In a study published in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania have shown that a minimally invasive liquid ...
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On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They represented fragments of a DNA molecule, and young James Watson was trying to figure how they fit together ...
Nov 8, 2025
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The cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors have a puzzling reputation: even though they are treatment mainstays for multiple forms of cancer, they can damage cancer-killing T cells and disrupt the potential for meaningful therapy. ...
Cancer cells mount an instant, energy‑rich response to being physically squeezed, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications. The surge of energy is the first reported instance of a defensive mechanism ...
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We all like to imagine we're aging well. Now a simple blood or saliva test promises to tell us by measuring our "biological age." And then, as many have done, we can share how "young" we really are on social media, along ...
Jun 25, 2025
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A University of Waterloo professor is part of an international coalition revolutionizing vaccine production with new health care technology. The tech aims to support local vaccine production, cutting the vaccine production ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Scientists believe the lives of much of the world's population could be improved if DNA technology is applied in an integrated way in three areas critical to the tropics.
Dec 2, 2024
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The UN health agency said on Friday that it had approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox, a key tool in countries battling outbreaks.
Oct 4, 2024
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By using advanced epigenetic aging techniques and new data from older adults, a team of researchers found that being deprived of a nurturing childhood environment is associated with accelerated biological aging at older ages.
Nov 22, 2023
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Metabolites called nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and can impact cancer's sensitivity or resistance to chemotherapy and radiation in brain cancer. Findings from researchers at the University of Michigan Health ...
Nov 2, 2023
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