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Oncology & Cancer

Study identifies genetic factors crucial in acute myeloid leukemia survival for Black patients

Researchers have led a global study that identified molecular predictors of survival among Black patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The study suggests a need to modify current AML risk layers by including ancestry-specific ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Framework reveals how neglecting income, education and ethnicity affects disease spread predictions on COVID-19 data

An international team of researchers have developed an innovative approach to epidemic modeling that could transform how scientists and policymakers predict the spread of infectious diseases. Led by Dr. Nicola Perra, Reader ...

Medical research news

Oncology & Cancer

An AI-powered pipeline for personalized cancer vaccines

Ludwig Cancer Research scientists have developed a full, start-to-finish computational pipeline that integrates multiple molecular and genetic analyses of tumors and the specific molecular targets of T cells and harnesses ...

Pediatrics

Inflammatory bowel diseases may be detectable at birth

Across the Western world, the prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases, which have no cure, is rising. In Denmark alone, 50,000 people suffer from either Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, which represents a doubling ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study finds defective sperm doubles the risk of preeclampsia

For the first time, researchers have linked specific frequent defects in sperm to risk of pregnancy complications and negative impacts on the health of the baby. The study from Lund University in Sweden shows that high proportion ...

Medical research

Axons in female mammal brains may be more prone to concussions

Important brain structures that are key for signaling in the brain are narrower and less dense in females, and more likely to be damaged by brain injuries, such as concussion. Long-term cognitive deficits occur when the signals ...

Health informatics

Study traces an infectious language epidemic

"Sticks and stones may break my bones," the old adage goes. "But words will never hurt me." Tell that to Eugenia Rho, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, and she will show you extensive data that prove ...

Autism spectrum disorders

Metabolism of autism reveals developmental origins

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shed new light on the changes in metabolism that occur between birth and the presentation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) later in childhood. ...

HIV & AIDS

New research traces the spread of HIV in and from Indonesia

The HIV variant dominant in Indonesia was introduced from Thailand over multiple events. A Kobe University study traces where it came from and how it spread from there, offering possible insights into the development of treatments ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How herpes hijacks a ride into cells

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how herpes viruses hijack cellular transport processes to infiltrate the nervous system, as described in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.