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In a group of 22 former professional athletes who experienced multiple concussions, approximately half the group had higher than normal concentrations of tau in their cerebrospinal fluid.

Unfortunately, conventional wastewater treatment cannot completely remove pharmaceuticals and personal care products, but researchers have developed an adsorbent membrane that could help.

Researchers found that tannin structure, concentration and interactions with saliva and other wine components influence the perception of dryness.

Scientists have used an experimental therapy that relies on bacteria-infecting viruses collected, in part, through HHMI’s SEA-PHAGES program to fight a Mycobacterium infection in a 15-year-old girl.

In a new international study, the genetic diversity of 487 wheat genotypes originating from large parts of the world has been catalogued and contextualised with agronomic traits. The map of this rich pool of genetic diversity in bread wheat highlights our current knowledge of the ancestry of wheat and opens new avenues within modern selective wheat breeding.

A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated how a small molecule drug discovered at the institution may help overcome resistance to treatment with ibrutinib in patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Honey is a culinary staple that can be found in kitchens around the world. Humans have used honey throughout history, and its long shelf life and medicinal properties make it a unique, multipurpose natural product. Now, researchers report new data on honey proteins that could lead to new medicinal applications.

Nearly ninety per cent of all cancer patient deaths are due to metastasis. A study shows that a process that allows the cells to metastasise is aided by the synthesis of new ribosomes, the cell components in which proteins are produced.

Researchers say they have further characterized a set of chemical imbalances in the brains of people with schizophrenia related to the chemical glutamate. And they figured out how to tweak the level using a compound derived from broccoli sprouts.

For the first time links have been observed between a nut-rich maternal diet during the first trimester of pregnancy and better outcomes after birth in cognitive function, attention capacity and long-term working memory, although statistical correction suggests that only one of these measures is actually improved.