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Macular degeneration : Eating leafy greens reduce your risk of developing AMD
A new study has shown that eating vegetable nitrates, found mainly in green leafy vegetables and beetroot, could help reduce your risk of developing...
Why among several forms of pancreatic cancer one of them specifically affects young women...
Among several forms of pancreatic cancer, one of them specifically affects women, often young.
How is this possible, even though the pancreas is an organ...
Adding highly refined fiber to processed foods could have negative effects on human health
Adding highly refined fiber to processed foods could have negative effects on human health, such as promoting liver cancer, according to a new study...
A single gene from the mother plays such a crucial role in the development...
A single gene from the mother plays such a crucial role in the development of the placenta that its dysfunction leads to miscarriages.
Researchers from...
Leonardo da Vinci may have had an eye condition that gave him an unusual...
Leonardo da Vinci may have had an eye condition that gave him an unusual ability to recreate three-dimensional shapes in his sculptures and paintings,...
Discovered a gene that plays an essential role in noise-induced deafness
In experiments using mice, a team of UC San Francisco researchers has discovered a gene that plays an essential role in noise-induced deafness.
Remarkably, by...
A new triple-combination drug treatment being trialled at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane could...
A new triple-combination drug treatment being trialled at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane could increase the life expectancy of patients with cystic fibrosis.
Mater Research...
Report : Video showing what can happen to an airplane when it collides with...
A team at the University of Dayton Research Institute has created a video showing what can happen to an airplane when it collides with...
Europe’s first 3D printer designed for use in weightlessness
Europe's first 3D printer designed for use in weightlessness, printing aerospace-quality plastics, has won the prestigious Aerospace Applications Award from design-to-manufacturing specialist TCT Magazine.
ESA's...
PolyU developed AI fabric defect detection system for quality control (QC) in textile industry
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) recently developed an intelligent fabric defect detection system, called "WiseEye", which leverages advanced technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
Young adults with exposure to THC during adolescence have alterations in the structure of...
Young adults with exposure to THC (the psychoactive component of cannabis) during adolescence have alterations in the structure of neurons and gene expression within...
Lassa virus in Nigeria : Rapid genomic sequencing enabled real-time response to 2018 outbreak
Mounting a collaborative, real-time response to a Lassa fever outbreak in early 2018, doctors and scientists in Nigeria teamed up with researchers at Broad...
Research team has discovered a new genetic cause for a severe childhood epilepsy syndrome
A large international research team has discovered a new genetic cause for a severe, difficult-to-treat childhood epilepsy syndrome.
Spontaneous mutations in one gene disrupt the...
Near infrared spectroscopy probe for evaluation of articular cartilage and subchondral bone structure and...
Osteoarthritis is a disabling disease characterised by joint pain and restricted mobility, affecting especially the elderly.
The disease generally progresses slowly, even over decades.
Post-traumatic osteoarthritis,...
The world’s first functional oesophagus engineered from stem cells has been grown and successfully...
The world's first functional oesophagus engineered from stem cells has been grown and successfully transplanted into mice, as part of a pioneering new study...
