Archive: 05/06/2018

The four survival strategies of tumor cells in childhood cancer

Cancer cells in children tend to develop by following four main trajectories—and two of them are linked to relapse of the disease, according to a study led by Lund University in Sweden, now published in Nature Genetics. ...

Jun 5, 2018

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Increased follow-up does not benefit colorectal cancer patients

Logically, it would seem that more follow-up testing of cancer patients must be better—but this is not the case for patients who undergo surgery for colorectal cancer. This is an important conclusion from a study in which ...

Jun 5, 2018

A great majority of Mozambican adolescent girls are willing to be vaccinated against HPV

A study in Mozambique reveals that a majority of adolescent girls interviewed would be willing to be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus (HPV) if the vaccine were available in the country. These results are encouraging ...

Jun 5, 2018

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New nanoparticles help to detect serious scarring of wounds

In developed countries alone, about 100 million patients form scars annually, arising from 80 million elective and trauma surgery operations. In Singapore, an estimated 400,000 people (one in 12 people undergoing procedures) ...

Jun 5, 2018

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Researchers engineer human bone marrow tissue

Researchers have developed an artificial tissue in which human blood stem cells remain functional for a prolonged period of time. Scientists from the University of Basel, University Hospital Basel, and ETH Zurich have reported ...

Jun 5, 2018

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Want to cure disease? Repurpose the body's cells

If one part of the body breaks, can you just replace it with cells from another organ? That's the hope of stem cell scientists who are reprogramming cells to treat major conditions such as incontinence and heart failure.

Jun 5, 2018

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I saw that. Brain mechanisms create confidence about things seen

There's a long way to go before neuroscience can fathom the vastness of human consciousness, but researchers pushing that envelope have uncovered a mechanism that helps create a simple visual awareness. In a new study, they ...

Jun 5, 2018

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Maternal depressive emotion associated with children's sleep problems

Maternal depressive mood during the prenatal and postnatal periods is related to child sleep disturbances, according to recent pilot data from a longitudinal cohort study in kindergarten children.

Jun 5, 2018

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Light exposure during sleep may increase insulin resistance

According to preliminary results from a new study, nighttime light exposure during sleep may affect metabolic function. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that light exposure at night during sleep adversely ...

Jun 5, 2018

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When it comes to school recess, a quality playground experience matters

Recess periods can offer physical, cognitive, social and emotional benefits to elementary school children, but those benefits are tied closely to the quality of the playground experience.

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