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Bad neighbors: How immune cells help cancer cells get ready to spread
Most cancer deaths are not caused by the original tumor, but by metastases, which form when cancer cells leave the original tumor and spread to other organs. To do so, cancer cells must loosen their attachment to other cancer ...
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A vulnerability in liver tumor cells' nuclear gateways could pave the way for new treatments
A study led by the Cell Cycle and Cancer Group at the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) has identified a vulnerability in liver cancer that could guide the development of new therapies. The work, published in Proceedings ...
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Fatty acid metabolism may help eliminate damaged and senescent cells
Researchers have identified a mechanism involving fatty acid metabolism that may determine whether a damaged cell enters senescence and persists in the body or is eliminated through cell death. Published in the journal Cell, ...
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Newborn deaths fell by 50% in Flint following the launch of Rx Kids, new research finds
A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics has found that neonatal mortality—the death of an infant within the first 28 days of life—fell by 50% following the launch of Rx Kids, while early neonatal mortality—the death of an ...
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At-home exercise may help teens bounce back faster from concussion
One doesn't have to step onto a football field to get a concussion; it can happen anywhere. A fall during an everyday activity or a minor car accident can deliver the jolt to the head that causes one. While headaches, memory ...
Anorexia and bulimia cases projected to reach nearly 22 million by 2050
Social media trending hashtags such as skinny girl dinner and thinspiration are promoting restrictive eating and a lifestyle centered on staying thin to millions of people around the world. This hunger for thinness is also ...
Slow brain rhythms do more than reflect sleep—they help trigger it, fruit fly study suggests
For most animals, the need for sleep gradually increases during waking hours and then decreases while sleeping. In neuroscience, this accumulating need to sleep is known as sleep pressure.
Engineered probiotic senses inflammation and helps repair the gut in mice
Inflammatory bowel disease damages the lining that separates the gut's contents from the rest of the body. Calming the inflammation is only part of the treatment challenge, however—that protective barrier also needs to heal.
Earlier valve replacement benefits some patients with moderate aortic stenosis
Patients with moderate aortic stenosis, a narrowing of the heart's aortic valve, may benefit from undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) before the disease becomes severe, according to findings from a clinical ...
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About half of drinkers on GLP-1s say they imbibed less
Nearly half of drinkers who take GLP-1 medications have reported declines in consumption, with the effect higher among those at risk of unhealthy alcohol use, a new Harvard study shows. The work, published in the journal ...
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Targeted scan detects hidden multiple myeloma missed by standard imaging
A targeted immunoPET scan detected active multiple myeloma that standard PET/CT scans and blood tests missed, a finding that could help doctors more accurately map disease, guide treatment decisions and confirm whether cancer ...
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Inexpensive drug may improve brain connectivity in people with multiple sclerosis
New findings by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University show how an inexpensive, off-patent compound can improve functioning in people with multiple sclerosis, a chronic neurodegenerative disease that affects vision, muscle ...
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An intact primary visual cortex is necessary for conscious position perception, study finds
The brain uses motion signals to predict the current position of an object, enabling us to respond promptly and accurately. But how does the brain use motion information to predict an object's position and generate visual ...
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Earlier bedtime linked to greater weight loss in prediabetes trial
Going to bed earlier is associated with weight loss in people with prediabetes, according to a randomized controlled trial led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.
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A single protein that helps drive responses to touch, temperature, pain and itch could offer a new drug target
A light brush, a hot surface and an irritating itch all activate different sensory pathways, yet researchers have determined that, in mice, these otherwise distinct responses share a molecular helper. A team led by Bailong ...
Natural plant compound may help overcome cancer drug resistance
A natural plant compound may help overcome a built-in defense that allows many cancers to resist a class of drugs designed to restore normal gene activity, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel ...
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A surge in brain connections fine-tunes visual responses within days of eyes opening, study finds
Our brain's wiring is shaped both by genes and what we experience, and the visual system is a great model for studying how the two work together. Before the eyes ever open, genetic programs lay down a first draft of the brain's ...
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Cervical cancer cases and deaths forecast to rise
Global cervical cancer cases and deaths could rise by 20.2% and 39.3%, respectively, by 2050, according to a modeling study published in Nature Medicine. The findings suggest that the burden of cervical cancer will remain ...
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No neuralyzer needed: The molecular pathways and circuit that trigger forgetting in C. elegans
In the 1997 film "Men in Black," one of the prominent pieces of alien technology the main characters use in their work to police extraterrestrial activity on Earth was the neuralyzer. This flashy handheld device would erase ...
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ASN: Elderly with chronic kidney disease benefit from SGLT2 inhibitors
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors show significant benefits for adults aged 80 years and older with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study presented at Kidney Week, the annual meeting of the American ...
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