The locus coeruleus is among the first brain regions to degenerate in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, physicians and scientists have known. But why this area is so vulnerable is less understood.
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All human tumors originating from various tissues share a series of properties that define them, including the ability to prevent cell death. Instead, healthy organs induce programmed cell death or apoptosis to balance their ...
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Prenatal exposure to opioids had been linked to a range of adverse outcomes in infants, including poor fetal growth, low birthweight, possible congenital defects and a higher risk of admission to neonatal intensive care. ...
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In their recent publication in Cell Reports, a team of scientists, led by Xiling Shen, Ph.D., chief scientific officer at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), has demonstrated the pivotal role of an enzyme, ...
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Melbourne researchers have discovered that cancer and immune cells rely on the same energy sources from our body to thrive, which could trigger a fundamental rethink of treatment options for some lung cancer patients.
Jun 30, 2022
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More than 62,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer by the end of this year, with the vast majority having a deadly and aggressive subtype known as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). ...
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Casey D. Morrow, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham previously developed a microbiome "fingerprint" method called WSS that identifies single strains of particular gut bacteria, through analysis ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Cancer cells can disrupt a metabolic pathway that breaks down fats and proteins to boost the levels of a byproduct called methylmalonic acid, thereby driving metastasis, according to research led by scientists at Weill Cornell ...
Apr 13, 2022
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Despite the myriad known benefits of exercise, many middle-aged and older adults struggle to meet physical activity recommendations. New research finds potential for high-resistance inspiratory muscle strength training (IMST) ...
Apr 3, 2022
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New Peter Mac research shows that two molecular pathways that drive cancer development, work together to increase the production of fats inside cancer cells.
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