Researchers have discovered that signalling processes between proteins and the immune system are way more complex than previously thought, thanks to a special kind of 'spliced' molecule that's more common than anyone could have predicted.

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Submitted on October 22nd 2016 by kxh

Swiss surgeons successfully used an experimental technique, which includes harvesting cells from the nasal septum, to repair damaged knee joints in patients. Two years later, these patients report improvements in pain and knee function, according to a study published Thursday in the journal The Lancet. "The treatment is safe and feasible," said study co-author, Dr. Ivan Martin. Between 2004 and 2011, nearly two million Americans underwent a knee surgery due to cartilage problems.

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Submitted on October 22nd 2016 by messi

The EFF's series on "shadow regulation" continues, this time exploring how American pharmaceutical companies are keeping affordable medication out of the hands of Americans. The examination goes beyond what's already common...

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Submitted on October 19th 2016 by kxh

Several U.S. cities have sugary drink taxes on the ballot. As efforts to reduce soda consumption gain traction around the world, critics say the industry is using the tobacco playbook to fight back.

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Submitted on October 20th 2016 by rti9

The new mantra for researchers fighting Alzheimer’s disease is “go early,” before memory loss or other pathology appears. The rationale for this approach holds that by the time dementia sets in the disease may already be destroying brain cells, placing severe limits on treatment options. Some large clinical trials are now testing drugs intended to clear up the brain’s cellular detritus—the aggregations of amyloid and tau proteins that may ultimately destroy brain cells. So far this approach has had decidedly mixed results.

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Submitted on October 23rd 2016 by canuck

John Oliver discusses the extent and root of the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction.

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Submitted on October 24th 2016 by rti9 with 5 comments

Because “superbugs” like MRSA no longer respond to traditional antibiotic treatments, researchers are locked in a constant microscopic arms race to develop new antibiotics that effectively counter increasingly resistant opportunistic bacterial strains. Recently, a  25-year-old doctoral student developed an entirely new technique for combating superbugs- and without using antibiotics... By Zayan Guedim.

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Submitted on October 22nd 2016 by AdelleChattre

Take a walk. It’s free. By Tamar Shulsinger.

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Submitted on October 22nd 2016 by gladsdotter

Research shows that changing the name could help reduce the stigma of mental illness. By Nathaniel P. Morris.

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Submitted on October 24th 2016 by AdelleChattre with 4 comments

Violence is a strategic act. What I mean by this is that a threat to employ physical aggression against someone else unless they do what you want is one that needs to be credible to be useful. If a 5-year-old child threatened to beat up her parents if they don't stop for ice cream, the parents understand that the child does not actually pose a real physical risk and, if push came to shove, the parents would win a physical contest; by contrast, if you happen to hanging out with a heavy-weight MMA fighter and he demands you pull over for ice cream...

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Submitted on October 23rd 2016 by Chubros

Researchers focus on eradicating sand flies that transmit the disease since medical treatment is impractical. By Amrith Ramkumar. (Aug. 18, 2016)

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Submitted on October 21st 2016 by AdelleChattre

Industry regulator cracks down on nurses and midwives who promote anti-vaccination via social media

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Submitted on October 20th 2016 by rti9

The feminist philosopher pursued hiking as intellectual enlightenment. In Provence, 77 years later, one writer retraces her steps.

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Submitted on October 18th 2016 by gladsdotter

Despite their unhealthy ingredients and piles of sugar, a candy bar could actually be a better choice than these energy and protein bars.

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Submitted on October 23rd 2016 by Appaloosa with 1 comments

While smartphone spectrometers are already being used to help detect cancer, they have only been able to evaluate one sample at a time, making the work slow and tedious. A breakthrough by a Washington State University research team led to the creation of a low-cost multichannel smartphone spectrometer that uses optical sensors to scan multiple samples simultaneously. The team, led by Lei Li, assistant professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, found their spectrometer to be highly accurate and sensitive, thanks to the custom prism array designed especially for this device.

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Submitted on October 22nd 2016 by roxxy

In 1960, a Cambridge parapsychologist dressed in a bed-sheet attempted to haunt the audience of an X-rated film. His bizarre experiment accidentally explored the limits of human perception to reveal one of our mind’s strangest quirks. By Matthew Tompkins.

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Submitted on October 25th 2016 by gladsdotter with 2 comments

Researchers have isolated a new kind of antibiotic from a previously unknown and uncultured bacterial genus.

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Submitted on October 20th 2016 by Gozzin with 3 comments

This will help us better understand how to use the drug for medical purposes. By Angela Chen.

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Submitted on October 23rd 2016 by AdelleChattre

People say magic isn't real, but they say that about my illness too. By Maranda Elizabeth.

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Submitted on October 22nd 2016 by AdelleChattre

Arsenic dresses, mercury hats, and flammable clothing caused a lot of pain.

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Submitted on October 24th 2016 by Appaloosa