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Commercial interest and federal funding are leading to more research into the therapeutic effects of the fragrant molecules known as terpenes.

(University of East Anglia) Young Seychelles warblers fare better if their elderly parents have help raising them, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University of Groningen.Seyche...

(Duke-NUS Medical School) New 'armoured' T cells attack cancer without being suppressed by drugs given to transplant patients to avoid organ rejection.

(BMJ) Fried-food intake is linked to a heightened risk of major heart disease and stroke, finds a pooled analysis of the available research data, published online in the journal Heart.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Overall, the green MED diet produced dramatic reductions in fatty liver. NAFLD prevalence dropped from 62% at baseline to 31.5% in the green Mediterranean group, ...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Three-quarters of parents in a new national poll think peers better understand teen challenges, compared to teachers or counselors in the school.

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Mount Sinai researchers have published one of the first studies using federated learning to examine electronic health records to better predict how COVID-19 pat...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Healthcare providers must be able to explain the latest data supporting the safety and efficacy of vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) so they can ...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) MD Anderson researchers have developed a new computational tool to accurately differentiate between cancer cells and normal cells when analyzing large single-cell RNA-se...

(University of Würzburg) How do tumors develop in the cervix? Many new details are now known about this question. This is also thanks to Dr. Cindrilla Chumduri from the Biocentre at the University of Würzburg.

(University of Exeter) New research has demonstrated that a simple, cheap test can help identify who is at risk of developing colorectal cancer, aiding early diagnosis and potentially saving lives.

(University of Edinburgh) More people could be protected from life-threatening rabies thanks to an agile approach to dog vaccination using smart phone technology to spot areas of low vaccination coverage in real time. Th...

(BMJ) We should err on the side of caution and stop the global roll out of 5G (fifth generation) telecoms networks until we are certain this technology is completely safe, urges an expert in an opinion piece published on...

(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered Jekyll and Hyde immune cells in the brain that ultimately help with brain repair but early ...

(University of South Australia) University of South Australia scientists have developed the world's first test to accurately predict mood disorders in people, based on the levels of a specific protein found in the brain.