If you've ever tried taking a picture of a puppy, you likely ended up with a blur of fur. Now try reading a stock ticker on the puppy's fur, and you'll have the challenge that faces researchers studying electrical conduction ...
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A study observing changes in healthy breast cells may explain why breast cancer might develop after pregnancy. The cell-based study has helped begin to disentangle the complex relationship between genetic mutations, pregnancy ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who received vitamin C and D supplements while undergoing intensive chemotherapy had lower rates of complications, such as infections, bleeding, and inflammation, when compared with ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Scientists are on the hunt for a unique set of mutations, called "neoantigens," that let the immune system distinguish tumor cells from normal cells. Their goal is to help the immune system react to neoantigens and target ...
Sep 4, 2023
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Chemotherapy is one of the main therapeutic modalities for cancer patients. Chemotherapeutic drugs destroy cancer cells in the body, but patients frequently face side effects since the drugs do not selectively target cancer ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Scientists around the world are growing more concerned about a newly emerging subvariant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus—named BA.2.86 and referred to generically as "Pirola"—according to Mun-Keat Loo, international features ...
Infertility can have genetic causes, but pinpointing the culprit mutations is difficult because fertility and reproduction are controlled by many genes. These genes also carry many harmless but suspicious mutations in different ...
Aug 25, 2023
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In a new study co-led by investigators at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, a global team of scientists conducted ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Evidence suggests that allogenic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) improves overall survival in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a serious blood disorder, when compared with best available supportive care. ...
Aug 23, 2023
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The prevalence of colorectal cancer in people under the age of 50 has risen in recent decades. One suspected reason: the increasing rate of obesity and high-fat diets.
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