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Why alcohol blocks the liver from healing, even after you quit

September 23, 2025 0 Comments #039, amp, Diseases and Conditions, Genes, Human Biology, Immune System, Liver Disease, Muscular Dystrophy, Personalized Medicine, s Healthcare, Today&amp

Alcohol doesn’t just damage the liver — it locks its cells in a strange “in-between” state that prevents them from healing. Even after someone quits drinking, liver cells often get stuck, unable to function normally or regenerate. Scientists have now traced this problem to runaway inflammation, which scrambles the cell’s instructions and silences a key helper protein. By blocking these inflammatory signals in lab tests, they were able to restore the liver’s healing ability — a finding that could point to new treatments beyond transplants.

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Alcohol’s hidden shortcut lets gut bacteria wreck the liver

September 22, 2025 0 Comments Cold and Flu, Diseases and Conditions, Human Biology, Immune System, Mental Health Research, Nervous System, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology

Alcohol-associated liver disease is becoming a massive health and economic burden, but researchers at UC San Diego may have uncovered a new way forward. They discovered that chronic alcohol use blocks a crucial protein that normally helps keep gut bacteria from leaking into the liver, worsening damage. Restoring this protein’s function, using drugs already in development, could not only reduce liver disease but also have implications for treating alcohol addiction itself.

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Vision scientists disprove 60-year-old perception theory

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Brain Injury, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Diseases and Conditions, Eye Care, Healthy Aging, Human Biology, Perception, Psychology

Vision researchers have disproved a long-standing theory of how the human vision system processes images, using computational models and human experiments. The findings could have implications for the understanding of human vision and diagnosis of vision anomalies.

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Zebrafish discovery throws new light on human hearing disorders

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Brain Tumor, Diseases and Conditions, Hair Loss, Hearing Loss, Human Biology, Immune System, Lymphoma, Stem Cells

A study of the genetic make-up of zebrafish has provided brand new insights into the cause of congenital hearing disorders in humans.

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Protein movement in cells hints at greater mysteries

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Cell Biology, Human Biology, Huntington's Disease, Molecular Biology, Nervous System, neuroscience, Psychology Research, Stress

A new imaging technique that makes it possible to match motor proteins with the cargo they carry within a cell is upending a standard view of how cellular traffic reaches the correct destination. The research focuses on neurons and sheds light on some neurodegenerative diseases.

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Sensing sweetness on a molecular level

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Cancer, Dietary Supplements and Minerals, Diseases and Conditions, Genes, Human Biology, Medical Topics, Staying Healthy

Whether it's chocolate cake or pasta sauce, the sensation of sweetness plays a major role in the human diet and the perception of other flavors. While a lot is known about the individual proteins that signal ''sweet,'' not much is known about how the proteins work together as a receptor to accomplish this feat.

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World first study with drone cameras now separates living from the dead

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, Detectors, Geography, Healthy Aging, Human Biology, Internet, Natural Disasters, Photography, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Tsunamis, Weapons Technology, Wearable Technology

Autonomous drone cameras have been trialled for several years to detect signs of life in disaster zones. Now, in a world first study, researchers have taken this a step further.

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IQSEC1 gene mutations cause new intellectual disability syndrome

October 22, 2019 0 Comments Autism, Birth Defects, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Diseases and Conditions, Disorders and Syndromes, Genes, Human Biology, Huntington's Disease

Researchers identify gene causing intellectual disability syndrome that is common in countries where consanguineous marriages are prevalent.

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Neural network technique identifies mechanisms of ferroelectric switching

October 22, 2019 0 Comments Fertility, Food Additives, Human Biology, Medical Devices, Medical Imaging, Medical Topics, Sports Medicine, Workplace Health

AI reveals domain-geometry-driven differences in ferroelectric switching, important for next-generation computing; approach could be applied to electron microscopy, agriculture, astronomy and other systems mapped through hyperspectral imaging

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Much of the earth is still wild, but threatened by fragmentation

October 22, 2019 0 Comments Back and Neck Pain, Diet and Weight Loss, Human Biology, Joint Health, Nervous System, Obesity, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Workplace Health

Half of the Earth's land surface not covered with ice remains relatively wild — but many of these 'low human-impact' areas are broken into small, isolated pieces, threatening their future.

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