320 articles from MONDAY 1.3.2021
From scavenger to household royalty: How dogs evolved from wolves to pampered pets
Scientists agree that dogs evolved from wolves and were the first domesticated animals. But exactly how that happened is hotly contested. IDEAS contributor Neil Sandell examines the theories and the evolution of the relationship between dogs and...
Predicting microbial interactions in the human gut
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- 21/3/1 23:10
A new study describes how to use modeling to predict microbial interactions and metabolite composition in the human gut.
Swapping alpha cells for beta cells to treat diabetes
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- 21/3/1 23:10
Blocking cell receptors for glucagon, the counter-hormone to insulin, cured mouse models of diabetes by converting glucagon-producing cells into insulin producers instead, a team reports in a new study. The findings could offer a new way to treat both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in people.
Stressed-out young oysters may grow less meat on their shells
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- 21/3/1 23:10
Early exposure to tough conditions -- particularly warmer waters and nightly swings of low oxygen -- could leave lasting scars on oysters' ability to grow meaty tissue.
Future of immunotherapy could be 'off-the-shelf' treatments
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- 21/3/1 23:10
Scientists argue that emerging protein-based immunotherapies could lead to highly effective 'off-the-shelf' cancer treatments for more patients.
Repurposed arthritis drug did not significantly improve severe COVID-19 pneumonia
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- 21/3/1 23:10
A repurposed drug used to treat arthritis did not significantly improve the outcomes of patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Tocilizumab did not significantly improve clinical status or mortality rate at 28 days for participants who received it compared to a placebo, according to a new study.
NASA's Perseverance rover to drill into Mars using part made on Vancouver Island
A Vancouver Island company has provided a drill bit that will be used to pierce the surface of the red planet and collect core samples that will be brought back to...
UK meteor: 'huge flash' as fireball lights up skies
Pieces may have landed just north of Cheltenham, computer modelling suggestsThe yellow-green fireball that pierced Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday night, delighting observers from the UK to the Netherlands, is thought to have partially survived the journey in the form of meteorites most likely landing just north of Cheltenham.Fireballs are particularly bright meteors – space matter that burns up...