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Atmospheric blocking slows ocean-driven melting of Greenland's largest glacier tongue

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Experts have however now determined that the temperature of the water flowing into the glacier cavern declined from 2018 to 2021, even though the ocean has steadily warmed in the region over the past several decades. Researchers now discuss how this affects the ocean and what it could mean for the future of Greenland's glaciers.

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Drug Industry Taking Bigger Role in Clinical Cancer Trials

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government trials did between 2018 and 2022, new research shows.The study -- conducted by researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center in. TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2024 -- Clinical trials sponsored by Big Pharma enrolled eight times as many patients as U.S.-government

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Fatty Liver Disease Now Affects 4 in 10 U.S. Adults

Drugs.com

13, 2024 -- Obesity, alcohol use and other factors are driving up rates of fatty liver disease among American adults, new research warns.By 2018, federal data showed that 42% of adults had some form of fatty liver disease -- higher. WEDNESDAY, Nov.

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New study reveals global reservoirs are becoming emptier

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Researchers used a new approach with satellite data to estimate the storage variations of 7,245 global reservoirs from 1999 to 2018. Over the past two decades, global reservoirs have become increasingly empty despite an overall increase in total storage capacity due to the construction of new reservoirs.

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CBD Research: A Dive into the Regulations of Cannabis Research

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As such, we are seeing an uptick in research examining the therapeutic effects of cannabis and its constituents. While there isn’t a significant amount of research on cannabidiol (CBD), it’s easily accessible in the U.S. This can make research challenging, but not insurmountable. The 2018 Farm Bill.

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Gene editing extends lifespan in mouse model of prion disease

Broad Institute

In 2018, Liu, who works on the same floor as Minikel and Vallabh at Broad, approached them and proposed a collaboration. But the researchers needed to deliver the base editors to the brain. Minikel remembers thinking, Theres something really promising there. We should be able to do something with this.

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Genome analysis of 46,000-year-old roundworm from Siberian permafrost reveals novel species

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In 2018, researchers found two roundworms (nematode) species in the Siberian Permafrost. Researchers have now used genome sequencing, assembly, and phylogenetic analysis and found that the permafrost nematode belongs to a previously undescribed species, Panagrolaimus kolymaensis.

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