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- New eye drops may prevent a common cause of blindness
- Microbiome confers resistance to cholera
- Artificial intelligence identifies, locates seizures in real-time
- The gut shields the liver from fructose-induced damage
- Excessive sugar intake linked with unhealthy fat deposits
- Declining eyesight improved by looking at deep red light
- Ladder falls have long-lasting consequences for older men
- Quantum physics provides a way to hide ignorance
- Study finds exercise increases benefits of breast milk for babies
- Bioengineered uteri support pregnancy
- Air pollution's connection to infant mortality
- Producing a gaseous messenger molecule inside the body, on demand
- Why some words may be more memorable than others
- Laser-welded sugar: Sweet way to 3D-print blood vessels
- Wearable-tech glove translates sign language into speech in real time
- Engineers use 'DNA origami' to identify vaccine design rules
- Even minor heart defects are associated with long-term problems in adulthood
- Responses to cyberbullying
- Clostridium difficile: Fecal microbial transplantation more effective and less costly than antibiotics
- Engineered immune cells recognize, attack human and mouse solid-tumor cancer cells
- Humans and monkeys show similar thinking patterns
- Blood pressure connected to eye health in young children
- Ecosystem degradation could raise risk of pandemics
- Pregnancy stereotypes can lead to workplace accidents
| New eye drops may prevent a common cause of blindness Posted: 29 Jun 2020 11:00 AM PDT New eye drops could prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion, a major cause of blindness for millions of adults, a study has found.      |
| Microbiome confers resistance to cholera Posted: 29 Jun 2020 10:20 AM PDT Many parts of the world are in the midst of a deadly pandemic of cholera, an extreme form of watery diarrhea. Scientists have discovered specific gut bacteria make some people resistant to it -- a finding that could save lives. |
| Artificial intelligence identifies, locates seizures in real-time Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:40 AM PDT Research has shown that understanding brain activity as a network instead of readings from an EEG allow for more accurate and efficient detection of seizures in real-time. |
| The gut shields the liver from fructose-induced damage Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT After one consumes food or a beverage containing fructose, the gastrointestinal system, or gut, helps to shield the liver from damage by breaking down the sugar before it reaches the liver, according to a new multi-center study. However, the consumption of too much fructose -- particularly in a short period of time -- can overwhelm the gut, causing fructose to ''spill over'' into the liver, where it wreaks havoc and causes fatty liver, researchers discovered. |
| Excessive sugar intake linked with unhealthy fat deposits Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT Sugar consumption is linked with larger fat deposits around the heart and in the abdomen, which are risky for health. |
| Declining eyesight improved by looking at deep red light Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT Staring at a deep red light for three minutes a day can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a new study, the first of its kind in humans. |
| Ladder falls have long-lasting consequences for older men Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT In the world's first study of long-term impacts from ladder falls, researchers have found half of fallers experience a deterioration in their psychological well-being for at least six months after the incident. |
| Quantum physics provides a way to hide ignorance Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT Students can hide their ignorance and answer questions correctly in an exam without their lack of knowledge being detected by teachers -- but only in the quantum world. |
| Study finds exercise increases benefits of breast milk for babies Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT A new study finds even moderate exercise during pregnancy increases a compound in breast milk that reduces a baby's lifelong risks of serious health issues such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease. |
| Bioengineered uteri support pregnancy Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT Scientists were able to show that bioengineered uteri in an animal model developed the native tissue-like structures needed to support normal reproductive function. |
| Air pollution's connection to infant mortality Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT The study of sub-Saharan Africa finds that a relatively small increase in airborne particles significantly increase infant mortality rates. A cost-effective solution may lie in an exotic-sounding proposal. |
| Producing a gaseous messenger molecule inside the body, on demand Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT Method could shed light on nitric oxide's role in the neural, circulatory, and immune systems. |
| Why some words may be more memorable than others Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT In a recent study of epilepsy patients and healthy volunteers, researchers found that our brains may withdraw some common words, like ''pig,'' ''tank,'' and ''door,'' much more often than others, including ''cat,'' ''street,'' and ''stair.'' By combining memory tests, brain wave recordings, and surveys of billions of words published in books, news articles and internet encyclopedia pages, the researchers not only showed how our brains may recall words but also memories of our past experiences. |
| Laser-welded sugar: Sweet way to 3D-print blood vessels Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT Bioengineers have shown they can keep densely packed cells alive in lab-grown tissues by creating complex networks of branching blood vessels from templates of 3D-printed sugar. |
| Wearable-tech glove translates sign language into speech in real time Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:02 AM PDT Bioengineers have designed a glove-like device that can translate American Sign Language into English speech in real time though a smartphone app. The system includes a pair of gloves with thin, stretchable sensors that run the length of each of the five fingers. These sensors, made from electrically conducting yarns, pick up hand motions and finger placements that stand for individual letters, numbers, words and phrases. |
| Engineers use 'DNA origami' to identify vaccine design rules Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:01 AM PDT Using DNA origami as a virus-like scaffold, researchers designed an HIV-like particle that provokes a strong response from human immune cells grown in the lab. They are now testing this approach as a potential vaccine candidate in live animals, and adapting it to SARS-CoV-2, as well as other pathogens. |
| Even minor heart defects are associated with long-term problems in adulthood Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:01 AM PDT Long-term morbidity as well as a lower level of education and employment rate are common among adults who underwent congenital heart surgery during childhood, regardless of the severity of the defect. |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:01 AM PDT It is well-known that victims of bullying can have higher risks of future health and social problems. However, different victims experience a broad range of responses and some may not suffer at all. Researchers felt this implied there might be factors that could protect against some consequences of bullying. In a study of over 6,000 adolescents in Japan, they found a strong candidate in the moderation of what is known as emotional competence. |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:01 AM PDT An innovative treatment for patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) which uses transplanted gut bacteria to treat the infection, is a more effective and more cost-efficient treatment than using antibiotics, a new study has found. |
| Engineered immune cells recognize, attack human and mouse solid-tumor cancer cells Posted: 29 Jun 2020 09:01 AM PDT CAR-T therapy has been used successfully in patients with blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia. It modifies a patient's own T-cells by adding a piece of an antibody that recognizes unique features on the surface of cancer cells. In a new study, researchers report that they have dramatically broadened the potential targets of this approach - their engineered T-cells attack a variety of solid-tumor cancer cells from humans and mice. |
| Humans and monkeys show similar thinking patterns Posted: 29 Jun 2020 06:00 AM PDT Humans and monkeys may not speak the same lingo, but our ways of thinking are a lot more similar than previously thought, according to new research. |
| Blood pressure connected to eye health in young children Posted: 29 Jun 2020 06:00 AM PDT Children with impaired microvascular health developed higher systolic blood pressure over the course of a four-year study. Narrowing of retinal arteries in children who began the study with normal blood pressure predicted development of high blood pressure during early childhood. |
| Ecosystem degradation could raise risk of pandemics Posted: 29 Jun 2020 06:00 AM PDT Environmental destruction may make pandemics more likely and less manageable, new research suggests. |
| Pregnancy stereotypes can lead to workplace accidents Posted: 29 Jun 2020 06:00 AM PDT A study of pregnant women in physically demanding jobs found that their fears of confirming stereotypes about pregnant workers as incompetent, weak or less committed to their job could drive them to work extra hard, risking injury. |
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