Category: Education
US researchers find falling estrogen levels in women can lead to muscle loss
A study from the University of Minnesota Medical School (UMN-Med) in Minneapolis has recently established that estrogen is essential in females for maintaining muscle stem cell health and function. The associated animal study showed that a lack of estrogen or […]
Gene-deficient bone marrow cells induce cancer tumour regression; slows tumour growth
An immunotherapy approach known as adoptive cell therapy, in which altered versions of a patient’s own cells are used to trigger a more heightened immune response to cancer, has been observed to slow the growth of prostate and pancreatic cancers […]
Calorie restriction can protect against aging in cellular pathways, US-China study finds
Inflammatory response(s) characteristic of human aging can apparently be reversed by calorie-restriction, as observed by scientists from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) in California, US, and collaborators from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing, China. Caloric […]
Machine study of brain scans puts forth new ideas to schizophrenia
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) dismissed a number of different diagnostic classifications for schizophreniain 2013 citing “limited diagnostic stability, low reliability, and poor validity” – the classifications were then based on observations of behavior and symptoms. Now, new research led […]
Deleted DNA segment linked to ventricular enlargement in schizophrenia
Patients may suffer from what is known as “auditory hallucinations” in schizophrenia – they hear often distressing and distracting “voices” due to enlarged cerebral ventricles, which afflicts nearly 80% of schizophrenic individuals. Uncovering the biological origins of auditory hallucinations is […]
Chemicals in drinking water supposed culprit for tooth decay in children
Certain manufactured chemicals persist in the environment and cause may health grievances, including perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which was recently discovered to affect paediatric dental health. American scientists from the School of Dentistry at West Virginia University (WVU) have […]
Bilingualism can hold back Alzheimer’s symptoms, but only for so long
A person can have many benefits from being bilingual, for the brain, it can shorten recovery times from stroke, stave off cognitive decline associated with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, and so on. Unfortunately, it seems that bilingualism can also significantly […]
Gloves Sector: A helping hand for Malaysian gloves growth
Scarcity and viral infections may bring out the best and the worst in situations, but for Malaysia’s glove sector, it is the catalyst to its continued growth, says Angelica Buan. When the Covid-19 (new coronavirus disease) epicentre, Wuhan in Hubei, […]
Mainland China sees more than 100 new deaths from coronavirus over weekend
The Chinese National Health Commission reported on Monday that the COVID-19 death toll in mainland China reached 1,770 as of the end of Sunday – there were 2,048 new cases across mainland China, with more than 94% of the new […]
An infectious person estimated to pass the COVID-19 virus onto two others
The number of cases related to the COVID-19, or the Wuhan coronavirus, suggests that the virus can spread via human-to-human transmission through droplets, contact or fomites, similar to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) or the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome […]
