A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities engineering researchers has analyzed the fundamental properties and structures of lung surfactant—a naturally occurring substance that helps human and animal lungs expand ...
Apr 6, 2022
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The availability of vaccines provides a promising solution to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it remains unclear whether the large-scale vaccination can succeed in containing the COVID-19 pandemic and how soon. According ...
Aug 10, 2021
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After two months of soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, numbers have again started to fall—and to the surprise of many, fall quite dramatically. New cases peaked at 54,674 on July 17 before falling to 23,511 on July 27. They ...
Jul 29, 2021
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In daily life, we unfortunately have become used to seeing images of tumors and melanomas. You may have noticed that they're are not entirely symmetric. This asymmetry is useful to doctors in their diagnoses, but why are ...
Dec 8, 2020
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New research in rats shows that cortical arousals and brief awakenings during sleep exhibit non-equilibrium dynamics and complex organization across time scales necessary for spontaneous sleep-stage transitions and for maintaining ...
Nov 14, 2019
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In addition to regulating the body's fluid balance by excreting greater or smaller amounts of urine, the kidneys also maintain the proper balance of electrolytes (salts) and the pH (an acid-base equilibrium) of the body. ...
Feb 20, 2019
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University of Granada scientists have patented a new treatment for acne that is based on completely natural substances and is much more effective than artificial formulas because it does not create resistance to bacteria ...
May 22, 2013
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a technique to better understand why RNA may be different in cancer cells than in normal cells. The technique will bring new depth of understanding ...
Jan 28, 2013
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Family members who care for terminally ill patients at home can be helped by nurses throughout the course of the illness and particularly after the patient's death, according to Penn State nursing researchers.
Sep 16, 2012
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