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Does the brain flush out toxins while you sleep?As we sleep, the brain rids itself of waste built up throughout the day. But how?
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New 3D map charted with Google AI reveals 'mysterious but beautiful' slice of human brainHarvard and Google researchers have collaborated to map a tiny fragment of an adult human brain in unprecedented detail.
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CRISPR can treat common form of inherited blindness, early data hintIn a small trial, some people with inherited vision loss experienced improvements in their sight after being treated with CRISPR.
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1st-of-its-kind Parkinson's treatment may slow aggressive disease, trial hintsA new antibody drug for Parkinson's disease appears to slow the progression of its movement-related symptoms, at least in some patients.
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Cholesterol-gobbling gut bacteria could protect against heart diseaseCertain microbes in the gut microbiome may guard against heart disease by lowering people's cholesterol.
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'Very concerning': Microplastics can accumulate in cancer cells and may help them spread, study hintsAn early lab-dish study in cancer cells suggests microplastics can persist through cell division and may contribute to cancer spread, when they're in tumors.
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The skin microbiome could be harnessed as mosquito repellent, study hintsIn a lab study, scientists demonstrated that tweaking the makeup of the skin microbiome could theoretically help repel mosquitoes.
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Drug could reduce need for insulin in type 1 diabetes, early trial hintsAn early trial suggests that a drug commonly used for rheumatoid arthritis could reduce type 1 diabetics' reliance on insulin, but questions remain.
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Soldier ants turned into foragers by scientists reprogramming their brainsScientists discovered an enzyme within the ant "blood-brain barrier" that helps control whether an ant ends up a soldier or a forager.
