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Vaccine Can Reduce Likelihood of Severe Pneumonia by Up to 35%
A new study has found severe pneumonia decreases by 35 per cent in children who receive a vaccine against a pneumonia-causing bacteria.
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Blood Test Could Reveal High Risk Heart Patients in Need of Treatment
Without occasionally looking under the hood, it’s difficult to predict whether expensive car repairs lie ahead. In a similar way, preventive cardiologists are looking for ways to detect early stage heart disease in people who aren’t currently in treatment.
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Simulation-based Method To Target Epilepsy Goes to Clinical Trials
A new method to improve outcomes of surgery to treat epilepsy has now received approval for clinical testing in 13 French hospitals.
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GlyGen Helps Researchers Answer Glycan-related Questions Using Big Data
Of the four building blocks of life – proteins, lipids, nucleic acids and glycans (carbohydrates) – the latter have received the least attention from researchers. This may be about to change as a new project, GlyGen, launches to help researchers answer glycan-related questions using big data.
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A Copy of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Has Been Stored in Synthetic DNA
To celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF has found a way to ensure that this important document is stored for the foreseeable future. The document has been stored in synthetic DNA, and the capsule containing the DNA will be kept in one of the safest places in the world: the permafrost at the Arctic World Archive.
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Researchers Gain a Deeper Insight Into Antibiotic Synthesis
A new study provides a richer understanding of the functioning of enzymes that are integral to antibiotic synthesis.
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Intelligent Exercise Clothing for Astronauts Is Out of This World
The European Space Agency (ESA) has just signed a contract for the development of intelligent exercise clothing that will monitor the fitness level of astronauts in space. The physiological part of the research behind the clothing is led by the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, and the results from space may also be of great importance on Earth.
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Is DNA One in a Million?
Why does biology encode information the way it does? Scientists computed a zoo of millions of alternate genetic polymer molecular structures, trying to provide context and potential leads for new drugs.
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Automated Tool for Spinal Anesthesia Produces High Success Rate
A new study suggests that the world's first novel artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ultrasound guided automated spinal landmark identification system enhances patient care by improving the accuracy and success rate of first attempt needle insertion during spinal anaesthesia.
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What Do We Know About the Gut Microbiota in Parkinson’s Disease?
According to a new review, current research on the gut microbiome in Parkinson’s disease is promising, but inconsistent and occasionally contradictory.
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