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Tai chi reduces blood pressure compared to aerobic exercise
According to a study, tai chi can lower blood pressure in people with prehypertension, a condition that is considered a warning sign of heart diseases. The study showed that tai chi was better than more vigorous aerobic exercises for lowering blood pressure in people with prehypertension. Prehypertension is higher than normal and doesn’t go to the level of hypertension.
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The CDC may be reconsidering its guidance
A change in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance may have a big impact on workplace policies because of the risks to vulnerable people, Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University School of Public Health said. “If this change takes place, it shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that COVID-19 is less contagious,” she added.
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NASA is looking for clues to humanity’s future
NASA has launched itsPACE Hyperspectral Ocean Color Instrument to help scientists differentiate species of phytoplankton by their unique colour for the first time from space. It will allow scientists to differentiate between species of phytoplankton by their unique colour for the first time from space. “Phytoplankton…are moving carbon around, and we need to understand how that changes with time,” NASA said.
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Nine states signed a heat pump agreement to clean up air pollution
The US has signed an action plan to support widespread electrification of residential buildings as part of a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU). The states will collaborate in pursuing federal funding and developing standards for the rollout of heat pumps, and laying out an overarching plan “with priority actions to support widespread electrification of residential buildings”.
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There is a huge study of mothers and babies in China
Researchers have identified discrepancies in the effect of some genetic variants on the same trait between mothers and their babies. “That’s really fascinating,” said one of the researchers. Researchers found an effect on epigenetics that slows the growth of cells, which could be related to different timescales of growth. Manipulating this ‘brake’ could allow scientists to speed up the study of older brain cells.
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Gene therapy shows promise for people with deafness
Researchers in China have given working versions of a gene that makes otoferlin, which is needed for hearing, to inner ear cells of children born with an inherited deafness. “Before the treatment they couldn’t hear a thing. You could put the loudest sound in the ear and they don’t hear anything,” researchers said. Five of the six children began hearing within weeks.
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The HIV capsid is similar to FG-nucleoporins
An experimental method was developed using hexameric hexameric CAmer-mCherry and hexameric CASenmer-mCherry. The CAmer-mCherry was first incubated with importin-:importin-, TNPO1, TNPO3 (all final 2.5M). NaCl, 2 mM DTT, twice against 50 mM Tris pH 8, 1,000 mM NaCl, and twice against 50 mM Tris pH 8, 40 mM NaCl, and twice against 50 mM Tris pH 8, 40 mM NaCl, to remove nucleic acid contaminations.
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The vaccine is a surprise benefit for kids
A shortage of both vaccines and antitoxins are limiting the effectiveness of response to diphtheria outbreak in Haiti, according to Louise Ivers, director of Harvard Global Health Institute. “Nobody wants to make it,” she added. There were fewer than 9,000 cases globally in 2021 and how impoverished communities facing diphtheria tend to be, Ivers further said.
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The war has hurt the West Bank’s economy
As many as 24 Israeli soldiers were killed on the first day of the ongoing war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the military said. The death toll is the highest in a single day for Israel during its war with Hamas, it added. At least 1,323 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Gaza conflict, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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Dozens of people have been killed in southern Gaza
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it had encircled Khan Younis in southern Gaza, a significant step in its effort to defeat Hamas. Israel began its war against Hamas on July 8. Over the course of a single day, Israel airstrikes killed 190 people and wounded340 others in the Gaza enclave, said the health ministry.
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