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Higher levels of leptin indicate brain protection against late-life dementia

New research is more closely linking obesity to dementia. Higher levels of leptin, a hormone that helps maintain normal body weight, is associated with better

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Paving the way for antivirals against Ebola virus and its deadly relatives

At this moment, the world has few tools to combat deadly filoviruses, such as Ebola and Marburg viruses. The only approved vaccine and antibody treatments

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Getting autism right | ScienceDaily

To a group of autistic adults participating in a Rutgers study, giddiness manifests like “bees”; small moments of joy are like “a nice coffee in

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Key factors that impact long-term weight loss in patients prescribed GLP-1 RA medications

A Cleveland Clinic study identified key factors that can impact the long-term weight loss of patients with obesity who were prescribed injectable semaglutide or liraglutide

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Experimental mRNA cancer vaccine shows potential for advanced stage cancer patients in Phase 1 trial

Interim data from the Phase I dose escalation part of the mRNA cancer immunotherapy (mRNA-4359), show promise in patients with advanced solid cancers. The investigational

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New method for fingerprint analysis holds great promise

A groundbreaking study has made it possible to extract much more information from fingerprints as evidence than what is currently achievable. A new study from

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Discovery could lead to longer-lasting EV batteries, hasten energy transition

Batteries lose capacity over time, which is why older cellphones run out of power more quickly. This common phenomenon, however, is not completely understood. Now,

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Clinical trials inappropriately excluding people of African/Middle Eastern descent, new research shows

Many clinical trials of new cancer drugs may be inappropriately excluding some people with “Duffy-null phenotype,” a trait found predominantly in people of African or

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Summer storms are stronger and more frequent over urban areas

Summer storms are generally more frequent, intense and concentrated over cities than over rural areas, according to new, detailed observations of eight cities and their

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Artificial muscles propel a robotic leg to walk and jump

Inventors and researchers have been developing robots for almost 70 years. To date, all the machines they have built — whether for factories or elsewhere