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Earlier research showed the association between the use of oral contraception containing a synthetic form of progesterone (progestogen) and an increased risk of suicidal behaviour for women with a depression and suicidal ideations. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have now discovered the mechanism underlying this process. “We hopeContinuar Leyendo

Vapes are an effective aid to quitting smoking tobacco cigarettes. However, they do not help to reduce nicotine dependence. This is shown by the results of the world’s largest study on this topic, which was conducted by a Swiss-wide interdisciplinary research group led by the University of Bern. Bern, FebContinuar Leyendo

The aim of this clinical trial, which has just received approval in France, is to assess the safety and efficacy of a new gene therapy drug in children aged between 6 and 31 months with profound hearing loss. Audiogene was developed by a French consortium composed of teams from theContinuar Leyendo

Understanding sex differences in how pain develops and resolves in mice could one day lead to new, targeted treatments in humans, says researcher. Alberta, Jan 25, 2024.- A University of Alberta research team has uncovered differences in the way male and female mice develop and resolve chronic pain, pointing toContinuar Leyendo

Simple blood test can predict who will get severe disease and could also point the way to future treatments. Alberta, Jan 08, 2023.- A cross-disciplinary University of Alberta research team has uncovered a biological marker for scleroderma that can predict which patients will develop severe disease and could also leadContinuar Leyendo

New York, Dec 29, 2023.- Billions of years ago, as primitive lifeforms were becoming more complex, a selfish genetic component became a sort of genome colonizer. Using a copy-and-paste mechanism, this pernicious bit of code replicated and inserted itself again and again into a variety of genomes. Over time, allContinuar Leyendo

Bern, Dec 21, 2023.- The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed the Biosafety Center of the Institute for Infectious Diseases at the University of Bern as a Collaborating Center. The Biosafety Center will support the WHO with advice, training and the development of guidelines and instructions. It is the onlyContinuar Leyendo

New York, Dec 17, 2023.- The current class of anti-obesity drugs is proving remarkably effective at removing excess pounds. However, a phase 3 randomized clinical trial led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian found that people who stopped taking the medication regained much of that weight within aContinuar Leyendo

A Cambridge-led study has shown why many women experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy – and why some women, including the then Duchess of Cambridge, become so sick they need to be admitted to hospital. The culprit is a hormone produced by the fetus – a protein known as GDF15.Continuar Leyendo

Associative learning was always thought to be regulated by the cortex of the cerebellum, often referred to as the “little brain”. However, new research from a collaboration between the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, and Champalimaud Center for the Unknown reveals that actually the nuclei of the cerebellum makeContinuar Leyendo