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Category: 5. Health
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Throwing a ‘spanner in the works’ of our cells’ machinery could help fight cancer, fatty liver disease… and hair loss
Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the ‘powerhouses’ of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a process vital to all life on Earth.
Scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Mitochondrial…
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Scientists identify agent of transformation in protein blobs that morph from liquid to solid
An international research collaboration led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists that examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance to a hard candy-like solid.
These mysterious droplets, known as…
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Trump’s DOJ Is Going After Medical Journals For Being Too Woke
Trump’s DoJ is sending letters to medical journals.
Bloomberg Finance
In the Trump administration, even academic journals of medical research are being scrutinized for being too woke.
On April 14, the peer-reviewed medical journal CHEST, which focuses on respiratory diseases and sleep…
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Lake deposits reveal directional shaking during devastating 1976 Guatemala earthquake
Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 magnitude 7.5 earthquake that devastated the country, according to researchers at the Seismological Society of America’s Annual Meeting.
The earthquake, which killed more…
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AI Using What Nurses See Sinks Deaths Stunning 36%, But Grant Pulled
An artificial intelligence system that uses nurses’ notes to detect patient deterioration increased … More
An innovative use of artificial intelligence that essentially monitors…
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NASA Budget Cuts Threaten Scientific Discovery
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at potential first signs of life on another world, the impact of NASA cuts, an FDA greenlight for BCIs, talking to dolphins with AI and more. You can sign up to get The Prototype in your inbox here.
The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope…
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Insomnia and sleep medication use connected to disability in older adults
Insomnia is a significant health and quality of life concern for older adults, with up to half of all adults over the age of 65 experiencing insomnia symptoms. In a new study, researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development and at Taipei Medical University analyzed five…
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A wearable smart insole can track how you walk, run and stand
A new smart insole system that monitors how people walk in real time could help users improve posture and provide early warnings for conditions from plantar fasciitis to Parkinson’s disease.
Constructed using 22 small pressure sensors and fueled by small solar panels on the tops of shoes, the…
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Integrative approach reveals promising candidates for Alzheimer’s disease risk factors or targets for therapeutic intervention
A study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital provides solutions to the pressing need to identify factors that influence Alzheimer’s…
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