Engineering researchers at Monash University have found new evidence that special cells involved in tissue repair can be "tuned" to take on different types of repair and regeneration work in the body by modifying the physical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 18, 2023
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Some cells in the human body can generate hypochlorite—the same chemical used to kill bacteria and viruses in household bleach.
Biochemistry
Jun 27, 2023
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Harvard University researchers have improved a gene editing process for studying and treating genetic disorders. The prime editing method is effective in human cells, targeting single nucleotide variants with the ability ...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Lead and Copper Drinking Water Rule Revision (LCRR) costs $335 million to implement while generating $9 billion in health benefits annually—far exceeding the EPA's public statements ...
Environment
May 11, 2023
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A new model suggests that a protein involved in the generation of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) works differently than previously thought.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 16, 2022
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A new study finds that over the last 30 years, Brazil has undergone a nutrition transition toward a diet higher in ultra-processed foods, and that of food types consumed, these have been the largest contributor to worsening ...
Environment
Nov 11, 2021
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An associate professor from Michigan State University has helped invent a potential treatment for coronary artery disease—a sub-microscopic scouring process he likens to "taking out the garbage."
Bio & Medicine
Feb 12, 2020
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Heart disease and stroke are the world's two most deadly diseases, causing over 15 million deaths in 2016 according to the World Health Organization. A key underlying factor in both of these global health crises is the common ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 9, 2019
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A new imaging technique developed by Biwei Yin and interdisciplinary researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in the U.S., provides resolution at the subcellular-level to image the heart's ...
As it becomes more common for women to be the breadwinner of their family, men's health may be affected depending on their views on gender ideology, according to Penn State researchers.
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2019
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