Newest Science News Blog 20210920

Alzheimer's drugs targeting amlyoid plaque may be doomed to fail
In a study of the cause of Alzheimer’s, cognitive decline tracked something other than high levels of amyloid plaques
Lumpy tumor shown on facial reconstruction of Neanderthal who lived on 'drowned land'
The Neanderthal lived up to 70,000 years ago.
Bioscientists Have an Ambitious New Plan to Resurrect The Extinct Woolly Mammoth
It is the elephant in the genomics room: can extinct species be resurrected?
Your saliva affects the way you spread pathogens
Our saliva can vary depending on our physiological state, making us more or less likely to pass on bugs to others
Lab-grown cochlear organoids enable screening for hair cell–inducing drugs
Organoid culture-based models for cochlear hair cell formation can be used to identify drugs that promote hair cell regeneration
Protein Made in the Liver May Cause Alzheimer’s Disease in the Brain
Peripherally produced amyloid causes neurodegeneration.
Groundbreaking Research Identifies Likely Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease – Potential for New Treatment
A likely cause of Alzheimer’s disease offers a significant finding that offers potential new prevention and treatment opportunities for Australia’s second-leading cause of death.
Johns Hopkins: Anti-Parasitic Drug Slows Pancreatic Cancer in Mice
Anti-parasitic drug prevents pancreatic cancer’s initiation, progression, and metastasis
Earth's oxygen is projected to run out in a billion years
As the Sun ages, Earth’s processes will change
Ebola virus can lie low and reactivate after years in human survivors
We knew the virus could go dormant but not that it could do so for five years.
Milk fueled Bronze Age expansion of ‘eastern cowboys’ into Europe
Ancient proteins show the Yamnaya dairy revolution took just 300 years
SARS-like viruses may jump from animals to people hundreds of thousands of times a year
Study pinpoints Asian regions that could spark the next coronavirus pandemic
Nanoengineered Plant Virus Could Protect and Save Your Lungs From Metastatic Cancer
New treatment developed using a virus that grows in black-eyed pea plants could keep metastatic cancers from the lungs
Coffee cells produced in a bioreactor through cellular agriculture
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has successfully produced coffee cells in a bioreactor through cellular agriculture.
Evidence of Fur and Leather Clothing, Among World’s Oldest, Found in Moroccan Cave
Humans likely sported clothes made of jackal, fox and wildcat skins some 120,000 years ago
Animals died in 'toxic soup' during Earth's worst mass extinction: A warning for today
Toxic microbial blooms lead to fish die-off events, and are becoming increasingly common in freshwater lakes.
Ancient DNA rewrites early Japanese history―modern day populations have tripartite genetic origin
A finding that refines previously accepted views of a dual genomic ancestry
Serious Infections Linked to Autism: Study
In both a mouse model and the hospital records of more than 3 million children, researchers found a connection between strong immune activation in males and later symptoms of autism spectrum disorder.
The Surprising Reason The Moon Has Fewer Craters Than It Probably Should
New study suggests that it's survived more early asteroid hits than its surface actually shows today
Big gap between Pfizer, Moderna vaccines seen for preventing COVID hospitalizations
One is significantly less effective at preventing severe cases of disease over the long term than many experts realized
More Than 1 in 10 COVID-19 Patients Were Infected After Hospital Admission in First Pandemic Wave
Over one in 10 COVID-19 patients in 314 UK hospitals were infected after admission.
COVID-19 vaccines impact on menstrual cycles to be investigated after 30,000 women report changes
Women have reported their periods being altered after getting the COVID-19 vaccine - research is needed to understand why this is happening

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