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  • A step closer to the confident production of blood stem cells for regenerative medicine

    A step closer to the confident production of blood stem cells for regenerative medicine

    Researchers from the Stem Cells and Cancer team at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute and the Hospital del Mar Research Institute have developed a method to confidently produce blood cell precursors from stem cells in mice, by activating a set of seven key genes in the laboratory. The team, led by Dr Anna Bigas, takes a step forward towards the production of precursor cells able to restore the bone marrow of blood cancer patients, in a successful example of regenerative…

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  • One in ten asthma cases can be avoided with a better urban environment

    One in ten asthma cases can be avoided with a better urban environment

    The combination of air pollution, dense urban development and limited green spaces increases the risk of asthma in both children and adults. This is shown by a new study conducted as part of a major EU collaboration led by researchers from Karolinska Institutet.

    The study covers nearly 350,000 people of different ages, from 14 cohorts in seven European countries. Information on home addresses of each individual made it possible to link data on various environmental risks in the urban…

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  • Novel molecular maneuver helps malaria parasite dodge the immune system

    Novel molecular maneuver helps malaria parasite dodge the immune system

    Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body’s immune system, sometimes for years. It turns out that the parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, can shut down a key set of genes, rendering itself “immunologically invisible.”

    “This finding provides another piece of the puzzle as to why malaria has been so difficult to eradicate,” said Dr. Francesca Florini, research associate in microbiology…

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  • New auditory brainstem implant shows early promise

    New auditory brainstem implant shows early promise

    A new study co-led by Mass General Brigham researchers points to a promising new type of auditory brainstem implant (ABI) that could benefit people who are deaf due to Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and other severe inner ear abnormalities that prevent them from receiving cochlear implants. With further tests and trials, researchers hope it will provide a more effective treatment alternative than what is currently used.

    In the new research, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering,…

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  • Study reveals impacts of Alzheimer’s disease on the whole body

    Study reveals impacts of Alzheimer’s disease on the whole body

    While Alzheimer’s disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other organs of the body. Working with the laboratory fruit fly, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital (Duncan NRI) and collaborating institutions provide a new understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease affects different tissues across the entire body. The findings, published…

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  • Thousands of cardiac ‘digital twins’ offer new insights into the heart

    Thousands of cardiac ‘digital twins’ offer new insights into the heart

    For the first time, researchers from King’s College London, Imperial College London and The Alan Turing Institute, have created over 3,800 anatomically accurate digital hearts to investigate how age, sex and lifestyle factors influence heart disease and electrical function.

    Creating cardiac ‘digital twins’ at this scale has helped scientists discover that age and obesity cause changes in the heart’s electrical properties, which could explain why these factors are linked to a higher risk of…

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  • In healthy aging, carb quality counts

    In healthy aging, carb quality counts

    Intakes of dietary fiber, high-quality and total carbohydrates in midlife were favorably linked to healthy aging and other positive health outcomes in older women, according to a new study by researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study was published May 16 in the journal JAMA Network Open.

    “We’ve all heard that different carbohydrates can affect health differently, whether…

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  • Some science seems silly, but it’s still worthwhile

    Some science seems silly, but it’s still worthwhile

    The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog
    Carly Anne York
    Basic Books, $30

    What’s the purpose of your study? It’s the question many basic-science researchers dread. And it’s the question that Carly Anne York received about 10 years ago from a fellow volunteer at the Virginia Zoo. At the time, York was a Ph.D. student studying squid biomechanics. When the volunteer, a retired army officer, probed why taxpayer dollars should be spent on what he called “silly science,”…

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  • Slain Mexican TikTok influencer remembered at funeral | Women

    Slain Mexican TikTok influencer remembered at funeral | Women

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    Mourners gathered to celebrate the life of 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Marquez, who was shot dead during a TikTok livestream at her salon in Jalisco, Mexico. Her killing is being investigated as a possible femicide.

    Published On 16 May 2025

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  • Yemen’s Houthis report Israeli air strikes on Al-Hudaydah, Salif seaports – Middle East Monitor

    Yemen’s Houthis report Israeli air strikes on Al-Hudaydah, Salif seaports – Middle East Monitor

    The Yemeni Houthi group on Friday reported more Israeli air strikes on two of its seaports in western Yemen, Anadolu reports.

    “An Israeli aerial aggression targets the ports of Al-Hudaydah and Salif,” Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported, without giving further details.

    No casualties or material damage have been reported so far.

    The Israeli army, for its part, confirmed that the attack destroyed infrastructure at the Houthi-controlled Al-Hudaydah and Salif…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com