The most lethal feature of any cancer is metastasis, the spread of cancer cells throughout the body. New research led by Penn State reveals for the first time the mechanics behind how breast cancer cells may invade healthy ...
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More than half of the estimated 374 million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2020 were either chlamydia or gonorrhea, which are often asymptomatic and co-occurring, according to the World Health Organization. ...
Oct 27, 2023
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A team of Penn State geneticists is pursuing the answers to an age-old question of human biology: the genetic origin of fundamental variations in skin pigmentation between people of different ethnicities. The link between ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Selenium-enriched diets may help ward off myeloid leukemia, and a new study led by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has described the mechanism by which this occurs.
Oct 24, 2023
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An American born in 2019 will spend a larger share of their lifetime taking prescription drugs than being married or receiving an education, according to new research by Jessica Ho, associate professor of sociology and demography ...
Oct 9, 2023
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A special immune treatment may not be necessary until after the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new Penn State and University of Pennsylvania study. The researchers said their results could change pregnancy care ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Major depressive disorder affects up to 50% of all individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) at some point during their lifetime and can lead to lower quality of life, greater disease progression and higher mortality. Patients ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are the globally-accepted first-line treatments for malaria—a mosquito-borne disease caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite that annually kills around 600,000 people, ...
Sep 21, 2023
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In 2020, more than four in ten people in the United States had obesity, an increase from three in ten people in the year 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To better understand eating behaviors ...
Sep 1, 2023
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Somatostatin, a signaling molecule produced by many inhibitory neurons in the brain, broadly dampens communication among a variety of cell types in the prefrontal cortex and promotes exploratory and risk-taking-like behavior ...
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