characteristics. The former are often aggressive, forming a large tumor and growing into the jawbone.
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Scientists develop mouse model to study mpox virulence
Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have removed a major roadblock to better understanding of mpox (formerly, monkeypox). They developed ...
Feb 15, 2023
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A way of life that keeps cells young in one region of Costa Rica
In Nicoya, Costa Rica, where average incomes are among the nation's lowest, the average life span is 85—among the world's highest. By comparison, a person in the United States can reasonably expect to live to just 77, according ...
Feb 15, 2023
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Pungent ginger compound puts immune cells on heightened alert
Ginger has a reputation for stimulating the immune system. New results from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) now support this thesis. In laboratory tests, ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Night work may increase the risk of aggressive prostate cancer in offshore petroleum workers
Many employees in the offshore sector work night shifts. This may make them more susceptible to aggressive prostate cancer than if they only worked during the day.
Feb 14, 2023
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Researchers identify compounds that could lead to an on-demand, short-term contraceptive for men
In a mouse study, researchers have identified a potential non-hormonal contraceptive that men could take shortly before sexual activity and have fertility restored the next day.
Feb 14, 2023
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Advantages and challenges of anti-COVID nasal vaccination: The promises of a French approach
Contrary to the widely shared popular belief, the primary purpose of current vaccines against COVID-19 is solely to protect against serious forms of the disease in order to prevent the risk of hospitalizations and death… ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Conundrum solved over HPV link with head and neck cancer
A major international trial published in The Lancet Oncology has looked at studies from 13 head and neck cancer centers from nine countries around the world. Using the data of 7,895 patients, a research team has found that ...
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Research reveals why cancers stop responding to kinase-blocking drugs and come back stronger
More than 70 FDA-approved cancer drugs are kinase inhibitors, which work by blocking kinases—enzymes that add phosphate groups to molecules in the cell—and preventing the chemical activity necessary for signaling and ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Tracking down leaks in the blood-brain barrier
In epilepsy research, it has long been assumed that a leaky blood-brain barrier is a cause of inflammation in the brain. Using a novel method, researchers from Bonn University Hospital (UKB) and the University of Bonn have ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Certain environmental pollutants associated with an increased risk of developing COVID-19
High levels of certain chemical pollutants in the blood are associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease, according to a study conducted by the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Extracts from two wild plants inhibit COVID-19 virus, study finds
Two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect living cells, an Emory University study finds. Scientific Reports published the results—the first major screening ...
Feb 10, 2023
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Falling PSA levels found to predict longer survival in prostate cancer patients at high risk of metastases
Declines in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level after treatment with the next-generation androgen receptor inhibitor drug enzalutamide predict improved survival rates in men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate ...
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