Lower-than-normal zinc levels may contribute to high blood pressure (hypertension) by altering the way the kidneys handle sodium. The study
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Study shows dopamine plays a role in musical pleasure
An international team of researchers has found evidence of dopamine in the brain playing a role in the pleasure people
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Genomic study finds a new role for microRNAs as predictors of Crohn’s disease progression
Crohn’s disease is a lifelong condition characterized by a fluctuating course of gastro-intestinal inflammation with repeated flares and remissions. Any
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Clarifying the role of a protein released by immune ‘dendritic’ cells could yield better treatments
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which afflicts millions of people worldwide, arises when the immune system mounts an overly aggressive response
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Neural inflammation plays critical role in stress-induced depression
A group of Japanese researchers has discovered that neural inflammation caused by the innate immune system plays an unexpectedly important
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Thymic tuft cells play key role in preventing autoimmunity, mouse experiments show
UC San Francisco researchers were recently surprised to discover fully formed gut and skin cells in the thymus, a lemon-sized
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Unraveling role of tumor suppressor in gene expression and ovarian tumorigenesis
The tumor suppressor protein ARID1A controls global transcription in ovarian epithelial cells, according to new research conducted at The Wistar
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