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DeepMind AI Used To Develop New Math Techniques
Researchers are using DeepMind's artificial intelligence to develop fundamentally new techniques in mathematics.
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Newly Identified Cell Subset May Help Trigger Multiple Sclerosis-Like Inflammation
According to a study, a group of immune cells that normally protect against inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract may have the opposite effect in multiple sclerosis (MS) and other brain inflammation-related conditions.
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Why Reading Comprehension Can Worsen With Age
Russian researchers have found that to predict semantic relations between words when reading, older adults use their knowledge of the world instead of grammar more often than young adults.
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First Head-to-Head Comparison of Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines
In the first head-to-head comparison of the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, researchers have found that the Moderna vaccine offered an increased level of protection.
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RNA “Gatekeeper” in Gene Expression Opens Door for New Drug Targets
According to a new study, an important player in the healthy development of female embryos turns out also to play a key role in regulating the behavior of chromosome loops and gene expression in both sexes.
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Compound Reduces Erratic Movements Linked to Parkinson's in Animal Studies
A new study has identified a promising drug candidate to minimize uncontrolled, erratic muscle movements, called dyskinesia, associated with Parkinson’s disease.
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How To Freeze-Dry a Potential COVID-19 Vaccine
Things that are freeze-dried: Astronaut food. Emergency rations. And, just maybe, some future COVID-19 vaccines.
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Treatment Tricks Cancer Cells Into Changing Their Identity To Eliminate Them
Researchers have identified a new approach to triggering differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The team identified an enzyme that regulates the differentiation of AML cells. Inhibiting this enzyme prompted AML cells to lose aspects of their identity associated with aggressive growth.
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Rattlesnake Venom Protein Aids Development of Blood Clotting Drug
Researchers have developed a molecule of pharmaceutical interest from a protein found in rattlesnake venom. The molecule, now called PEG-rCollinein-1, is a possible drug candidate to modulate blood clotting.
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New Strategy for Antibodies To Disable Viruses
Researchers found that the same type of antibody can neutralize Zika and dengue viruses in two different ways — one where it binds to the virus and deactivates it, which is the traditional way we think about antibody activity, and the other where it burrows in and distorts the virus.
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