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Key Reason Why Loss of Smell Occurs in Long COVID-19 Identified

According to a study, the reason some people fail to recover their sense of smell after COVID-19 is linked to an ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells and an associated decline in the number of those cells.
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Study Shows Virtual Reality Game Detects ADHD in Children

Eye movement tracking while children play a virtual reality game has been shown to objectively detect ADHD.
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Drug Discovery Could Boost Liver Transplant Success

According to a study, an existing drug could protect donor livers from damage during the transplantation process and reduce complications that occur afterward.
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Researchers Crack Mystery Underpinning Brain Cancer Vulnerability

Researchers have identified a vulnerability in glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, which could lead to new treatment options.
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How Nerve and Vascular Cells Coordinate Their Growth

Researchers have identified a mechanism that prevents neurons and vascular cells from getting in each other's way as they grow.
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Cellular Alterations in Six Neurodegenerative Diseases Studied

Cellular alterations in six different neurodegenerative diseases may have common origins in a series of common processes, according to new research.
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Probiotic Protects Against ALS in Worm Model

According to research, a bacterium called Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HA-114 prevents neurodegeneration in the C. elegans worm used to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Inhibiting Enzyme Reduces Bone Metastasis in Cancer Models

An agent that inhibits an enzyme that controls the activity of the cells responsible for building up bone was found to reduce cancer-related bone loss and the number of bone metastases in multiple myeloma and in lung and breast cancer models in mice.
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Study Reveals Evolutionary Patterns in 3D Structures of Mammal Genomes

New research has described how the 3D structure of the genome evolved during the diversification of mammals.
Human cells with acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) in the pericardial fluid, shown with an esterase stain at 400x.
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Twin Study Finds Childhood Leukemia Originates in the Womb

Scientists have shed new light on the origins of leukemia, confirming it originates in the womb but that events after birth determine whether or not clinical leukemia develops.
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