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Understanding Apes' Gestures Is Possible For Humans, Study Finds
The more than 5,550 study participants saw 20 brief videos of ape gestures and then responded to multiple choice questions regarding the significance of each gesture.
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Cutting Covid Infectious Period By A Day Could Prevent Millions Of Cases: Study
A vaccine or medication that could shorten the infectious period of COVID-19 in patients, even by one day, may potentially prevent millions of cases and save billions of dollars, according to a new modelling study.
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'When' You Eat Almost  As Important As 'What' You Eat For Weight Loss: Study
According to a study published in the journal Plos Biology, biological clock and sleep regulate how the food you eat is metabolized, therefore the choice of burning fats or carbohydrates varies depending on the time of day or night.
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Four Cups Of Coffee May Keep Your Heart Healthy: Study
According to a journal PLOS Biology, caffeine from that morning joe is said to protect the heart
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Researchers Find New Potential Cure For Baldness: Top 5 Foods That Prevent Balding
A study published in the journal PLOS Biology has said that the osteoporosis drug helps by targeting a protein which inhibits the development of certain tissues, including hair follicles.
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Novel Drug May Help Treat Hair Loss; Try These Foods For Hair-Growth!
According to a study published in the journal PLOS Biology, for people with receding hairlines, help may soon be on the way, as scientists have identified a drug, originally designed for osteoporosis- that can stimulate hair growth
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Obesity May Reduce The Number Of Taste Buds; Here’s How You Can Shed Kilos Naturally!
According to the study published in the journal PLOS Biology, there is a link between obesity and inflamed taste buds, resulting in triggers that enable humans to eat more.
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A Protein That Causes Blindness in Diabetics
By creating a virtual tissue model of diabetes in the eye, researchers have shown precisely how a small protein that can both damage or grow blood vessels in the eye causes vision loss and blindness in people with diabetes
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Two Studies Cast Doubt On Credibility of Medical Research
An accompanying editorial in PLOS Biology noted that a "credibility crisis" is ravaging scientific research.
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Safer Polio Vaccine Strains For Post-Eradication Era Developed
Researchers have developed new polio vaccine strains that is particularly suitable for a post-eradication era as these strains appear both effective and unable to cause disease after accidental release.
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X-rays film inside live insects in 3-D
Scientists have used a particle accelerator to obtain high-speed 3D X-ray visualisations of the flight muscles of flies.
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Understanding Apes' Gestures Is Possible For Humans, Study Finds
The more than 5,550 study participants saw 20 brief videos of ape gestures and then responded to multiple choice questions regarding the significance of each gesture.
-
Cutting Covid Infectious Period By A Day Could Prevent Millions Of Cases: Study
A vaccine or medication that could shorten the infectious period of COVID-19 in patients, even by one day, may potentially prevent millions of cases and save billions of dollars, according to a new modelling study.
-
'When' You Eat Almost  As Important As 'What' You Eat For Weight Loss: Study
According to a study published in the journal Plos Biology, biological clock and sleep regulate how the food you eat is metabolized, therefore the choice of burning fats or carbohydrates varies depending on the time of day or night.
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Four Cups Of Coffee May Keep Your Heart Healthy: Study
According to a journal PLOS Biology, caffeine from that morning joe is said to protect the heart
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Researchers Find New Potential Cure For Baldness: Top 5 Foods That Prevent Balding
A study published in the journal PLOS Biology has said that the osteoporosis drug helps by targeting a protein which inhibits the development of certain tissues, including hair follicles.
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Novel Drug May Help Treat Hair Loss; Try These Foods For Hair-Growth!
According to a study published in the journal PLOS Biology, for people with receding hairlines, help may soon be on the way, as scientists have identified a drug, originally designed for osteoporosis- that can stimulate hair growth
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Obesity May Reduce The Number Of Taste Buds; Here’s How You Can Shed Kilos Naturally!
According to the study published in the journal PLOS Biology, there is a link between obesity and inflamed taste buds, resulting in triggers that enable humans to eat more.
-
A Protein That Causes Blindness in Diabetics
By creating a virtual tissue model of diabetes in the eye, researchers have shown precisely how a small protein that can both damage or grow blood vessels in the eye causes vision loss and blindness in people with diabetes
-
Two Studies Cast Doubt On Credibility of Medical Research
An accompanying editorial in PLOS Biology noted that a "credibility crisis" is ravaging scientific research.
-
Safer Polio Vaccine Strains For Post-Eradication Era Developed
Researchers have developed new polio vaccine strains that is particularly suitable for a post-eradication era as these strains appear both effective and unable to cause disease after accidental release.
-
X-rays film inside live insects in 3-D
Scientists have used a particle accelerator to obtain high-speed 3D X-ray visualisations of the flight muscles of flies.
