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Oncology & Cancer
Understanding how deadly lung cancers control the local immune system
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a protein in a deadly type of lung cancer can control how the immune system responds to the tumor, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
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Gastroenterology
Scientists develop tools to identify intestinal nutrient sensors
A multi-institutional group of researchers led by the Hubrecht Institute and Roche's Institute of Human Biology has developed strategies to identify regulators of intestinal hormone secretion. In response to incoming food, ...
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Study shows playing video games may improve cognitive performance
Playing video games may boost your cognitive abilities and exercise can play a role in improving your mental health, but not the other way around, a large-scale study has found.
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Ultra-processed foods pose unique dangers for people with type 2 diabetes
Consuming more ultra-processed foods—from diet sodas to packaged crackers to certain cereals and yogurts—is closely linked with higher blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes, a team of researchers in nutritional ...
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Search continues for treatment that reduces long COVID symptoms: Study assesses 'symptom diary' of trial participants
The first randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating the impact of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies on the risk of developing long COVID was led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The study, published ...
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Singling out distinct brain regions and mechanisms involved in our ability to pay attention
The human brain is a complex organ with over 80 billion neurons. But it can still trip up when it comes to multitasking. Trying to send an email at the same time as talking to someone can almost be enough to short-circuit ...
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Imaging study reveals microglia's crucial role in preventing axonal degeneration following spinal cord injury
A collaborative effort between engineers and biologists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has uncovered a neuroprotective mechanism in spinal cord injury (SCI), shedding new light on therapeutic ...
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AI model that checks for skin cancer shows promise
Scientists in the East of England have developed a way of using artificial intelligence to check for skin cancer, with the AI tool outperforming existing methods in a new study.
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Surprise finding reveals the dual role of key neurodevelopmental gene FOXG1
A new study conducted by SISSA's Laboratory of Cerebral Cortex Development and recently published in BMC Biology has led to a surprising revelation about the role of the FOXG1 gene: not only does it orchestrate development ...
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Researchers identify gene linked to severe ulcerative colitis
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, and debilitating fatigue define the daily lives of millions of people worldwide who suffer from chronic bowel disease. Most of these individuals are diagnosed in their youth, and the disease's progression ...
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Metabolome map of colorectal cancer challenges conventional classifications of the disease
A new study from the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) offers fresh insights into our understanding of colorectal cancer (CRC) that challenge the conventional right-sided and left-sided classifications of the disease.
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COVID-19 linked to type 2 diabetes onset in children
Pediatric patients aged 10 to 19 years old diagnosed with COVID-19 have a higher risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes within six months compared to those diagnosed with other respiratory infections, according to researchers ...
Melanoma cells use apolipoprotein E to evade ferroptosis, study finds
A research team led by Prof. Patrizia Agostinis (VIB-KU Leuven) has found that melanoma cell populations protect themselves from a form of cell death called ferroptosis by secreting the lipoprotein apolipoprotein E (ApoE). ...
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Neuroscientists discover a mechanism that can reactivate dormant neural stem cells
An international team of neuroscientists, led by Duke-NUS Medical School, have uncovered a mechanism that controls the reactivation of neural stem cells, which are crucial for repairing and regenerating brain cells.
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Research exposes global inequities in maternal health risks across a woman's life
New findings published in The Lancet Global Health expose substantial global and regional disparities in the cumulative burden of life-threatening maternal morbidity across the female reproductive life span.
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Biomarker may predict immunotherapy response in liver cancer
It may soon be possible to determine which patients with a type of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma would benefit from immunotherapy, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.
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People regularly experiencing brighter nights and darker days have higher mortality risk, suggests study
A team of biologists, medical researchers and sleep specialists from several institutions in Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. has found that people who regularly experience brighter nights and/or darker days tend to have ...
Study links PFAS exposure to kidney function decline via gut microbiome
New research has revealed that the connection between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and kidney damage may be tied to dysregulation of the gut microbiome, which is made up of bacteria and other microorganisms ...
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Genetic screening study casts a wide net to find psychopathology risks
When trying to understand how genetic influences factor into youth behavior, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have taken the "big trawl" approach, casting their net wide to pull in all the measured traits, ...
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Overcoming fundamental limitations of conventional infectious disease modeling
A recent breakthrough study has introduced a novel methodology that significantly enhances the accuracy of epidemiological estimates for infectious diseases like COVID-19.
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