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Groundbreaking research identifies the trigger for puberty
Per researchers, at the organism level, genetic ablation of Tbx3 significantly delays the puberty onset and disturbs the estrous cycle.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 17, 2022


One of the world's oldest diseases surprisingly can regenerate the liver
Leprosy is one of the world’s oldest and most persistent diseases but the bacteria that cause it may also have the surprising ability.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 16, 2022


Innovative hormone treatment significantly reduces the risk of metabolic diseases
The study provides evidence that this adipose tissue-brain-liver axis is opening up new approaches for treating metabolic diseases.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 16, 2022


Groundbreaking disease modifying therapy reduces Alzheimer's effects by 80%
Compelling evidence suggests that the misfolding, aggregation, and cerebral deposition of amyloid-beta plays a central role in the disease.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 16, 2022


Game-changing surgery can cure prostate cancer in one hour
Doctors in the UK hope that thousands of men with prostate cancer could be cured through an innovative hour-long operation.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 16, 2022


‘Love hormone’ revealed to have heart healing properties
The hormone oxytocin is well-known for promoting social bonds and generating pleasurable feelings, for example from art, exercise, or sex.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 16, 2022


Transparent window coating can actively cool buildings without using energy
Researchers design a transparent window coating that could lower the temperature inside buildings, without expending a single watt of energy
Joseph Shavit
Nov 16, 2022


Groundbreaking new solar panels are 1000x more powerful
The result surprised even the research group: compared to pure barium titanate, the current flow was up to 1000 times stronger.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 15, 2022


Researchers create killer T cells to eradicate cancer
T cells snuggle up to targeted diseased cells and form an intimate junction between the two, called the ‘cytotoxic immunological synapse’.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 15, 2022


Good friendships can make for a healthier gut microbiome
Social connections are essential for good health and wellbeing in social animals, such as ourselves and other primates.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 15, 2022


Incredible protein can reverse muscle aging, new research finds
Work could help lead to new treatments or therapies that aid the many people suffering from cellular senescence and age-related disorders.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 15, 2022


Ingestible sensor helps people with HIV stick to drug regimen
Having to deal with the side effects caused by HIV medications —nausea and dizziness among them — can lead people to skip doses.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 15, 2022


Handheld diagnostic tool offers fast point-of-care solution for future pandemics
Researchers have developed a technology that could significantly increase the speed and volume of disease testing, while reducing the costs.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 15, 2022


Groundbreaking blood test can identify over 50 types of cancer
Researchers are one step closer to making a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test, that can detect over 50 types of cancer.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2022


Daily walks can cut the risk of developing dementia by over 50%
According to the American Medical Association, people aged 40 to 79 who walked 9,826 steps each day were 50% less likely to develop dementia
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2022


How do we experience the pain of other people?
People greatly differ in their ability to empathize. Sharing the distress of others is considered key to empathy and our motivation to help.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2022


Drug developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease found to reduce obesity and improve heart function
Study found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and sickle cell disease reduces obesity and fatty liver.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2022


Revolutionary new drug treats cataracts without the need for surgery
According to the WHO 65.2 million people worldwide are living with cataracts, the leading cause of blindness and vision impairment worldwide
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2022


New ‘smart tattoos’ revolutionize on-skin computing
The emergence of on-skin interfaces has created an opportunity for seamless, always-available on-body interactions.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2022


How did plants migrate from living in water to land 400 million years ago? Mystery solved!
The green world that we live in would not have been possible without hidden changes to the plant body over the last 400 million years.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2022
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