A Mount Sinai research team has identified one of the mechanisms that establish the skin as a protective barrier, a
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Woman discovers she's pregnant just a few hours before giving birth
When Lizzie Quah, a 23-year-old ballet teacher, started experiencing pain like ‘the worst period cramps’, she thought she had a
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Do Kenya’s camel handlers face a threat from MERS? What we found
In Kenya, camels are a very popular animal to keep as livestock. There’s value in their meat and milkproducts and
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A new potential target for the treatment of alcohol-withdrawal induced depression
Maintaining abstinence from alcohol can be exceptionally challenging. A main goal of addiction research has been to find out exactly
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A clue as to why it’s so hard to wake up on a cold winter’s morning
Winter may be behind us, but do you remember the challenge of waking up on those cold, dark days? Temperature
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‘Like looking for a needle in a haystack’: Global hunt for key molecule to block COVID-19
A UniSA molecular biologist is working with a world leader in artificial intelligence-based drug discovery to help find a molecule
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The real reason men are less likely to wear a face mask
How do you feel about wearing a face mask? Do you think they look kind of cute, and you’ve maybe
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Countering the negative effects of a common antidepressant
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRI’s, are popular drugs that treat depression by increasing the amount of a neurotransmitter called
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Not all doom and gloom: Even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones
Much has been written on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on negative emotions, such as rising anxiety and the
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Can a drug developed for sickle cell anemia mitigate lung damage in patients with COVID-19?
Scientists around the globe are working to identify approved and investigational drugs that can be repurposed to treat COVID-19. Senicapoc
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