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A recent study from the lab of Dr. Jianrong Tang, associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine and principal investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital shows that deep brain stimulation (DBS) of a specific brain region results in a significant and sustained improvement of memory in Rett mice. Moreover, they found that this treatment promotes the generation of new healthy neurons in these mice.

A study from the laboratory of Dr. Hugo J. Bellen, a distinguished service professor at Baylor College of Medicine and a principal investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital, has discovered that gain-of-function variants in the DOT1L gene cause a new disorder.

By NATION REPORTER

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has been challenged to explain the cost of living to Zambians in graphic form before he was elected President and assumed office. 

Published in the BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a study unexpectedly found that pregnancies in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) patients were associated with a 12% risk of pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes. This was five times and 2.7 times higher in IIH patients than in the general population respectively.

Researchers from King’s College London used real-world data of fatal opioid overdoses where a bystander was present to show that commercial-off-the-shelf drones could have reached 78% of cases within seven minutes—the benchmark time for the arrival of emergency services for Category 1 calls in England—a huge increase on the 14% reached by ambulances.

For the three- and four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging, flat-panel detector (FPD) is critical among applications such as oral imaging, image-guided radiation therapy and interventional therapy.

A RUDN University doctor named the reasons why nickel industry workers may develop several chronic diseases at once. The authors analyzed long-term data, identified the main risk factors, and suggested how to improve the situation. The results were published in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health.

…says his barbaric behaviour towards leader of Opposition, opposition MPs cannot go unnoticed

SECOND Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Moyo has been exhibiting behaviour of that of a hired and sponsored political cadre and that is why he has remained a partial and unjust presiding officer in the House, Richard Musukwa has charged.

Kidney stones are small, hard deposits made of minerals and reoccurring materials inside the kidneys. Stones often go unnoticed in the kidney until they move into the ureter —the tube connecting the kidney and bladder.

The emergency department visit rate for assault was 4.5 visits per 1,000 people per year during 2019 to 2021, according to an October data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics.