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• Huge bacteria-eating viruses found in DNA from gut of pregnant women and Tibetan hot spring

  By Ralph Turchiano on February 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  University of Melbourne and the University of California, Berkeley, scientists have discovered hundreds of unusually large, bacteria-killing viruses with capabilities normally associated with living organisms. The findings provide new insight into the constant warfare between phages and bacteria. They also… Read More ›

• Prebiotics may help activate anti-tumor immunity

  By Ralph Turchiano on February 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Prebiotics may help activate anti-tumor immunity Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that two prebiotics, mucin and inulin, slowed the growth of melanoma in mice by boosting the immune system’s ability to fight cancer. In contrast… Read More ›

• Viruses and cancer — systematic overview published

  By Ralph Turchiano on February 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center systematically investigated the DNA of more than 2,600 tumor samples from patients with 38 different types of cancer to discover traces of viruses — which they found in 13% of the samples studied…. Read More ›

• Rose Scent Dramatically Improves Learning

  By Ralph Turchiano on February 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Rose Scent Dramatically Improves Learning Rose Scent Dramatically Improves Learning “The students showed a significant increase in learning success by about 30 percent if the incense sticks were used during both the learning and sleeping phases,” says Neumann. The results… Read More ›

• New research establishes how first exposure to flu virus sets on our immunity for life

  By Ralph Turchiano on February 3, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The first type of influenza virus we are exposed to in early childhood dictates our ability to fight the flu for the rest of our lives, according to a new study from a team of infectious disease researchers at McMaster… Read More ›

• The Lancet: 2019 novel coronavirus is genetically different to human SARS and should be considered a new human-infecting coronavirus

  By Ralph Turchiano on February 3, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A new genetic analysis of 10 genome sequences of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from nine patients in Wuhan finds that the virus is most closely related to two bat-derived SARS-like coronaviruses, according to a study published in The Lancet. Source: The… Read More ›

• How the immune system becomes blind to cancer cells

  By Ralph Turchiano on February 3, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Researchers have described the activation of a key protein used by tumor cells to stop the body’s immune response. Source: How the immune system becomes blind to cancer cells

• Blue light can help heal mild traumatic brain injury

  By Ralph Turchiano on January 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Blue light can help heal mild traumatic brain injury   “Daily exposure to blue wavelength light each morning helps to re-entrain the circadian rhythm so that people get better, more regular sleep. This is likely true for everybody, but we… Read More ›

• Researchers trace coronavirus outbreak in China to snakes

  By Ralph Turchiano on January 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Emerging viral infections — from bird flu to Ebola to Zika infections — pose major threats to global public health, and understanding their origins can help investigators design defensive strategies against future outbreaks. A new study published in the Journal… Read More ›

• Quercetin shown to significantly lower Blood Pressure and Triglycerides

  By Ralph Turchiano on January 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Quercetin shown to significantly lower Blood Pressure and Triglycerides Quercetin shown to significantly lower Blood Pressure and Triglycerides The results of this meta-analysis indicate that quercetin has the ability to lower BP without causing any significant adverse effects and may… Read More ›

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