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COVID-19 advice may have reduced heart attack risks
A new study suggests that COVID-19 guidance in Sweden may have reduced people’s risks of having a heart attack.
How a protein ‘hunkers down’ to conserve energy
A visualisation made from nearly 100,000 electron microscope images has revealed the ingenious way a protein involved in muscle activity shuts itself down to conserve energy.
Genetic study reveals pre-eclampsia risk factors
A large international study has revealed that the genetic risk of pre-eclampsia, a potentially dangerous condition in pregnancy, is related to blood pressure and body mass index (BMI).
Major differences in palliative care provision across the globe
A major review of palliative care services around the world has highlighted huge inconsistencies in provision, with patients in some countries receiving a fraction of the support provided elsewhere.
The protein helping to explain foot-and-mouth's infectiousness
Scientists have conducted a ‘molecular dissection’ of a part of the virus that causes foot-and-mouth disease, to try and understand why the pathogen is so infectious.