China’s approach to Syria will likely hinge on what the new government does about the Uyghurs in its ranks.
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As China opens to Sharaa, Uyghurs and reconstruction shadow future ties with Syria
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Erdogan turns sights on opposition CHP with his main rival in jail
With the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor on corruption charges, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan has got rid of his most powerful opponent. Now his sights are set on the main opposition CHP, analysts say.
“When the big fishes are exposed, they won’t dare to look their own families in the eye, let alone the nation,” the president warned this week, hinting at a fresh legal action targeting the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
Last week, Istanbul’s popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested along with…
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Why Intl. Law Fails Palestinians: Seven Takeaways from FloodGate Interview with Richard Falk
Prof. Richard Falk in conversation with Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo in the FloodGate podcast interview. (Design: Palestine Chronicle) By Romana Rubeo
Professor Richard Falk’s insights on international law, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the failure of global institutions provide a compelling analysis in this FloodGate interview with Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo.
In this unmissable episode of The FloodGate Podcast, Palestinian intellectual Ramzy Baroud and I interviewed…
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‘Everyday discrimination’ linked to increased anxiety and depression across all groups of Americans
People who most frequently encounter everyday discrimination – those subtle snubs and slights of everyday life – are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression.
What’s more, that finding remains true no matter the person’s race, gender, age, education, income, weight, language, immigration status or where they live.
These are the key takeaways from our recent study, published in JAMA Network Open.
Everyday discrimination refers to the routine ways people are treated…
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Trump Administration Plans More Science Research Cuts
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at more expansive research cuts planned by the Trump Administration, advancements in the world of nuclear fusion, creating transparent wood and more. You can sign up to get The Prototype in your inbox here.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy plans to drastically reduce the size of his department by 10,000 jobs— beyond the 10,000 eliminated by voluntary layoffs. The sackings will hit major scientific areas…
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Hamas Affirms Readiness to Continue Talks, Urges Arab Nations to ‘Break Silence’
Israel continues to carry out massacres in Gaza. (Photo: via QNN) By Palestine Chronicle Staff
The Palestinian people in Gaza are experiencing one of the harshest phases in their struggle, facing continuous aggression, repeated massacres, and a suffocating humanitarian crisi
A Hamas leader affirmed the movement’s readiness on Thursday to continue negotiations to end Israel’s ongoing genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip.
“The past period had seen the introduction of several…
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New approach could treat anthrax beyond the ‘point of no return’
Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once the disease has progressed beyond the “point of no return” after just a few days, patients are almost certainly doomed.
In a new Nature Microbiologystudy, University of Pittsburgh researchers show that a cocktail of growth factors reversed would-be lethal cell damage in mice with anthrax, suggesting that this approach could be adapted for use in patients beyond the…
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Understanding the immune response to a persistent pathogen
Most humans have long-lived infections in various tissues — including in the nervous system — that typically do not result in disease. The microbes associated with these infections enter a latent stage during which they quietly hide in cells, playing the long game to evade capture and ensure their own survival. But a lack of natural models to study these quiescent stages has led to gaps in scientists’ understanding of how latency contributes to pathogen persistence and whether these stages…
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PET imaging confirms direct involvement of dopamine in cognitive flexibility
For the first time, scientists have confirmed a neurobiochemical link between dopamine and cognitive flexibility, according to new research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. PET imaging shows that the brain increases dopamine production when completing cognitively demanding tasks, and that the more dopamine released, the more efficiently the tasks are completed. Armed with this information, physicians may soon be able to develop more precise treatment…
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AI meets oncology: New model personalizes bladder cancer treatment
Leveraging the power of AI and machine learning technologies, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine developed a more effective model for predicting how patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer will respond to chemotherapy. The model harnesses whole-slide tumor imaging data and gene expression analyses in a way that outperforms previous models using a single data type.
The study, published March 22 in npj Digital Medicine, identifies key genes and tumor characteristics that may determine…
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