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Unlocking the energy crisis in Parkinson’s: New findings offer hope for future treatment

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Unlocking the energy crisis in Parkinson’s: New findings offer hope for future treatment

Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder globally, has long baffled scientists with its progressive nature and debilitating effects on motor function. A recent study from the School of Medicine at Fujita Health University has brought new insights into the metabolic disruptions experienced by patients with PD. By analyzing the blood and cerebrospinal … Read more

Octopuses as shift supervisors for fish; universe confounds standard model; extremely old cheese

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Octopuses as shift supervisors for fish; universe confounds standard model; extremely old cheese

3,300-year-old Kefir cheese discovered on the Tarim mummies. Credit: Yimin Yang This week, biologists tracked down a mysterious group of orcas near Chile; Hubble spotted a black hole jet that causes stars along its trajectory to erupt; and researchers explained mysterious craters that began appearing in Siberian permafrost in the 2010s. But you’re probably here … Read more

Building better bone grafts | ScienceDaily

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Unlocking the energy crisis in Parkinson’s: New findings offer hope for future treatment

Each year, about 2.2 million bone-grafting procedures are performed worldwide, the gold standard of care being autografting, which uses the patient’s own bone for tooth implantation and to repair and reconstruct parts of the mouth, face and skull. Given drawbacks to autografting that include the need for additional surgery, longer recovery time, complication risks and … Read more

A 20-year struggle for environmental justice—and a public park—in one California city

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A 20-year struggle for environmental justice—and a public park—in one California city

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Just up the road from Oakland and Berkeley, the city of Richmond is a minority and low-income community of 115,500 people—mainly Latino, Black and Asian American—with a major Chevron refinery whose pollution has been an ongoing source of conflict (the city just reached a $550 million settlement with Chevron to mitigate … Read more

Any ice-age telepaths out there? Please explain why Netflix is revisiting Ancient Apocalypse | Catherine Bennett

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Any ice-age telepaths out there? Please explain why Netflix is revisiting Ancient Apocalypse | Catherine Bennett

Diary note: it may seem a while off, but the end of the world is still scheduled for 2030, precise date TBC. After once suggesting that nameless devastation could be upon us in 2012, the evergreen eschatologist Graham Hancock subsequently updated his advice to a comet, now six years off. Or thereabouts. MailOnline, which has … Read more

Researchers discover new bacterium that causes gut immunodeficiency

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Unlocking the energy crisis in Parkinson’s: New findings offer hope for future treatment

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered a new bacterium that weakens the immune system in the gut, potentially contributing to certain inflammatory and infectious gut diseases. The team identified the bacterium, Tomasiella immunophila (T. immunophila), which plays a key role in breaking down a crucial immune component of the gut’s multi-faceted protective immune barrier. Identifying this … Read more

SpaceX launches rescue mission to return stranded astronauts

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SpaceX launches rescue mission to return stranded astronauts

SpaceX has been flying regular missions every six months to allow the rotation of ISS crews. A SpaceX rocket soared into the sky Saturday with two passengers on board, leaving two seats empty to return American astronauts who have been stranded for months on the International Space Station, NASA said. The Falcon 9 rocket took … Read more