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Olfactory Health and Inflammation: New Study Links Smell Loss to Over 100 Medical Conditions
Diseases and Conditions

Olfactory Health and Inflammation: New Study Links Smell Loss to Over 100 Medical Conditions

A study from the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences and Oxford Research Centre has revealed that loss of smell, linked with inflammation, is …

Oct 31, 2024 Mayur Tembhare
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Wearables can track COVID symptoms, other diseases
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Wearables can track COVID symptoms, other diseases

If you become ill with COVID-19, your smartwatch can track the progression of your symptoms, and could even show how sick you become.

Apr 20, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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The role of genes in prenatal responses to air pollution
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The role of genes in prenatal responses to air pollution

Exposure to pollution during pregnancy can have many adverse effects in infants and children that can even extend into adulthood. For example, air pollution …

Apr 8, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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An automatic information extraction system for scientific articles on COVID-19
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An automatic information extraction system for scientific articles on COVID-19

VIGICOVID is a system that uses natural language questions to get answers in the avalanche of information on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2.

Mar 31, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Researchers identify key complex for ribosome generation
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Researchers identify key complex for ribosome generation

Researchers have identified a four-protein complex that appears to play a key role in generating ribosomes -- organelles that serve as protein factories for …

Mar 30, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Black patients with cancer fare worse with COVID-19, study shows
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Black patients with cancer fare worse with COVID-19, study shows

Lack of access to health care, social determinants of health, preexisting comorbidities and reduced access to clinical research are common to both cancer and …

Mar 29, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Health risk due to micro- and nanoplastics in food
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Health risk due to micro- and nanoplastics in food

Five grams of plastic particles on average enter the human gastrointestinal tract per person per week. This is roughly equivalent to the weight of …

Mar 25, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Study shows effectiveness of pill form of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 in mice
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Study shows effectiveness of pill form of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 in mice

Scientists are testing a new route for remdesivir, a pill form of the COVID-19 treatment that's given to half of all hospitalized patients with …

Mar 23, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Seeing lipids more deeply with mass spectrometry
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Seeing lipids more deeply with mass spectrometry

PRMC-MS allows enhanced profiling of phosphoinositide acyl variants both in intracellular and extracellular environments.

Mar 12, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Home-based flu tests as accurate as rapid diagnostic testing in clinical settings
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Home-based flu tests as accurate as rapid diagnostic testing in clinical settings

Home-based, self-administered tests for influenza are comparable in accuracy to rapid diagnostic tests in clinical settings, according to a peer-reviewed study. The researchers determined …

Mar 12, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Common houseplants can improve air quality indoors
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Common houseplants can improve air quality indoors

Ordinary potted house plants can potentially make a significant contribution to reducing air pollution in homes and offices, according to new research.

Mar 8, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Nanoparticle reduces skin and lung scarring for scleroderma, mouse study finds
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Nanoparticle reduces skin and lung scarring for scleroderma, mouse study finds

Researchers found a unique immune cell plays a key role in the chronic inflammation and scarring in the lungs and skin of people with …

Mar 8, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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