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In old-age, the frequent occurrence of B12 deficiency could lead to dementia and even Alzheimer’s disease as the body metabolism fails to absorb the vitamin from the diet, requiring an early medical intervention. To help detect B12 deficieny early, Australia’s University of Adelaide researchers have developed a first of its kind optical sensor using a technique called Raman spectroscopy that ...

A new study by British and Canadian scientists has shown that it is, indeed, possible as they created a “super clever mice” that is less scared of a cat, less anxious, more memory and is less likely to remember horrific events, in short, clever. The research team modified a gene in mice in an attempt to impede the action of ...