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Type A blood converted to universal donor blood with help from bacterial enzymes

By Elizabeth Pennisi Jun. 10, 2019 , 11:00 AM Gut bacteria provide a new way to increase the type O blood supply. ISTOCK.COM/ARINDAM GHOSH On any given day, hospitals across the United States burn through some 16,500 liters (35,000 pints) of donated blood for emergency surgeries, scheduled operations, and routine trans...

Parkinson's Disease-Causing Protein Hijacks Gut-Brain Axis

Parkinsons may start in the gut and travel up to the brain via the vagus nerve. Christopher Bergland | Jun 26, 2019 Experiments in mice at Johns Hopkins Medicine suggest that the transmission of a toxic neuron-killing protein ( -syn ) associated with Parkinsons disease originates among cells in the gut and travels up t...

For the First Time, Researchers Eliminated HIV From the Genomes of Living Animals

By Alice Park | July 2, 2019 Theres no question that powerful anti-HIV medications can do a fairly good job of keeping the virus under control. Used properly, these anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) can suppress HIV enough to keep it at levels so low theyre undetectable in the blood, which drastically lowers the chance of s...

Pair of supermassive black holes discovered on a collision course

July 10, 2019 The titanic duo can help astronomers predict when the historic first detection of the background hum of gravitational waves from supermassive black holes will be made and whether there truly is a final parsec problem SIMONS FOUNDATION IMAGE: A GALAXY ROUGHLY 2.5 BILLION LIGHT-YEARS AWAY HAS A PAIR OF SUPE...

Healthy lifestyle ‘helps offset genetic risk of dementia’ amid calls for over-50s to exercise

Risk of dementia 32 per cent lower in people with a high genetic risk if they enjoy a healthy lifestyle, compared to those do not Paul Gallagher | July 14th 2019 Experts encourage people to keep physically active to help reduce their risk of getting dementia (Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) Living a healthy lifestyl...