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Development of a Single-Process Platform for the Manufacture of Graphene Quantum Dots

December 3, 2021
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Sejong-si, Korea — Graphene consists of a planar structure, with carbon atoms connected in a hexagonal shape that resembles a beehive. When graphene is reduced to several nanometers (nm) in size, it...

Gene-Editing Used to Create Single Sex Mice Litters

December 3, 2021
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London, UK — Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, in collaboration with University of Kent, have used gene editing technology to create female-only and male-only mice litters with 100% efficiency. This...

Elevated Heart Rate Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia, Study Suggests

December 3, 2021
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Solna, Sweden — Having an elevated resting heart rate in old age may be an independent risk factor of dementia, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal Alzheimer’s...

Targeting the Brain’s Immune Cells May Help Prevent or Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

December 2, 2021
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New York, NY — Targeting the Brain’s Immune Cells May Help Prevent or Treat Alzheimer’s Disease A gene mutation linked to Alzheimer’s disease alters a signalling pathway in certain immune cells...

Compound Shows Promise for Minimizing Erratic Movements in Parkinson’s Patients

December 2, 2021
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San Antonio, TX – A new study from Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) and collaborators has identified a promising drug candidate to minimize uncontrolled, erratic muscle movements,...

From Corals to Humans, a Shared Trigger for Sperm to Get in Motion

December 2, 2021
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Philadelphia, PA — If sperm can’t swim, life can’t go on. And a new study suggests that when evolution hit upon an effective strategy for making sperm move, it stuck with it. A molecular pathway...

Scientists May Have Solved an Important Part of the Mystery of Ultra-Rare Blood Clots Linked to Adenovirus-Based COVID-19 Vaccines

December 2, 2021
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Tempe, AZ — An international team of scientists believe they may have found a molecular mechanism behind the extremely rare blood clots linked to adenovirus COVID-19 vaccines. Scientists led by...

Cancer Patients Overlooked in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

December 2, 2021
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Chicago, IL – Almost two-thirds of U.S. states failed to prioritize cancer patients for COVID-19 vaccinations, despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according...

Ocean Plastic Is Creating New Communities of Life on the High Seas

December 2, 2021
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Edgewater, MD — Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean—by colonizing plastic pollution. A new commentary published Dec. 2 in Nature Communications reports coastal...

Flu Virus Shells Could Improve Delivery of mRNA Into Cells

December 1, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new and potentially more effective way to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells. Their approach involves packing...

Bringing 400-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Armoured Worms to ‘Virtual’ Life

December 1, 2021
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Columbia, MO — An international team of scientists from the United States and Australia, led by Sarah Jacquet at the University of Missouri, has documented the discovery of two new species of fossilized...

Study Confirms Linkage Between Altered DNA Repair and DNA Damage in Neurodegenerative Conditions Causing Debilitating Movement Disorders

December 1, 2021
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Irvine, CA — A new study led by University of California, Irvine researchers has confirmed a link between altered DNA repair and increased DNA damage associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7),...

MRI Reveals Altered Brain Structure in Foetuses Exposed to Alcohol

December 1, 2021
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Chicago, IL – In the first MRI-based study to investigate pre-natal alcohol exposure, researchers found significant changes in the brain structure of foetuses exposed to alcohol compared to healthy...

New Computational Approach Predicts Chemical Reactions at High Temperatures

December 1, 2021
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New York, NY — Extracting metals from oxides at high temperatures is essential not only for producing metals such as steel but also for recycling. Because current extraction processes are very carbon-intensive,...

Heart Repair and Regeneration After a Heart Attack — A Review

November 30, 2021
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Birmingham, AL — Twenty years ago, clinicians first attempted to regenerate a failing human heart by injecting muscle myoblasts into the heart during a bypass operation. Despite high initial hopes...

Scientists Discover Biological Mechanisms Caused by Deficits in High-Risk Autism Gene

November 30, 2021
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Chapel Hill, NC – Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and colleagues have demonstrated that rare variants in the ANK2 gene, consistently found in individuals...

COVID-19 During Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Baby’s Brain, Says Study

November 30, 2021
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Chicago, IL – COVID-19 of mild to moderate severity in pregnant women appears to have no effect on the brain of the developing foetus, according to a study being presented at the annual meeting of...

Popular Blood Thinners May Lead To Brain Bleeding After Head Injury

November 30, 2021
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Chicago, IL – A three-year study of more than 1,000 patients found that the risk of delayed intracranial haemorrhage and death following head trauma was significantly higher for adults taking older...

Experimental Compound Counters Diabetic Complications

November 26, 2021
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New York, NY — An experimental compound reduced complications of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in mice – not by lowering blood sugar – but by countering its consequences: cell death, inflammation, and...

Stretchable Pressure Sensor Could Lead to Better Robotics, Prosthetics

November 26, 2021
Mindzilla

Chicago, IL — In the future, soft robotic hands with advanced sensors could help diagnose and care for patients or act as more lifelike prostheses. But one roadblock to encoding soft robotic hands...

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