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Genetic Link Between Creativity and Schizophrenia May Exist

June 15, 2024 10:47 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | Comments

Genes for creativity may share small if significant links with genes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to a new Nature Neuroscience study attracting some key accolades this week.

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Axial Spondyloarthritis Treatment Market Value Will Almost Double to $2.9B by 2024

June 11, 2024 9:44 am | by Heather Leach, Ph.D., Immunology Analyst, GlobalData | Comments

Greater awareness of inflammatory back pain will lead to an increase in diagnosed prevalent cases of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) across the 7MM by 2024.

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NPWT Market Value Will Exceed $1B by 2023

June 10, 2024 8:42 am | by Premdharan Meyyan, Medical Devices Analyst, GlobalData | Comments

The adoption of these disposable NPWT devices will be primarily driven by their drastically reduced costs and expanding applications.

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Startup Raises $40M to Make Synthetic Spider-Silk Infused Fabric

June 10, 2024 8:41 am | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | Comments

The company's fabric is comprised of programmable fibers.

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Laboratory Fluidics Instruments: The Importance of Innovation

June 9, 2024 10:51 am | by Jeffrey A. Duchemin | Comments

Instruments for laboratory fluidics include syringe, peristaltic and continuous flow pumps for a wide variety of applications, from mass spectrometry calibration to drug and nutritional studies. In the 21st century, advances in the sciences that involve fluidics are driving the need for more precise observations by laboratory researchers. It is vital that these researchers have access to the best and most advanced instrumentation.

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New Blood Test Identifies Past Viral Infections

June 5, 2024 8:13 am | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | Comments

A total of 569 blood samples were collected from people across four continents for the initial study.

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Global Warming 'Hiatus' Never Happened, NOAA Says

June 5, 2024 8:11 am | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | Comments

The hiatus was originally proposed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, Fifth Assessment report.

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Your Cat is a Picky Eater Because of Its Genetic Evolution

June 4, 2024 10:56 am | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | Comments

When your cat turns up its nose at a new food, its genes are to blame, say scientists.

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British Smartphone Eye-exam App Hoping to Reach Millions of Blind Worldwide

June 3, 2024 1:51 pm | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | Comments

Thirty-nine million people are blind across the world. An estimated 80 percent of those cases were preventable, through proper diagnosis and medical care – if it was available.

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The Growth of Earth’s Supercontinent Spurred Complex Life

June 3, 2024 9:00 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | Comments

For two billion years, single-celled prokaryotes dominated life on Earth. No one has known just why/when eukaryotes—vastly more complex multi-cellular creatures, like ourselves, with cell nuclei and incredible diversity—arose out of this (comparatively) bland prokaryotic sea.

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Biotech Company Focuses on Developing Needle-Free Vaccines

June 3, 2024 8:31 am | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | Comments

A company in the Netherlands is working on a needle-free vaccine candidate for treating human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

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Sleep Links Memories, Drives Immunity, Hikes Height—and More

June 2, 2024 9:41 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | Comments

According to sleep specialists talking on Alan Alda’s World Science Festival panel “What is Sleep?,” the last decade of research has revealed that the sleeping brain links current and past memories, re-rehearses and finesses activities tried during the day, and even secretes chemicals that make teens taller—among other things.

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