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Measuring Brain Oxygenation Could Enable Personalized Cancer Radiotherapy

Monitoring tissue oxygenation in the brain could enable physicians to evaluate the impact of radiotherapy on a patient in real-time, personalizing radiotherapy to prevent side-effects.
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How Ketamine Acts as an Antidepressant in Chronic Pain

The mechanism that drives chronic pain-induced depression has been identified, illustrating why ketamine has sustained antidepressant effects in people with chronic pain.
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Cochlear Organoids Could Provide Solution to Hearing Loss

Organoids that mimic the physiology and function of the cochlea have been developed, opening doors to a better understanding of – and potential treatments for – hearing loss.
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Existing Drugs That May Help People Quit Smoking Identified by Machine Learning

Researchers have used machine learning to identify genes related to smoking behaviors and find existing medications that may be able to be repurposed to help people quit smoking.
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AI Supports Discovery of Super Tight-Binding Antibodies

Scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based strategy for discovering high-affinity antibody drugs.
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Synching Information Speed To Brain Rhythms Enhances Adult Learning

Matching the speed of information delivery during a learning task to the natural tempo of the brain can help enhance learning, according to research from the University of Cambridge.
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Complex Relationship Between Sleep Meds and Dementia Explored in New Study

A new study shows that sleep medications increase the risk of dementia for people who are white. But the type and quantity of the medication may be factors in explaining the higher risk.

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Deer Carry SARS-CoV-2 Variants That No Longer Exist in Humans

White-tailed deer ­– the most abundant large mammal in North America – are harboring SARS-CoV-2 variants that once widely circulated but are no longer found in humans.
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Can Technology Teach Children To Count?

Videos that resemble real life and engage babies could be used to help them learn to count, reports new research from Rutgers University.
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Can Spinal Cord Stimulation Relieve Chronic Pain and Enhance Sleep?

Researchers have conducted a study to better understand the effect of spinal cord stimulation on chronic pain and sleep.

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