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Oncology & Cancer
Assessment tool combined with bone mineral density test can reliably predict fracture risk in cancer survivors
University of Alberta-led researchers, including the developers and promoters of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX), have found that FRAX combined with bone mineral density can reliably predict future fractures in a ...
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Inflammatory disorders
How the keto diet could one day treat autoimmune disorders by increasing anti-inflammatory compounds
Scientists have long suspected the keto diet might be able to calm an overactive immune system and help some people with diseases like multiple sclerosis. Now, they have reason to believe it could be true.
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Medical research news
Meta-analysis links meal timing to modest weight loss
Researchers at Bond University in Robina, Australia, have found that meal timing strategies such as time-restricted eating, reducing meal frequency, and consuming calories earlier in the day are associated with modest weight ...
Researchers develop high-tech methods to stem the flow of fentanyl
Fentanyl kills. Make that: Fentanyls kill. The threat is plural and potent, as illicit laboratories continually concoct new forms of the drug that sidestep today's best detection techniques and protect drug dealers from prosecution. ...
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Brain immune cells amplify damage caused by Alzheimer's risk gene, study finds
In healthy brains, immune cells called microglia patrol for damage, clearing away debris and harmful proteins. But in the presence of the APOE4 protein—the most important genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease—the ...
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Open-source AI model can assess biomedical images and text to provide real-time, patient-focused insight
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but they both have a lot of work to do to catch up to BiomedGPT. A Lehigh University research team has now collaborated with Massachusetts General Hospital in an effort to transform ...
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Scientists determine why some patients don't respond well to wet macular degeneration treatment: New drug may bridge gap
A study from researchers at Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine explains not only why some patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (or "wet" AMD) fail to have vision improvement with treatment, but also ...
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Study demonstrates that toddlers understand concept of possibility
Children too young to know words like "impossible" and "improbable" nonetheless understand how possibility works, finds new work with 2- and 3-year-olds.
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New AI tool identifies better antibody therapies
From sending cancer into remission to alleviating COVID-19 symptoms, immunotherapy can provide revolutionary disease treatments. Immunotherapies use antibodies—proteins that bind to cell markers called antigens—to target ...
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Researchers home in on tumor vulnerabilities to improve odds of treating glioblastoma
A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has uncovered new targets that could be the key to effectively treating glioblastoma, a lethal type of brain cancer. These targets were identified through a screen for ...
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Human sense of touch consists of 16 unique types of nerve cells: Study challenges notion of one type for each sensation
No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities and significant differences. ...
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Wedded bliss: Married people are less likely to be depressed, 7-country analysis suggests
Unmarried people may be about 80% more likely to have depressive symptoms than those who are married, suggests an analysis of more than 100,000 individuals across 7 countries, published in Nature Human Behaviour.
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Antibody-based treatment for the most aggressive type of breast cancer could also treat other cancers
In a study published in Cell Reports, researchers from Prof. Idit Shachar's laboratory at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered that a certain type of aggressive breast cancer prompts nearby immune cells to build ...
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Berry-flavored vapes may paralyze immune cells in the lungs, study finds
Berry-flavored vapes can weaken the lungs' natural defenses, making it harder for the body to fight off infections, research suggests. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, compared effects ...
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Space: A new frontier for exploring stem cell therapy
Stem cells grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have unique qualities that could one day help accelerate new biotherapies and heal complex disease, two Mayo Clinic researchers say.
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Persistent problems plague AI-assisted genomic studies, researchers warn
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are warning that artificial intelligence tools gaining popularity in the fields of genetics and medicine can lead to flawed conclusions about the connection between genes and ...
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New drug could help fight against treatment-resistant malaria
An international team of researchers have developed a promising new drug that could help combat the spread of treatment-resistant malaria.
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Diverse datasets bring brain–behavior machine learning models closer to clinical use
Relating brain activity to behavior is an ongoing aim of neuroimaging research as it would help scientists understand how the brain begets behavior—and perhaps open new opportunities for personalized treatment of mental ...
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An old drug with new tricks: Exploring the cancer-fighting promise and limitations of hydroxychloroquine
As the hunt for effective cancer therapies intensifies, some scientists are turning back to look at old drugs in a new light. The anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine is one such drug that has been "repurposed" to fight cancer. ...
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Mitochondrial DNA levels impact tumor size, mouse study shows
A new collaborative study from Karolinska Institutet published in Science Advances shows that the levels of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) directly influence lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) progression in mice.
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