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CRISPR-Cas9 datasets analysis leads to largest genetic screen resource for cancer research

20.12.2019 Health Problems

A comprehensive map of genes necessary for cancer survival is one step closer, following the validation of the two largest CRISPR-Cas9 genetic screens in 725 cancer models, across 25 different cancer types. Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard compared the consistency of the two datasets, independently verifying the methodology and findings. The […]

Artificial intelligence can now predict long-term risks of heart attack and cardiac death

19.12.2019 Health Problems

A new study in Cardiovascular Research finds that machine learning, the patterns and inferences computers use to learn to perform tasks, can predict the long-term risk of heart attack and cardiac death. Indeed, machine learning appears to be better at predicting heart attacks and cardiac deaths than the standard clinical risk assessment used by cardiologists. Researchers here studied subjects from […]

Type 1 diabetes: A new starting point to delay autoimmune response

19.12.2019 Health Problems

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) prevent excessive immune reactions in healthy people. In the development of autoimmune type 1 diabetes, this protection is not sufficiently effective. Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and LMU Munich have now deciphered a mechanism that impairs Treg differentiation and stability. In the study, when researchers inhibited the molecule that triggers this mechanism, an increased number of […]

Watermelon supplements bring health benefits to obese mice

19.12.2019 Health Problems

Eating watermelon in the form of powdered supplements helped adult obese mice avoid some detrimental health effects of an unhealthy diet, according to a new Oregon State University study. The study is published in the Journal of Nutrition. A significant next step in this research would be a human clinical trial, said study co-author Neil Shay, professor of food science […]

Here’s what happens in the brain when we disagree

19.12.2019 Health Problems

We’ve all been there. You are in the middle of a heated disagreement when you lose respect for the opposing party. Whether it is about the latest election or childcare, you feel like your considered arguments are not appreciated—perhaps even ignored. But did you ever wonder what exactly is happening in the mind of the person on the other side? […]

Researchers study the mechanism controlling brain states

19.12.2019 Health Problems

It might be complicated, but the concept is as simple as a light switch. A team of researchers led by two Harvard alumni have uncovered a switch-like mechanism in the brains of larval zebrafish that flips their brains between two distinct motivational states—one a highly focused hunting state and the other an easily distracted, exploratory state. The findings, which they […]

10 parenting books of 2019 that answer your questions about raising kids today

19.12.2019 Kids Health

Parenting books of 2019: These latest books offer you essential tips on modern parenting and how to raise kids to be responsible adults. The parenting tips your elders give can be helpful but one has to keep in mind that as society evolves, it influences the way your child grows up, adding to your challenges of raising them. Parents need […]

Study: Obesity could affect brain development in children

18.12.2019 Health Problems

Published studies have long found a correlation between obesity in children and decreased executive function. New research published in JAMA Pediatrics, based on data mined from a massive national research study, suggests that a change in brain structure—a thinner prefrontal cortex—may help explain that interrelationship. “Our results show an important connection; that kids with higher BMI tend to have a […]

Rates of depression and substance use higher for pregnant teens, study finds

18.12.2019 Health Problems

Researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute and Brescia University College found that teenage pregnant women are more likely to live in poverty, have poorer mental health and have higher rates of substance use. There are limited Canadian studies on teenage pregnancies, in particular looking at risk factors and birth outcomes compared to women who became pregnant during adulthood. London researchers […]

Novel genetic signature that can predict some kinds of breast cancer is identified

18.12.2019 Health Problems

Researchers have identified a genetic signature with prognostic value for certain kinds of breast cancer. The discovery also contributes to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of pathological angiogenesis, the aberrant proliferation of blood vessels that occurs during cancer and other diseases. The research, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, combined a study of the genes involved in retinopathy, […]

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