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Children’s Finger Length “Points” to Mothers’ Income Level
Low-income mothers feminize their children in the womb by adjusting their hormones, whereas high-income mothers masculinize their children, a major study based on finger length, led by a Swansea University expert, has found.
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International Study Designed To Test Drugs for Early COVID-19 Infection
An international study to test drugs to treat COVID-19 patients is being run. The study will assess the effectiveness of ivermectin, metformin and fluvoxamine on preventing COVID-19 disease progression.
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Is There an Invisible Killer Lurking in Some Consumer Products?
Our consumer products, such as food, cosmetics and clothes, might be filled with nanomaterials - unbeknownst to us. The use of nanomaterials remains unregulated and they do not show up in lists of ingredients. A new study sheds light on whether they are harmful and what happens to them when they enter an organism.
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Using Non-Symmetrical Magnets for Targeted Drug Delivery
Scientists have used permanent magnets of different shapes to target magnetic particles associated with drugs at the organs of laboratory mice.
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New Method for Asymmetric N,N-Acetal Synthesis Set To Aid Drug Development
A lot of medicines and other bioactive drugs are based on chemical structures called "enantiomers", among them are chiral N,N-acetals. A new study presents the first highly stereoselective formation of chiral N,N-acetals from α-ketoesters using an original catalyst.
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New Molecular Mechanism Identified in Severe Anaphylaxis
Researchers analyzed the mutation of a gene detected in a patient who suffered from recurrent anaphylactic shocks caused by the allergy to paper wasp venom. The results revealed a new molecular mechanism that can control the degree of severity in an anaphylactic reaction.
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Nitrates in Drinking Water Can Adversely Affect Fetal Growth
A study that followed pregnant women living in Denmark found that even low nitrate levels in drinking water — about half of the allowable level set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — caused an adverse effect of fetal growth.
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A Simplified Method for Synthesizing Drug Compounds
A team of chemists has developed a simple and efficient method to synthesize tetrahydroisoquinolines – important molecules used in drug discovery.
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FDA Authorizes Monoclonal Antibody Treatment of COVID-19
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab and etesevimab administered together for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age or older weighing at least 40 kilograms [about 88 pounds]) who test positive for SARS-CoV-2 and who are at high risk for progressing to severe COVID-19.
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Tumor Suppressor Gene Plays an Essential Role in Development and Tissue Regeneration in Fruit Flies
Adult progenitor cells are maintained throughout Drosophilia fly development and they are responsible for giving rise to adult tissues and organs. The headcase (hdc) gene has been identified as being responsible for the unique characteristics of adult progenitor cells.
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