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Gene Therapy: Possible Future Cure For Every Disease

Gene Therapy refers to a technique in which a healthy DNA is inserted in a person’s cells in order to cure a disease or to replace a mutated gene. Either a healthy gene is inserted directly or a gene...

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Research Answers To How Mosquitoes Find Human Host

Mosquitoes despite being tiny can wreak havoc in human life with just one bite. Epidemics of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes were not uncommon throughout history. Even now, in places where...

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Cancer Has Devastated Human For Ages, A 3500 Years Old Skeleton With Cancer...

Despite being one of the leading cause of death today, cancer has been absent from archaeological record compared to other pathological conditions. That is why many scientists reached the conclusion...

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A Molecule That Can Destroy Biofilms And Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

The study at the University of British Columbia puts forward a molecule that prevents bacteria from forming into biofilms, which are responsible for causing a number of the microbial infections in the...

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Study Claims Antioxidants Accelerate Cancers Instead Of Suppressing Them

  We are told increasing the amount of antioxidants in our diets as pills or foods will lower the chance of cancer, but a new study sheds light on reality which is completely opposite to this...

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On Neuroimaging – What If We Could Really Read The Brain?

Matt Wall, who is a neuroscientist, talks about neuroimaging and how brain-reading technology has developed over the years in a recent TEDxVienna event. His talks on What If We Could Really Read The...

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Tips To Get Relief From Arthritis Joint Pains This Winter

Arthritis joint pains can increase and worsen with cold weather. For this reason, it is good to note that people with the condition cannot do without some of these practices. They need a routine to...

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Gene Therapy Restores Immunity In Patients With Rare Immunodeficiency

Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have found that gene therapy can safely restore the immune systems of older children and young adults with X-linked...

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Five Surprising Findings About Death And Dying

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes, as Benjamin Franklin famously wrote. Few of us find taxes exciting, but death – even just thinking about it – affects us...

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Sharing A Bed With Your Pet Helps You Sleep Better

If you are going through the worst phase of sleep disorder like insomnia, it would be a wise choice if you start sharing a bed with your pet right away. Dealing with insomnia can be tough and, for...

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5 Right Exercises For Psoriatic Arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis is an illness that affects some people suffering from psoriasis. According to recent studies, about 25 percent of people who have psoriasis will develop psoriatic arthritis. Its...

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Playing 3D Video Games Improves Memory Performance, Study Finds

Do you often play video games? The chances are that if they happen to be 3Ds, you already have a good memory. Playing 3D video games can improve eye-hand coordination and reaction time and most...

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Here’s How To Build A Real Lightsaber

As even casual Star Wars fans will know, lightsabers are probably the coolest weapon ever to make an appearance on the big screen. Lightsaber fights are so elegant that they are almost hypnotic and,...

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Why Are There No Animals With Green Fur? Why Are Frogs Green?

You may question why evolution does not favor most of the animals to have green fur. The answer is simple – the green is a tough color to make in nature. Also, you might think that if animals have...

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Psychology Of Cyberterrorism: What’s Behind The Mind Of A Cyberterrorist

A top-tier research on the psychology of cyberterrorism by a cybersecurity specialist at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Business, reveals that behind the start of any cyber...

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Bionic Eye Helps Blind See, Feeds Images Direct To The Brain

It may seem that it is impossible to restore vision in people without a working retina or damaged optic nerves. Well, the future is not what you always expect, because Professor Arthur Lowery of Monash...

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The Science Behind Itch: Why Do You Get Itchy?

Itch, also known as pruritus, is an uncomfortable sensation in the skin that evokes the desire to scratch. While scratch happens to be an innate reflex that may occur in the absence of the brain, Dr....

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Study Reveals 4 Genes That Make You Live Past 100

Researchers are closer to finding why some people live past 100. Genomic analysis of about 800 people who are over the age of 100 and 5,400 people over the age of 90, has identified several new genes...

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In Vivo Film Shows How The HIV/AIDS Vaccine Works

Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and Inserm have filmed in vivo the process by which the HIV/AIDS vaccine candidate MVA-HIV, sparks immune response and how it recruits immune cells needed to...

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Boston Dynamics’ Robot Reindeer May Replace Santa’s Reindeer This Christmas

Looks like Santa’s reindeer just got upgraded this Christmas. The video released by scientists at Boston Dynamics shows what it appears to be either Robot Reindeer or Robo-Dogs pulling a sleigh....

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