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Can preeclampsia be prevented?

Preeclampsia is a mysterious condition that occurs in about one of 10 pregnancies without any early warning signs. After 20 weeks or more of normal blood pressure during the pregnancy, patients with preeclampsia will begin to experience elevated blood pressure and may also have increased levels of protein in their urine due to hypertension reducing the filtering power of the kidneys. Prolonged hypertension due to preeclampsia can lead to organ damage and life-threatening complications for mothers and fetuses.

Pathogens use force to breach immune defenses, study finds

New research has revealed a previously unknown process through which pathogens are able to defeat a cell's defense mechanisms with physical force. The discovery represents a potential game-changer in the fight against intracellular pathogens, which cause infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and chlamydia.

To help autonomous vehicles make moral decisions, researchers ditch the 'trolley problem'

Researchers have developed a new experiment to better understand what people view as moral and immoral decisions related to driving vehicles, with the goal of collecting data to train autonomous vehicles how to make 'good' decisions. The work is designed to capture a more realistic array of moral challenges in traffic than the widely discussed life-and-death scenario inspired by the so-called 'trolley problem.'

Covid inquiry: Earlier lockdown could have kept schools open, says Matt Hancock

The former health secretary says avoiding action in autumn 2020 led to tougher lockdowns later on.

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Can preeclampsia be prevented?

Pathogens use force to breach immune defenses, study finds

To help autonomous vehicles make moral decisions, researchers ditch the 'trolley problem'

Covid inquiry: Earlier lockdown could have kept schools open, says Matt Hancock

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