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The earliest eye damage from prion disease takes place in the cone photoreceptor cells, specifically in the cilia and the ribbon synapses, according to a new study of prion protein accumulation in the eye by National Institutes of Health scientists. Prion diseases originate when normally harmless prion protein molecules become abnormal and gather in clusters …
Two chemicals commonly used to flavor e-cigarettes have been found to be harmful to the lungs in a study conducted by scientists from Harvard University, as published in Nature Scientific Reports. Researchers examined the effects of e-cigarette flavoring agents on human epithelium and found two common flavorings can have damaging effects on the functioning of …
A new form of depression has been identified by researchers at Hiroshima University that could be used to inform a new generation of treatments and shed light on how RGS8 protein may be involved in depressive behavior, as published in the journal Neuroscience. 90% of antidepressant drugs are based on the monoamine hypothesis, thought to …
Chemical with characteristics similar to toxic chemical which are found in cigarette smoke that disrupts an important mechanism of the lungs’ antibacterial defense system are contained within e-cigarette flavorings. Cinnamaldehyde is the chemical that gives cinnamon its flavor and odour, data suggests that when it is used in e-cigarettes much like toxic aldehydes in …