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Oncology & Cancer
Estrous rhythm found crucial for optimizing breast cancer therapy
The Netherlands Cancer Institute has found that the estrous cycle stage significantly influences mammary tumors' sensitivity to chemotherapy. In mouse models of breast cancer, treatment initiated during the diestrus stage ...
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Oncology & Cancer
Keto diet metabolite may power up CAR T cells to kill cancer
A simple dietary supplement may provide a new approach to boost CAR T cell function, according to a study by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer ...
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Medical research news
Global clinical trial shows improved survival rates for common childhood leukemia
Just days before his fourth birthday, Santiago was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), the most common cancer in children. He began chemotherapy the next day, and the outlook was promising—disease-free ...
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A sickle cell first: Base editing, a new form of gene therapy, leaves patient feeling 'more than fine'
Though he doesn't remember it, Branden Baptiste had his first sickle cell crisis at age 2. Through elementary school, he was in and out of the hospital with pain episodes, not knowing why. As he got older, he learned he had ...
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Mexico study's surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly
A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest by heat. Researchers found at higher temperatures and humidity, the heat kills far more young people ...
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Quality of parent-child relationships predicts adulthood well-being, 21-country finds
The link between early life experiences and mental health has been widely explored by psychology researchers. One key aspect of human early life experiences is the relationship that people develop with their parental figures, ...
Researchers discover 'crosstalk' mechanism in two key breast cancer molecules
A significant advance in breast cancer research has uncovered a key mechanism driving cancer invasion and drug resistance. A University of Liverpool study reveals how two critical molecules present in "HER2-positive" breast ...
Dec 6, 2024
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First mouse strain susceptible to severe COVID-19 without the need for genetic modification identified
Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory and Trudeau Institute have identified the first mouse strain that is susceptible to severe COVID-19 without the need for genetic modification. This development, reported in Scientific ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Newly discovered mechanism in mitochondria could lead to new treatment for muscle disorders
Researchers have discovered a mechanism in our cells that is essential to energy production in the muscles. The discovery may lead to new treatment for disorders affecting the muscles, such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Brain mapping technique reveals insights into brain's higher functions
A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized.
Dec 6, 2024
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Broadly effective vaccine design offers new hope in the fight against hepatitis C
The development of an effective vaccine against the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has posed a significant challenge for decades due to the high genetic diversity of the virus. A research team has now achieved promising results. ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Exploring how our first language is echoed in our genes
A person's native language is often referred to as their "mother tongue." But does a first language always come from your mother?
Dec 6, 2024
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Network-based analyses uncover how neuroinflammation-causing microglia in Alzheimer's disease form
Cleveland Clinic Genome Center researchers have unraveled how immune cells called microglia can transform and drive harmful processes like neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease. The study, published in the journal Alzheimer's ...
Dec 6, 2024
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What social rejection teaches your brain
Though painful, social rejection can be a powerful learning tool, new USC research suggests. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uncovers the neurological mechanisms that influence how ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Best of Last Year: The top Medical Xpress articles of 2024
It was a good year for medical research as a team of neurobiologists at New York University conducted experiments that showed human non-brain cells are capable of carrying out memory functions. They engineered non-brain cells ...
Machine learning enhances brain-machine interface performance
Brain–machine interfaces (BMIs) have enabled a handful of test participants who are unable to move or speak to communicate simply by thinking. An implanted device picks up the neural signals associated with a particular ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Astrocytes found to help regulate stress response in brain
Researchers have discovered that astrocytes play an important role in regulating stress responses in the lateral septum in the brain. It is expected to provide new clues for mental health treatments.
Dec 6, 2024
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Molecular 'ZIP code' draws killer T cells to brain tumors
UCSF scientists have developed a "molecular GPS" to guide immune cells into the brain and kill tumors without harming healthy tissue.
Dec 6, 2024
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Newborn screening by genome sequencing shown to be safe and effective in two clinical studies
Two studies published in the American Journal of Human Genetics show the potential for genomic screening in newborns to address high rates of infant hospitalization and mortality in the United States. Presently, hundreds ...
Dec 6, 2024
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AI stroke brain scan readings found to be twice as accurate as current method
New AI software can read the brain scans of patients who have had a stroke to more accurately pinpoint when it happened and help doctors work out whether it can be successfully treated.
Dec 6, 2024
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