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Human Quirks: Health & Medicine
March 20, 2020
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How Resident Microbes Restructure Body Chemistry

Feb. 26, 2020 — A comparison of normal and germ-free mice revealed that as much as 70 percent of a mouse's gut chemistry is determined by its gut microbiome. Even in distant organs, such as ... read more

Magnet-Controlled Bioelectronic Implant Could Relieve Pain

Feb. 20, 2020 — An electrical and computer engineer has introduced the first neural implant that can be programmed and charged remotely with a magnetic ... read more
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Reproductive Genome from the Laboratory

Feb. 18, 2020 — Synthetic biology researchers have developed a genome the size of a minimal cell that can ... read more
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Scientists Find Ally in Fight Against Brain Tumors: Ebola

Feb. 12, 2020 — Glioblastomas are relentless, hard-to-treat, and often lethal brain tumors. Scientists have enlisted a most unlikely ally in efforts to treat this form of cancer -- elements ... read more
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Monty Python's Silly Walk: A Gait Analysis and Wake-Up Call to Peer Review Inefficiencies

Mar. 12, 2020 — Fifty years ago, Monty Python's famous sketch, 'The Ministry of Silly Walks,' first aired. The sketch pokes fun at the inefficiency of government bureaucracy. It opens with the ... read more

Low-Cost 'Smart' Diaper Can Notify Caregiver When It's Wet

Feb. 14, 2020 — Researchers have developed a ''smart'' diaper embedded with a moisture sensor that can alert a caregiver when a diaper is wet. When the sensor detects dampness in the diaper, it ... read more

Scientists Make Human Organs Transparent to Allow 3D Maps at Cellular Level

Feb. 13, 2020 — For the first time, researchers managed to make intact human organs transparent. Using microscopic imaging they could revealed underlying complex structures of the see-through organs at the cellular ... read more

What Would It Take to Make FMT Mainstream?

Feb. 13, 2020 — Fecal microbiota transplant treatment for most microbiome-associated diseases has not been rigorously studied in humans -- and any such studies would be subject to regulation by the Food and Drug ... read more
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Huge Bacteria-Eating Viruses Close Gap Between Life and Non-Life

Feb. 12, 2020 — Bacterial viruses, called bacteriophages, are simple genetic machines, relying on their bacterial hosts to replicate and spread. But scientists have found hundreds of huge phages that carry a slew of ... read more

New Drug Leads Could Battle Brain-Eating Amoebae

Feb. 12, 2020 — Brain-eating amoebae can cause particularly harmful forms of encephalitis, and more than 95% of people who develop these rare but devastating infections die. Despite the high mortality rate, there is ... read more

Disease Found in Fossilized Dinosaur Tail Afflicts Humans to This Day

Feb. 11, 2020 — Researchers have identified a benign tumor found in a fossilized dinosaur tail as part of the pathology of LCH (Langerhans cell histiocytosis), a rare and sometimes painful disease that still ... read more

How the Brain's Immune System Could Be Harnessed to Improve Memory

Feb. 11, 2020 — Inflammation can send the brain's immune cells into damaging hyperdrive, an effect that has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases that affect memory, like dementia. A new study finds these ... read more

Human Textiles to Repair Blood Vessels

Feb. 10, 2020 — As the leading cause of mortality worldwide, cardiovascular diseases claim over 17 million lives each year, according to World Health Organization estimates. To open up new research avenues into this ... read more

Unique Neuron Computes Like a Compass

Feb. 4, 2020 — It's 5 p.m. as you leave the parking garage at work, but you realize you have no idea which way to turn to travel home. You know where you are and what street your house is on -- it's just ... read more

High-Tech Printing May Help Eliminate Painful Shots

Feb. 4, 2020 — Painful hypodermic needles may not be needed in the future to give shots, inject drugs and get blood samples. With 4D printing, engineers have created tiny needles that mimic parasites that attach to ... read more

'Chemical Earmuffs' Could Prevent Hearing Loss

Feb. 3, 2020 — A team of biologists has identified the molecular receptors that cause hearing loss. In experiments with mice, the team successfully used a drug that prevented hearing damage while still allowing the ... read more

Flickering Light Mobilizes Brain Chemistry That May Fight Alzheimer's

Feb. 3, 2020 — The promise of flickering light to treat Alzheimer's takes another step forward in this new study, which reveals stark biochemical mechanisms: 40 Hertz stimulus triggers a marked release of ... read more

Efficient Cryopreservation of Genetically Modified Rat Spermatozoa

Jan. 31, 2020 — Researchers have developed a new technique to improve the efficiency of rat sperm cryopreservation, a process that is usually extremely difficult. Their technique makes it possible to produce more ... read more

Putrid Compound May Have a Sweet Side Gig as Atherosclerosis Treatment

Jan. 30, 2020 — A compound associated with the smell of death may have potential as a treatment for atherosclerosis and other chronic inflammatory ... read more
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Nanoparticle Chomps Away Plaques That Cause Heart Attacks

Jan. 28, 2020 — Scientists have invented a nanoparticle that eats away -- from the inside out -- portions of plaques that cause heart ... read more

What It's Like to Live Without a Sense of Smell

Jan. 22, 2020 — New research reveals the impact of smell loss. As many as one in 20 people live without smell. But until now there has been little research into the range of emotional and practical impacts it ... read more

Urine Fertilizer: 'Aging' Effectively Protects Against Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance

Jan. 22, 2020 — Recycled and aged human urine can be used as a fertilizer with low risks of transferring antibiotic resistant DNA to the environment, according to new ... read more

Scurvy Is Still a Thing in Canada

Jan. 17, 2020 — Researchers surveyed the data of patients of Hamilton's two hospital systems over nine years and found 52 with low Vitamin C levels. This included 13 patients who could be diagnosed as having ... read more

Biologists Make Living Sperm Glow

Jan. 15, 2020 — By applying a novel method, biologists have successfully analyzed the metabolism of intact tissues of the fruit fly using a label-free microscopy technique. They used the natural fluorescence of ... read more
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