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Climate change may be keeping patients from vital doctor appointments
Temperature extremes, becoming increasingly frequent due to growing global climate change, are associated with higher rates of missed primary care appointments, according to a recently published study by Drexel University ...
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Drug-like molecules show early success in targeting breast cancer brain metastases
Researchers from Drexel's College of Medicine have identified new drugs that show early success in shrinking breast cancer tumors that have metastasized in the brain. The discovery marks the first time that targeting a key ...
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Hyaluronic acid lip fillers safe for patients with systemic sclerosis, study finds
Thin lips are not only a common cosmetic concern in patients with scleroderma, a condition that involves tightening and hardening of the skin among other effects on internal organs, but also can impact a person's ability ...
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Federal mandate has improved availability of consent forms for clinical trials, researchers say
A federal regulation called the Common Rule previously requested the public posting of participant consent forms to trials listed in the national clinical study database clinicaltrials.gov, among other human research protections, ...
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Scientists discover switching off inflammatory protein leads to longer, healthier lifespans in mice
Scientists at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Medical Science and Imperial College London have discovered that 'switching off' a protein called IL-11 can significantly increase the healthy lifespan of mice by almost ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Llama nanobodies: New therapy can neutralize a wide variety of HIV-1 strains
A research team at Georgia State University has developed tiny, potent molecules that are capable of targeting hidden strains of HIV. The source? Antibody genes from llama DNA.
Jul 17, 2024
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New study finds cell donor's socioeconomic status shapes cancer treatment outcomes
A research team led by the University of Minnesota Medical School demonstrated that the socioeconomic status (SES) of cell donors affects the health outcomes of blood cancer patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Experts explore new approach to vaccine trials and pandemic preparedness
An international consortium of experts led by Translational Research Professor Oliver A. Cornely of the University of Cologne has created a white paper on innovative approaches for clinical vaccine research in order to be ...
Jul 17, 2024
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A treatment for metastasis? Using ferroptosis to attack migrating cancer cells
A treatment for metastatic cancer—researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Innsbruck, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Universität Würzburg have now ...
Jul 16, 2024
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New study finds early detection of miRNAs in maternal blood may offer potential for predicting preeclampsia
Preeclampsia (PE) is a significant contributor to the increase in maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide, with particularly alarming numbers in the United States, where it affects about 2–8% of pregnancies, resulting ...
Jul 16, 2024
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World-first international guidelines weeds-out potentially critical scientific fraud
The number of retractions issued for scientific research articles in 2023 exceeded 10,000—smashing annual records. To date, publishers have struggled to clean up a slew of papers with serious integrity concerns.
Jul 16, 2024
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Study: Roles of PEDF in exercise-induced suppression of senescence and its impact on lung pathology in mice
A new research paper titled "Roles of pigment epithelium-derived factor in exercise-induced suppression of senescence and its impact on lung pathology in mice" has been published in Aging.
Jul 16, 2024
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Nearly half of reviews that assess harm in biomedical research found to contain some type of spin
An international team of researchers specializing in spin and reporting bias created a framework to provide guidance for authors, peer reviewers, and editors to recognize and rectify "spin," or the misleading reporting, interpretation, ...
Jul 16, 2024
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Phytic acid-based nanomedicine shows promise for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis therapy
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is one of the most common chronic liver diseases, primarily caused by metabolic disorders and systemic inflammatory responses. Although the incidence of MASH is gradually ...
Jul 16, 2024
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Protein droplets likely don't cause Parkinson's, study suggests
Liquid-liquid phase separation is not a precursor to formation of amyloid fibrils, a pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease, shows a recent study. Rather, the formation of protein into liquid droplets may help to dissolve ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Could a health care provider's nonverbal behavior modulate pain reports and placebo effects?
Research assessed the effects of the nonverbal behavior of health care providers on pain reports and placebo effects in 51 males and 53 females randomly divided into four groups. The results revealed no differences between ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Health research on South Asian communities must be led by South Asians, say researchers
Funding agencies in Canada need to review their policies for evaluating research proposals to ensure that South Asian research is conducted by South Asians, write authors in a commentary, titled "A call to stop extractive ...
Jul 15, 2024
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All stem cell therapies are not created equally: Some don't have many stem cells at all, researchers find
Researchers from University of California San Diego have found that two of the most frequently administered stem cell therapies, which are often used interchangeably, actually contain completely different types of cells. ...
Jul 12, 2024
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New study used 3D-printed sensors to measure spinal cord malformations in embryos
A group of scientists at UCL have successfully created mechanical force sensors directly in the developing brains and spinal cords of chicken embryos, which they hope will improve understanding and prevention of birth malformations ...
Jul 12, 2024
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Revising biomedical research reviews: International ethics experts urge consideration of societal and long-term impacts
In biomedical research involving human subjects, research ethics committees around the world have traditionally emphasized individual rights and protections for participants, including informed consent. The emerging field ...
Jul 12, 2024
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