According to News Monkey, a linguistic study found that male characters in films say twice as much as the female. And even if women say something, it is usually just filling and is not necessary for the story. A language study ...
Read More »Scientists Edited Human Embryos To Prevent Heart Disease
The US scientists used CRISPR to genetically edit human embryos to remove a disease gene, which is the basis for trying to create the first gene-modified people, according to the MIT Technology Review. According to the report, Shoukhrat Mitalipov and ...
Read More »Green Tea Could Prevent Memory Loss and Obesity, Study Finds
A new study reveals that a molecule of Epigallocatechin—3-gallata (EGCG) contained in green tea could even protect against insulin resistance – which is one of causes of type 2 diabetes, according to Daily Express. Scientists have looked in to the ...
Read More »Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Approved By US Drug Watchdog
A new treatment called a “living drug” modifies immune cells of the patient and ‘teaches’ them to attack cancer cells. The drug known as CAR-T cell immunotherapy was approved by FDA to be used for children and young adults with ...
Read More »Coffee Helps You Live Longer, New Study Shows
The good news comes to coffee lovers from researchers in two new studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The surveys found that drinking coffee increases longevity and prevents the risk of early death across various races, according to ...
Read More »Personalized Cancer Vaccine Test Show Promising Results
The vaccine has been tested in two small groups of people with melanoma, a type of skin cancer. Twelve of the 19 test subjects remained cancer-free for two years after vaccine administration, the researchers published in the Nature magazine. “This ...
Read More »Children With Higher IQ Live Longer
If children score above average in an IQ test, they have a relatively small chance of developing age-related illnesses for their eighties, such as heart disease or prostate cancer, according to the results of a study conducted by the Scottish ...
Read More »Groundbreaking Discovery: Astronomers Verified Existence of Orbiting Supermassive Black Holes
For the first time, astronomers the University of New Mexico (UNM) have confirmed the discovery of orbiting supermassive black holes. The black holes are located in a galaxy 750 million light-years from Earth, and their discovery could teach us a ...
Read More »How Cats Used Humans To Conquer The World
A study in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution has revealed ancient feline skeletons and mummies from 9,000 years ago are evidence cats came from the region to the rest of the world, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Daily Express. ...
Read More »Scientists develop drug that creates a ‘real sun-tan’ could prevent cancer
The drug tricks the skin into producing the brown form of the pigment melanin in tests on skin samples and mice. Evidence suggests it will work even on redheads, who normally just burn in the sun, according to the BBC. ...
Read More »Eating fried potatoes linked to higher risk of death, study says
Eating potatoes that have not been fried was not linked to a similar early mortality risk, the researchers noted, according to CNN. “Fried potatoes consumption is increasing worldwide,” warned Dr. Nicola Veronese, lead author of the study and a scientist ...
Read More »Cancer Drug Proves to Be Effective Against Multiple Tumors
The results, published on Thursday in the journal Science, are so striking that the Food and Drug Administration already has approved the drug, pembrolizumab, brand name Keytruda, for patients whose cancers arise from the same genetic abnormality, according to The ...
Read More »Do we live in a hologram? Video reveals controversial theory
There are some who believe that our universe is a massive hologram, in which 3-D reality as we know it exists within a two-dimensional boundary, Joinfo.com reports with reference to MailOnline. While it may seem radical, the idea has recently ...
Read More »Loxo’s targeted drug helps variety of advanced cancers in small study
The drug, larotrectinib, directly targets an acquired rather than inherited genetic defect called TRK fusions. In such patients, TRK genes abnormally attach to other genes, triggering accelerated cancer cell growth, according to Reuters. If approved, the oral therapy would mark a ...
Read More »Researchers suggest there is a fifth force of nature governing our universe
Our understanding of the universe, based largely on Einstein’s theory of general relativity, relies on four fundamental forces: Gravity, electromagnetic, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. These forces stop planets, molecules and even atoms from tearing themselves apart and ...
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