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Cohort study sheds light on why the flu vaccine is less effective in older people
So-called high-dose flu vaccines are available for older people. The reason: their immune system does not always respond sufficiently well to the standard flu vaccines. Why this is the case and the molecular processes behind ...
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Drug overdose deaths take a growing toll on US children
2% of all children nationwide—had lost a family member to a drug overdose as of 2019, according to a study by researchers at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Pennsylvania State University. The ...
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Heart transplant patients from deprived areas face higher risk for postoperative complications, earlier death
Heart transplant patients who live in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are more likely to experience post-surgical complications and die within five years than patients who live in more advantaged areas, even when those ...
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Lower attention ability in adolescence predicts substance use in later life
Lower attention ability in adolescence can predict cigarette and cannabis use in young adulthood, according to new research from Trinity College Dublin.
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Patient with type 1 diabetes functionally cured using stem cell injections
A team of medical researchers affiliated with a large number of institutions in China has functionally cured a female patient with type 1 diabetes by injecting her with programmed stem cells.
AI 'liquid biopsies' using cell-free DNA, protein biomarkers, could aid early detection of ovarian cancer
A blood test that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect cancer-related genetic changes and protein biomarkers could help screen women for early signs of ovarian cancer, according to a study by researchers at the Johns ...
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Device offers first affordable, portable method for differentiating stroke risk based on physiological conditions
When physicians want to know more about a patient's risk of cardiovascular disease, they can order a cardiac stress test. But when it comes to risk of stroke, there is no equivalent scalable and cost-effective test of the ...
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Study proposes new heart failure treatment targeting abnormal hormone activity
Duke-NUS scientists and their collaborators have discovered a potential new treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a type of heart disease that is notoriously difficult to treat. The team discovered ...
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Research suggests myelin fatty acid metabolism could serve as an energy reserve for the central nervous system
The brains of mammals expend a significant amount of energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). This is the molecule that cells use to transfer energy, ultimately fueling several biological processes.
Creating a more accurate model of inflammatory bowel disease
A research team led by Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama, from the Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, recently constructed a new model of inflammatory bowel disease using iPS cells that enables more accurate ...
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Certain immune cells play an important role in the early stages of multiple sclerosis, twin study shows
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. This impairs the transmission of signals between the brain and body and can lead to deficits in vision, ...
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Improving next-generation cancer treatments with cryoimmunotherapy
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a more effective method of delivering a cutting-edge cancer treatment, according to findings published in the journal ACS Nano.
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New hand-held scanner generates 3D images in seconds to facilitate early diagnosis
A new hand-held scanner developed by UCL researchers can generate highly detailed 3D photoacoustic images in just seconds, paving the way for their use in a clinical setting for the first time and offering the potential for ...
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How pronouns are processed in the memory-region of the human brain
A new study shows how individual brain cells in the hippocampus respond to pronouns. "This may help us unravel how we remember what we read," say the authors. Their research is published in the journal Science.
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Inhibiting somatostatin may prevent dangerous blood glucose drops in type 1 diabetes
Inhibiting the hormone somatostatin may be a new treatment strategy to prevent dangerous blood glucose drops in type 1 diabetes. This has been shown by a study conducted by the University of Gothenburg and other institutions. ...
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Study finds older adults who experience a fall are at increased risk of dementia
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, have published results showing that among older adults who sustained a traumatic injury, those who experienced ...
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New dengue virus naming system can help identify and track variants
Genomic surveillance of the evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus has been essential for managing the COVID-19 pandemic, helping researchers identify new variants, track their circulation, and create new vaccines that target the most ...
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Autophagy pathway in astrocytes raises possibility of Alzheimer's disease treatment
A research team has uncovered a new mechanism involving astrocytes for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) and proposed a novel therapeutic target.
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CAR-T found to be safe and effective on an outpatient basis in community hospitals
In the largest prospective study to date examining the use of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T therapy in a community setting on an outpatient basis, patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) responded ...
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