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Omega-3 prevents slow brain development
Medicine - Health

Omega-3 prevents slow brain development

An Australian research group has demonstrated that giving premature babies an omega-3 fatty acid can prevent mental retardation.

December 14, 2018
Molecule controls blood vessel growth
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Molecule controls blood vessel growth

The development and recovery of cardiac and vascular tissue is strongly linked to a small segment of ribonucleic acid (RNA) present only in one place in the body.

December 14, 2018
New way to fight malaria
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New way to fight malaria

Australian scientists have identified eight types of genes involved in the development of malaria parasites in human red blood cells. This opens a new direction in fight…

December 14, 2018
The basic development process of cancer cells
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The basic development process of cancer cells

Nearly 80 years ago, scientist Otto Warburg observed that cancer cells exhibited different metabolic processes than normal adult cells. For decades, this observation was…

December 14, 2018
Sea cucumber - new 'weapon' against malaria
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Sea cucumber - new 'weapon' against malaria

Nudibranchs (photos) produce a protein called lectin that weakens the development of malaria parasites. This can be seen as a promising new weapon in preventing the spre…

December 14, 2018
Rules for the first 20 years of life
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Rules for the first 20 years of life

The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published the first rule to permit the classification and assessment of young people's health with the title How to classify…

December 14, 2018
Surgery for an unborn baby
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Surgery for an unborn baby

On September 29, published scientific journal of Pregnancy Diagnosis and Therapy, for the first time in the world, the specialty doctors of Bonn University Hospital (Ger…

December 14, 2018
FDAS2 gene will make breastfed babies smarter
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FDAS2 gene will make breastfed babies smarter

According to a recent scientific study, breastfed babies will be smarter if they have an additional FDAS2 gene variant. This is a gene involved in controlling the moveme…

December 14, 2018
I'm usually shorter than my brother
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I'm usually shorter than my brother

If you have a gut, but especially you, then the risk is that you will be smaller than him, the scientists claim. Research by David Lawson, from the University of London,…

December 14, 2018