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LLMs like ChatGPT are ready to teach medical ethics, researchers argue

Perhaps no profession has stricter ethical standards than medicine, and ethics is considered essential in the education of any respected medical school. A new essay by researchers at Hiroshima University (Japan) provides ...

Medications

Interleukin-targeting biologics associated with lower infection rates in older psoriatic patients

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, and co-authors have found biologics targeting interleukin (IL)-12, IL-23, or IL-17 were associated with a lower rate of serious infections among older ...

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How Zika virus knocks out our immune defenses

Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a host's dendritic cells.

Oncology & Cancer

Biomarker for most common cancer in young men confirmed

Cornell researchers have confirmed that a previously identified biomarker for detecting the presence of malignant testicular germ cell tumors—the most common solid cancers in young men—has the potential to improve patient ...