The Department of Health today reported that an adult and a child are currently recovering after being diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup B disease..
Study: Deep sleep prevents neurodegenerative disease, crucial for brain health ANI | Updated: Jan 21, 2021 09:50 IST
Illinois [US], January 21 (ANI): A new study lead by researchers from Northwestern University highlights the importance of getting a deep sleep for good brainhealth.
The study published in the journal Science Advances shows that by examining fruit flies brain activity and behaviour, the researchers found that deep sleep has an ancient, restorative power to clear waste from the brain. This waste potentially includes toxic proteins that may lead to neurodegenerativedisease. Waste clearance could be important, in general, for maintaining brainhealth or for preventing neurogenerative disease, said Dr Ravi Allada, senior author of the study. Waste clearance may occur during wake and sleep but is substantially enhanced during deep sleep.
Stonington While public school systems across the region bounce between hybrid and all remote learning as they deal with COVID-19 cases, one private school and one parochial school here continue with in-person learning every day.
Both Pine Point School and St. Michael School have had students in class each day since the school year began in September. Both have returned to school from the holiday break and plan to continue through June.
Both are praising the cooperation of their students, families and staff for their success, as well as the physical attributes of their facilities Pine Point students go outside for lunch, recess and some classes while St. Michael just moved into the much larger quarters at the former West Broad Street school in Pawcatuck.
By Hiroshima University Department of Public Relations
A new technique allowed researchers to observe in greater detail how heat alters keratin proteins, helping in their search for ingredients that can prevent heat-damaged hair.
A synchrotron radiation-based experimental technique developed at the Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center (HiSOR) helped scientists get useful structural information on keratin proteins during heat treatments. (Pixabay)
Researchers have observed in greater detail how heat changes keratin proteins that result in hair damage.
Curling wands and flat irons could fry the keratin proteins that make up about 85% of our hair, turning it dry and brittle over time.
When heated, keratin proteins aggregate and suspend in a solution, much like the hardening of raw eggs when boiled. Circular dichroism spectroscopy used in experiments to observe keratin structure allows light to pass through the solution for measurement. But it can only work when keratin is solubil
By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has slowed the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations after an explosive start last week, but can quicken it again after the country delivers inoculations to the elderly in care homes and at their houses, the programme s coordinator said. The nationwide rollout of the CoronaVac vaccine, produced by China s Sinovac, reached 1 million people in its first week. After 600,000 health workers were vaccinated in the first two days, the pace slowed to about 100,000 people per day as the campaign moved to care homes across the country. Logistically, our capacity is very high. The current dose numbers are considerably low for us, programme coordinator Tarkan Mustafa Yamanoglu told Reuters on Wednesday. The need to properly administer vaccines and limit contact to avoid spreading infections were other factors constraining the pace of the rollout, he said, as were the demographics of the people being vaccinated. We expect fluctuations in vaccination speeds depend