In a collaborative study, researchers from Kyushu University and Harvard Medical School have identified proteins that can turn or "reprogram" fibroblasts—the most commonly found cells in skin and connective tissue—into ...
Mar 5, 2024
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Researchers at UCL and UCLH have successfully completed the first trial of a therapy designed to restore hearing loss. The REGAIN trial, the results of which were published in Nature Communications, was the first study of ...
Mar 5, 2024
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One of the most persistent and debilitating symptoms of COVID-19 is anosmia or loss of smell. Researchers at INRAE and ENVA have discovered that a corticoid treatment could help restore the olfactory capacities affected by ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Extracted from the core of sandalwood trees (santalum album tree), sandalwood oil has been used for many centuries by several cultures throughout the world for perfume, soaps, incense, and candles. With its earthy, sweet ...
Feb 13, 2024
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Diabetes can lead to eye problems, and a common one is diabetic macular edema (DME), causing vision loss. A study published in Nature Medicine suggests a new experimental drug could someday help make treatment of DME more ...
Feb 6, 2024
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Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear.
Jan 28, 2024
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Period symptoms are frustrating no matter the time of year. But those who menstruate might feel like certain symptoms are worse during the winter months, when the weather is gloomy, the days are short and cold and flu seem ...
Jan 25, 2024
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By taking advantage of mechanisms that allow cancer cells to evade immune attack, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a new strategy in animal models that has potential for treating ulcerative colitis. ...
Jan 16, 2024
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When mice lacking key adaptive immune cells were infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus, even though they are not able to clear the virus, they developed no symptoms, revealing that the body's own inflammatory immune response to ...
Jan 11, 2024
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Brown fat cells convert energy into heat—a key to eliminating unwanted fat deposits. In addition, they also protect against cardiovascular diseases. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the Transdisciplinary ...
Jan 9, 2024
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