The researcher at the Department of Social Psychology of the University of Malaga Christiane Arrivillaga has participated in an international study conducted at the University of Toledo (Ohio, USA) that…
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Cellular ‘cruise control’ system safeguards RNA levels in Rett syndrome nerve cells
Cis-acting elements in the 3ʹUTR are highly associated with half-life changes. a Random forest classifier for prediction of mRNA sequence features relevant for half-life fold-change in human NEURTT and in…
US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
Pfizer, left, and Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccines are readied for use at a clinic, Nov. 17, 2022, in Richmond, Va. The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining…
Study provides evidence that breathing exercises may reduce Alzheimer’s risk
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The exercise was simple: inhale for a count of five, then exhale for a count of five. Do that for 20 minutes, twice a day, for…
Mouse hair turns gray when certain stem cells get stuck
Hair might go gray when stem cells with wanderlust have their travels interrupted. Stem cells involved in making the pigment that gives hair its color behave much differently than other…
Cognitive impairment after stroke is common, and early diagnosis and treatment needed
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than half of stroke survivors may develop cognitive impairment within a year after their stroke, and 1 in 3 are at risk for developing dementia…
‘Eat, sleep, console’ reduces hospital stay and need for medication among opioid-exposed infants
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have found the “Eat, Sleep, Console” (ESC) care approach to be more effective than using the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST) to assess and…
Japan approves abortion pill for the first time
The abortion pill will become available in Japan for the first time after the health ministry approved the drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancy. Abortion is legal in Japan up…
European paediatricians sound alarm over medicine shortage
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Paediatricians from European countries have raised the alarm over a shortage of medicines for children including antibiotics and asthma treatment, warning it was endangering health. In…
Transgender women are still at risk for prostate cancer
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Transgender women keep their prostates even after gender-affirming surgery, but the extent to which they remain at risk of prostate cancer has been unclear. Now a…
