Preventing Persistent Inflammation from Developing into Cancer
Chronic inflammatory bowel disease is challenging to treat and carries a risk of complications, including the development of bowel cancer. Young people are particularly affected:…
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AI Algorithm Targets Tree Pollen that Causes Allergies
Imagine trying to tell identical twins apart just by looking at their fingerprints. That’s how challenging it can be for scientists to distinguish the tiny…
New Medication shows potential for Treating Bronchiectasis
Results of a large, global clinical trial spanning five continents with over 1,700 patients with bronchiectasis, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrated benefits…
COPD patients’ Lungs show unusual Carbon Build-up
Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the…
Scientists Use Brain Chemicals to Rewire the Behavior of Ants
Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating…
Aluminium Isopropoxide
Aluminium isopropoxide is the chemical compound usually described with the formula Al(O-i-Pr)3, where i-Pr is the isopropyl group (–CH(CH3)2). This colourless solid is a useful…
Adolescent Behavior is influenced by Early Education
Researchers explored the long-term effects of preschool expansion in Japan in the 1960s, revealing significant reductions in risky behaviors amongst teenagers. By analyzing regional differences…
Exposure to Fire Smoke causes long-lasting Immunological Alterations and Hazardous Metals
Smoke from wildfires and structural fires doesn’t just irritate lungs it actually changes your immune system. Harvard scientists found that even healthy people exposed to…
ADHD in Children is associated with Gestational Diabetes
An Edith Cowan University (ECU) study has found children born to mothers who experienced gestational diabetes (GDM) during pregnancy are more likely to develop attention-deficient…
Copper Salicylate – a blue crystal
Copper salicylate describes a range of compounds containing copper(II) and salicylate. Many compounds are known. It is a group of compounds combining copper(II) with salicylic…
A New Illness potential to spread like a Pandemic is Deadly Rodent-borne Hantavirus
Hantavirus recently made news headlines as the cause of death for Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, but little is commonly known about…
A Promising New Method of Treating Language Disorders
Neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation…
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