In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one of the few brain cell types that continue to be produced in the adult brain—undergo differentiation widely and at a…
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Progenitor cells constantly attempt to produce new myelin-producing brain cells, study finds
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Wildfire Smoke Exposure May Raise Autism Risk in Kids
What risk does wildfire smoke pose during late-term pregnancies? This is what a recent study published in Environmental Science & Technology hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link…
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Wildfire Smoke Exposure May Raise Autism Risk in Kids
What risk does wildfire smoke pose during late-term pregnancies? This is what a recent study published in Environmental Science & Technology hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link…
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Wildfire Smoke Exposure May Raise Autism Risk in Kids
What risk does wildfire smoke pose during late-term pregnancies? This is what a recent study published in Environmental Science & Technology hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link…
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The face scars less than the body: Study explains why
Tweaking a pattern of wound healing established millions of years ago may enable scar-free injury repair after surgery or trauma, Stanford Medicine researchers have found. If results from their study, which was conducted in mice, translate to…
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Researchers Restore Brain Cell Function in Parkinson’s Models
Scientists have discovered how a toxic protein drains brain energy in Parkinson’s and how to stop it. Roughly 1 million people in the United States are living with Parkinson’s disease, and about 90,000 new cases are identified each year,…
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Link between smoking and depression confirmed in study
A research group led by the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim has confirmed for the first time within the German National Cohort (NAKO) an association between cigarette consumption and depression. The findings show that…
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This Unexpected Plant Could Be the Next “Superfood”
A new scientific review suggests bamboo shoots could offer surprising metabolic, digestive, and antioxidant benefits. Scientists have completed the first comprehensive academic review examining what happens when bamboo is consumed as food, and…
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Is this controversial U.S.-funded vaccine trial on or off? : NPR
A medical worker prepares a hepatitis B vaccine.
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Helping hands: Research team develops brace to reduce tremors
UBC Okanagan researchers have advanced their work on developing a noninvasive, accessible way to reduce uncontrolled hand tremors. In their newly published study, the team has demonstrated how a new wearable device may reduce involuntary hand…
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