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Waste Polystyrene Turned Into Useful Benzoic Acid on a Sunny Windowsill
Scientists have discovered a way to upcycle polystyrene waste into benzoic acid, a chemical with wide commercial demand, through a mild process that uses light, an oxygen-rich environment and an abundant iron-based catalyst.
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Optical Sensor Enables Rapid, Cheap COVID-19 Testing
A nanotechnology research group has developed a swab-based test for the rapid detection of COVID-19. The test uses a UV spectrometer for spike protein detection.
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Study Reveals How Mitochondria Report Stress
The mechanism by which mitochondria recognize and report stress has been revealed, offering a possible new approach for treating neurodegenerative diseases.
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Study Reveals How To Rejuvenate the Immune System of Elderly People
A new study identifies a reason why older adults are significantly more susceptible to infectious diseases than younger people, paving the way for new potential therapeutic targets to rejuvenate the immune system.
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Immune System Attacks Itself in a Rare Type of Blood Cancer
An international study has shown that the body’s immune system attacks itself in a rare type of blood cancer called large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia. Therefore, treatment strategies should be targeted at the immune system as well as the cancer cells themselves.
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Virally-Programmed Extracellular Vesicles Designed To Shrink Tumors
A research team has designed a virus that selectively infects cancer cells and causes the infected cells to release RNA-containing extracellular vesicles that blunt the antiviral response of surrounding cancer cells.
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Fracking-Related Water Pollution Linked to Poor Infant Health
Research documents for the first time the pollution of public water supplies caused by shale gas development, commonly known as fracking, and its negative impact of infant health.
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Receptor That Controls Appetite and Body Weight Identified
Progress in the development of a drug to treat metabolic syndrome has been furthered by identifying a receptor that controls appetite and body weight.
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Anti-HIV Therapy Yields Promising Phase I Trial Results
An anti-HIV strategy, called Vectored ImmunoProphylaxis (VIP), MIT and Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) involves using an adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector to deliver instructions to muscle cells to pump out antibodies that block the virus.
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Psilocybin May Relieve Depression Through “Disintegration” of Entrenched Brain Networks
Psilocybin’s enduring antidepressant effects may be driven by changes to brain connectivity that free up brain networks, suggests a new study. The proposed mechanism of action may not be shared by traditional SSRI antidepressants.
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