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What is going on with the’magic’ drug?
A study found that for 11 of the 100 children with severe malaria in Uganda, it took longer than normal to kill at least half the parasites in the bloodstream. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers these kids to have partial drug resistance (it’s not complete resistance because the kids did eventually get better).
Read MoreThe Pompeii body casts show who the victims were
Researchers have found that a group of four long-dead Pompeiians, for instance, once thought to be parents and their children, turned out to have no biological relation to one another. Another discovery revealed that an adultwearing a golden bracelet and holding a child, long believed to be a mother and child, were actually an adult man and a biologically unrelated child.
Read MoreThe rapid spread of the wildfires in Southern California were caused by strong winds
More than 132 buildings have been destroyed in the 2004 Santa Paula fire in California, US, according to Ventura County firefighter James Fryhoff. Ten people have been injured in the course of the fire, Ventura County Sheriff James Fryhoff said. The fire in Santa Paula spread over 5,000 acres and is 50% contained, officials said.
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Heart attacks can cause deep healing sleep
Researchers claim to have found that AI tools that can predict protein structures from an amino acid sequence or generate new ones can reveal deep healing Sleep in cats and mice. Scientists found mice that had suffered heart attacks spent more time in slow-wave sleep, a stage of deep sleep associated with healing. AI tools won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Is the race really driving you crazy? You are not alone
US President Donald Trump, in a recent interview, predicted that Kamala Harris would defeat him in the US Presidential elections. “It’d be nice if the margin for Harris in Donald Trump’s hometown was a super blowout. I don’t know what to think about the Selzer poll in Iowa,” he said. “I don’t feel confident that we know how this will go,” he added.
Read MoreThere is a chance that a big Republican win could mean changes to the law
US Health Secretary Xavier Becerra has said that he has no doubt that “we’ll see another record set of Americans who have health care coverage” after this year’s open enrollment, which ends on October 15. “Under President Biden and Vice President Harris, more Americans have access to a doctor, hospital through their own health insurance than ever in the history of the country,” he added.
Read MoreSatellite images show the damage caused by the floods in Spain
Climate scientists said that they have seen a clear link between flash floods in Spain and human-caused global warming. An analysis by Climate Central, a nonprofit research group, found that global warming likely increased temperatures in the part of the Atlantic Ocean where most of the moisture contained in the storm originated. Climate scientists have been warning about the impact of global warming on floods.
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British children have lower blood pressure and diabetes because of sugar rationing
A study found that those exposed to sugar rationing at an early age had a 35% lower risk of diabetes and a 19% lower risk of high blood pressure in middle age. It also found that disease protection was greatest for those who were conceived during sugar rationing and were babies while rationing continued. The study was conducted by the UK Biobank of Genetic and Medical Data.
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How to recover from aclimate disasters
A new study in Brazil has said that the 2016 Rio Grande do Sul floods have left a long-lasting effect on people’s mental health. The study also found that people who suffered from mental health problems were much more likely to be affected by climate change, and they were more likely to live longer. Over 2 million people were affected by the floods.
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Tumour evolution and microenvironment interact in 2D and 3D space
OCT-embedded tissue and FFPE tissue samples were sectioned and placed on a Visium Spatial Gene Expression Slide following Visium Spatial Protocols–Tissue Preparation guide. Following the user guide, Visium Spatial Gene Expression Reagent kits were constructed using tissue samples. Clinical MSK-IMPACT targeted exon sequencing was performed on tumour/normal tissue from 27 out of 31 patients and revealed expected mutations.
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