A significant proportion of all neurodegenerative diseases are associated with disruption of the "normal function" of tau protein (MAPT), a key element of the neuronal cytoskeleton

11.04.2024

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Low income affected the rate of brain aging

A team of medics from Switzerland studied the results of brain diagnostics and compared them with the socio-economic conditions in which people lived, namely the level of family income

10.04.2024

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Medics have learned how a heart attack increases cancer risk

The risk of cancer becomes higher because of the extracellular bubbles that the heart releases after a seizure

10.04.2024

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Meta-analysis shows the need for MRI in prostate cancer screening

A collaboration of European scientists conducted a meta-analysis and found that there is a need to include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in prostate cancer screening

09.04.2024

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Bronchial epithelial extrusion has been identified as a key mechanism in the pathogenesis of asthma

Its blocking prevented inflammation and mucus hyperproduction in mice

09.04.2024

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Doctors have calculated the likelihood of mental retardation and autism in children whose mothers smoked marijuana

There is considerable evidence in the scientific literature that marijuana use during pregnancy harms the fetus and interferes with normal growth

09.04.2024

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Scientists have revealed the dangers of melting snow

Snow accumulated over the winter and actively melting in the spring carries many dangers for humans, animals and nature as a whole

08.04.2024

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A new liver will be grown in the human body for the first time

If clinical trials are successful, this method of therapy will be revolutionary and will help treat people with severe liver disease

08.04.2024

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Increased antibiotic resistance has been linked to air pollution

As reported in The Lancet Planetary Health, this correlation increased over time and is associated with nearly half a million excess deaths

08.04.2024

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Scientists have created organic films to charge pacemakers

UrFU scientists, together with colleagues from a Portuguese university, have obtained biocompatible films that will help solve the problem of replacing exhausted batteries in pacemakers

05.04.2024

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Interval training reversed Parkinson's disease

A new experiment involving patients with Parkinson's disease has shown that high-intensity interval training can not only slow the neurodegeneration that accompanies this pathology, but also reverse it

05.04.2024

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Artificial intelligence and melanoma diagnosis

Artificial intelligence-based skin neoplasm detection software allowed to diagnose melanoma in 100% of cases

05.04.2024

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Biologists have learned how cancer cells reunite their torn chromosomes

The development of many types of cancer is accompanied by chromothripsis - the breaking of chromosomes into pieces, which then fuse back together, but with alterations

05.04.2024

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Russia has synthesized oligonucleotides for the treatment of SMA

SMA is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the development of progressive muscle weakness that eventually leads to skeletal deterioration and respiratory failure

04.04.2024

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Scientists claim: artificial meat can trigger cancer

The potential effects on the neuromuscular system, metabolism, and human health are also not known

04.04.2024

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Scientists: prolonged COVID-19 can age the brain by 20 years

The University of Liverpool has concluded that the effects of coronavirus disease are comparable to brain injury

04.04.2024