Tropical fly study shows that a mother’s age and diet influences the health of her offspring
The female tsetse fly, which gives birth to adult-sized live young, produce weaker offspring as they get older, and when they feed on poor quality blood.
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Special Issue August 2021 |
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In this issue: Mayo Clinic on how MS develops, let’s hear it for tropical flies, Emory says biz travel may affect obesity risks, where rats and humans merge, detecting melanoma w/o surgical biopsy, effects of vaping on baby birthweight, help for Alzheimer’s caregivers, why extreme heat is deadly, new drug combo for prostate cancer, predicting pregnancy complications, and more… |
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Study may improve understanding of how disability develops in MS patients versus those with related diseases Did you know multiple sclerosis (MS) means multiple scars? New research shows that the brain and spinal cord scars in people with MS may offer clues to why they developprogressive disability but those with related diseases where the immune system attacks the central nervous system do not. In a study published in Neurology, Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues assessed if... |
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Tropical fly study shows that a mother’s age and diet influences the health of her offspring The female tsetse fly, which gives birth to adult-sized live young, produce weaker offspring as they get older, and when they feed on poor quality blood. |
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Single chip tests thousands of enzyme mutations at once Nature, Published online: 23 July 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02034-3 The technique vastly speeds up understanding of how the proteins function and how to target drugs. |
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Scientists reverse age-related memory loss in mice
In a study published in Molecular Psychiatry , the team show that changes in the extracellular matrix of the brain – ‘scaffolding’ around nerve cells – lead to loss of memory with ageing, but that it is possible to reverse these using genetic treatments. Recent evidence has emerged of the role of perineuronal nets (PNNs) in neuroplasticity – the ability of the brain to learn and adapt |
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Rats prefer to help their own kind. Humans may be similarly wired |
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Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable |
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Highly accurate protein structure prediction for the human proteome Protein structures can provide invaluable information, both for reasoning about biological processes and for enabling interventions such as structure-based drug development or targeted mutagenesis. |
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Science Saturday: Melanoma test to help some patients avoid surgical biopsy |
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How to Avoid the Caregiver-Alzheimer’s Battleground |
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Mayo Clinic Minute: Eating disorders affect all genders, races |
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New research uncovers how cancers with common gene mutation develop resistance to targeted drugs |
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Half of young adults with COVID-19 have persistent symptoms 6 months after, study finds |
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Study suggests scientists may need to rethink which genes control aging |
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Study sheds light on treatment options for devastating childhood brain cancer |
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‘Universal Vaccine’ Could Protect Against Future Coronaviruses |
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Emory study shows frequent business travel may increase obesity risks |
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New drug combination attacks prostate cancer on two fronts to keep men healthy for longer Men with particularly aggressive prostate cancers can be treated more effectively by combining an existing targeted medicine, abiraterone, with a new experimental drug to block two of cancer’s growth signals at once, a major new trial shows |
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Women who vape are more likely to have low-birthweight babies, study shows |
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Scientists can predict which women will have serious pregnancy complications |
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Human Cells Harness Power of Detergents to Wipe Out Bacteria Researchers have discovered that a molecule found within many of the body’s cells kills germs by dissolving their protective membranes. |
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Lilly’s Donanemab Granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy Status |
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