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A new study has expanded our knowledge of the relationship between brain cholesterol and Alzheimers, by observing how one influences the other in live mice and demonstrating how the process could be manipulated to slow the disease.
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An Antarctic lake holding twice the volume of water as San Diego Bay in California has vanished after 600 to 750 million cubic meters of water drained through the ice and into the ocean during the 2019 Antarctic winter.
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Scientists at Purdue University and Scripps have identified a natural compound from a common shrub that could help fight cancer. The compound is the first found to inhibit a cancer protein that was previously considered “undruggable.”
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A new study has delved into the impact of gut bacteria on cholesterol levels, detailing the "remarkable effects" of the introduction of a set of molecules that shift the balance of bacterial species in a way that prevents thickening of the arteries.
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Forget space – the oceans are Earth’s final frontier. The latest case in point is a diving expedition off the coast of Western Australia, which has discovered up to 30 new species plus what may be the longest animal ever recorded.
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A new method presents an alternative strategy to fecal transplants or pro-biotics.
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Exactly how life sprung out of non-living matter is one of biology’s biggest mysteries. In new research, scientists cooked up a “primordial soup” and found that some of the crucial building blocks of life spontaneously stacked themselves in a surprisingly efficient way.
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The latest readings of atmospheric CO2 concentration reveal that it is now at levels never reached before in the entirety of human existence. As one meteorologist puts it, "We don't know a planet like this."
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Given the chance, very few of us wouldn’t want to slow down the aging process. Chasing that fountain of youth is a major branch of medical science at the moment, and now, a team at Scripps Research has found that blocking a particular enzyme can extend the lifespan of worms by almost half again.
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Anxiety and fat-burning may seem technically unrelated so far as bodily functions go, but scientists have found a certain molecule that appears to connect one with the other and believe that this shared mechanism may open up new pathways for drug development.
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During a recent expedition to the Gulf of California, a team of marine biologists discovered huge schools of fishes living in an environment that’s almost completely devoid of oxygen – levels well below the amount previously thought necessary for these animals.
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With Christmas just behind us and New Year’s around the corner, many are familiar with the effects of alcohol, but how it works in the brain is still shrouded in mystery. Now scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have discovered a new step in the intoxication process – by getting flies drunk.
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