From construction projects to busy roads, airplanes and railways, human noise is everywhere. It is an invisible cause of stress, posing serious risks to human health and well-being. However, noise also harms animals living ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2022
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Although chemotherapy can be a lifesaving treatment for patients with cancer, some of these medications can damage the heart. A team led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently developed a nanoparticle ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 15, 2022
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In their study, the research groups looked at a protein called Creld. A study from Bonn had recently been able to demonstrate that Creld plays an important role in the development of the heart in mammals. "We wanted to find ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 22, 2022
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Medical and life science researchers will benefit from the most comprehensive atlas yet of genetic data on zebrafish, newly published research suggests.
Biotechnology
Jul 4, 2022
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Despite its functionality, plastic could be posing a threat not only to the environment but to human health.
Environment
Jun 28, 2022
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In Australia each year, approximately 55,000 people suffer a heart attack, with a similar number suffering from stroke. Many are caused by blood clots that block the flow of blood to the heart, often in at-risk individuals ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 21, 2022
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A Rutgers scientist is part of an international team that has determined the process for incorporating selenium—an essential trace mineral found in soil, water and some foods that increases antioxidant effects in the body—includes ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 17, 2022
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Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday.
Environment
Jun 14, 2022
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Eliminating air pollution emissions from energy-related activities in the United States would prevent more than 50,000 premature deaths each year and provide more than $600 billion in benefits each year from avoided illness ...
Environment
May 16, 2022
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Whether there are endogenous adult heart progenitors that can replenish damaged muscle cells remained controversial. Now researchers at Karolinska Institute in Sweden show that the outermost layer of the heart, called epicardium, ...
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2022
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