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More than 21 million people in Africa are infected with the threadworm Onchocerca volvulus, the causative agent of river blindness. Approximately one in ten of those affected goes blind. Parasitologists in Germany are looking for more effective tools against the parasite.
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The research team expects that the portable breath tester to lead to higher survival rates and lower medical costs for people with the potentially life-threatening lung condition.
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Is the influence of intestinal bacteria on overweight people greater than previously assumed? A research team from the University of Greifswald, Germany, monitored a group of people with diabetes and obesity and recorded altered intestinal flora.
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Researchers have discovered an epigenetic mechanism that involves a protein that can control muscle function, life expectancy and the level of an essential sugar.
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Recent research results show a significant correlation between the basic human attitude of optimism and the quality of sleep.
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Whether or not blood coagulation promotes the development of tumors was previously unknown. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) are for the first time investigating a possible role of blood coagulation in the development of lung cancer.
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Using a molecule from HIV, researchers at the Freiburg University Medical Centre introduced an antidepressant protein directly into nerve cells.
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A recently published study suggests that a high level of maternal stress during pregnancy could lead to an altered gene reaction in nerve cells of a child, with implications for the latter’s later life.
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American and Korean researchers have invented a device that can be used to control neuronal networks. A tiny brain implant is controlled from a smartphone.
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The results of an 18-year long-term study showed that ozone pollution significantly contributes to the accelerated development of pulmonary emphysema.
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A lizard-like animal that lived in the Permian 289 million years ago suffered from a disease of bone metabolism similar to the Paget's disease in modern humans. This is by far the oldest known evidence of such a disease and the oldest indirect evidence of a viral infection.
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Scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health and the Charité University Hospital in Berlin have specifically changed the control ranges of 20 disease-relevant genes. This enabled them to identify those changes that have the greatest influence on disease processes.
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HIV-positive cancer patients have a worse outcome with prostate cancer and breast cancer. Carcinomas progress more rapidly and cancer-related mortality also increases.
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Motor learning takes place both during the active practice of new processes and in the breaks afterward. New research shows that the consolidation of practiced sequences already begins during short interruptions of practice and can be improved by brain stimulation.
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Surgical wounds close more frequently and faster, infections are rarer than with standard care. However, 23% of the data from completed studies are still not available.
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External measurements taken on the scalp allow conclusions to be drawn about the underlying nerve cell activity.
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Researchers at John Hopkins University have identified a pair of proteins that control when hair cells form in mammalian ears, to great precision. The research team believes these proteins may help restore hearing in people with irreversible deafness.
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New SLE classification criteria intend to help patients with SLE to be recognized more quickly and to be treated more effectively.
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Tattoos could become interesting from a diagnostic point of view. Scientists have succeeded for the first time in developing tattoos that work like disease-indicating sensors.
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Timely lifestyle changes can protect people at high risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from vision loss into old age. This is a key intermediate result of the European research project EYE-RISK.
