Health

In past decades, nucleic acid drugs have gained significant attention thanks to the tremendous potential for the treatment of inherited diseases. However, efficient and biocompatible…
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Smoking is a harmful addiction responsible for several lung pathologies caused by toxicity of the cigarette smoke. One of them is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),…
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Once a stroke occurs, every attempt is made to determine its exact cause. The goal is to determine if additional strokes can be prevented. Strokes…
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Since the concept of “oxidative stress” was coined by Helmut Sies in 1985, it has become so far-reaching that it is now considered a causative factor…
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The placenta constitutes a boundary between the fetal and maternal environments, being involved in the exchange of nutrients and waste products between the mother and…
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Do children who can draw well perform better in math later on? There are indications of this and also of the causes. Self-painted pictures of…
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Embryonic development is a fascinating process where a fertilized oocyte develops into a multicellular, adult organism. For more than 70 years, it was thought that…
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Cancer is still a global issue. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and present immune therapy do prolong the lives of cancer patients, but these cannot correct a…
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Cardiovascular disease remains the number one reason for mortality and morbidity in the US, particularly given the ever-increasing prevalence of metabolic syndromes like diabetes and…
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Sulfonylureas are antidiabetic drugs that have been used for more than 50 years in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. While sulfonylureas can effectively reduce…
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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine recently reported a new material to deliver RNA therapeutics to fat cells for gene therapy. Gene therapy has…
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