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How Are Ocean Plastics Affecting Seabirds?
Across 32 species of seabirds sampled from around the globe, up to 52% of the birds were found not only to have eaten plastic, but also accumulated the plastic’s chemical components in their bodies.
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Assessing miRNA Expression in Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer
A study reports that patients with hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis are at risk for liver cancer development.
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Cheap and Efficient Food Fraud Detection Method Developed
Fraudulent practices in food production, especially false claims of geographical origin, cause billions of dollars in economic damage every year. Botanists have now developed a model that can be used to determine the origin of food in an efficient and low-cost manner.
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Cancer Patients May Live Longer if Given Anti-Nausea Drug During Surgery
According to a study, patients with breast, pancreatic and other types of cancer may survive longer if given dexamethasone, an anti-nausea drug, during surgery.
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Improving Treatments for Tuberculosis
Researchers are focusing on identifying potential host-directed therapies that can target a patient’s own immune response to help them recover from tuberculosis.
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New Approach Enables Ultra-Sensitive Exosome Biosensing
Circulating tumor exosomes are composed of molecules that reflect the parental cells. But, because they are tiny and complex, the precise detection of exosome-carried biomarkers with molecular specificity has so far been difficult.
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Blood Levels of Certain microRNAs Indicate Risk for Cognitive Decline
Researchers have identified molecules in the blood that can indicate impending dementia. According to the study data, microRNAs could potentially also be targets for dementia therapy.
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A New Technique To Enhance Anti-Stroke Protein Neurolysin
Ischemic stroke, the second leading cause of death worldwide, occurs when a vessel to the brain is blocked, reducing blood flow to the brain and depriving it of critical supplies of oxygen and nutrients. New research has aimed to develop an effective treatment for stroke that focuses on the use of a peptidase known as neurolysin (Nln).
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Sniffing Out SARS-CoV-2 Using Indoor Air Sampling
Researchers have have developed a capability to detect airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA – the nucleic acid coding for the virus that causes COVID-19 – indoors through air sampling.
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Building a "Parts List" for the Brain
New research sheds light on how the developing cerebral cortex – the outermost layer of the brain, associated with high-level processing – develops its characteristic map, which is common across human beings and critical to our functioning.
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