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Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest cancers: New drug is giving patients and doctors hope
Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to stage 4 less than a year after her initial diagnosis.
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University seeks veterans to participate in cannabis treatment study
Wayne State University is seeking veterans with post traumatic stress disorder to participate in a study testing the impacts of cannabis use to treat the disorder.
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Scientific validity of Blue Zones longevity research confirmed
A new paper published in The Gerontologist provides the most comprehensive scientific response to date addressing recent critiques of the so-called "Blue Zones," regions of the world known for unusually high concentrations ...
Jan 5, 2026
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Naturally occurring molecule shown to restore memory function in Alzheimer's models
Singapore has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, yet many individuals spend almost a decade in poor health toward the end of life. Scientists from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of ...
Dec 29, 2025
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B cells temporarily regain stem-like flexibility, increasing risk of lymphoma formation
Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During their preparation for this battle, B cells transiently revert to a more flexible (plastic) stem-cell-like ...
Dec 29, 2025
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Netrin-1 disrupts hepatitis B virus attachment and internalization, offering new treatment path
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects more than 250 million people worldwide and can lead to chronic liver disease and liver cancer. Current antiviral therapies suppress viral replication but do not eliminate the virus, highlighting ...
Dec 23, 2025
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Scientists build virtual tissue tools to map how cells talk in disease
Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have developed two powerful computational tools that could transform how researchers study the "conversations" between cells inside the body. The tools, called sCCIgen and QuadST, help ...
Dec 22, 2025
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Cannabis products with more THC can slightly reduce pain but cause more side effects
A new systematic evidence review finds that cannabis products that carry relatively high levels of the psychoactive compound tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC, may provide short-term improvements in pain and function.
Dec 22, 2025
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Vitamin guidelines require ethnic equilibration, says research
Vitamin D supplementation is associated with significantly lower risks of type 2 diabetes and depression in certain ethnic groups in the U.S., according to an analysis of nationally representative health data.
Dec 22, 2025
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RNA steps outside the cell to help guide immune responses, study suggests
RNA is usually portrayed as a molecule that works deep inside the cell, helping to turn genetic information into proteins. But new research led by Utrecht University scientist Jack Li shows that RNA also plays an active role ...
Dec 19, 2025
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Key protein ACE2 could protect against high blood pressure and diabetes
Proteins circulating in the blood can reveal what's happening in the body, from how we process energy to how diseases develop. Unlike genetic testing, which shows fixed risk factors from birth, protein analysis provides a ...
Dec 19, 2025
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Finances leading factor for some cancer patients not enrolling in potentially life-saving clinical trials, study shows
A study by Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals researchers has overturned long-held assumptions about why more cancer patients don't enroll in clinical trials that could potentially save their lives.
Dec 18, 2025
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Researchers identify 166 human pluripotent stem cell lines available for use in clinical applications
To date, more than 100 clinical trials with human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived products have been initiated worldwide and an increasing number of potential hPSC-derived clinical products have entered early developmental ...
Dec 18, 2025
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How embryos and the uterus 'talk' during implantation
A new study shows that the embryo and the uterine lining conduct an active "conversation" from the very earliest stages of implantation. They engage in a back and forth of tiny packages called extracellular vesicles and lipid ...
Dec 17, 2025
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Some ventilator settings can double airway stress
Mechanical ventilation saves lives, but the airflow it produces inside an intubated airway can also shape conditions linked to complications during long-term support. In a recent study, SUNY Polytechnic Institute faculty ...
Dec 17, 2025
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Clinical trial suggests knowing HIV 'viral load' doesn't improve number of patients seeking needed care
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other sources, there are approximately 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States, and another 1.2 to 2.2 million who are at highest ...
Dec 16, 2025
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Structure of dopamine-releasing neurons relates to the type of circuits they form for smell-processing, study finds
Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure.
Dec 16, 2025
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Gut bacteria from amphibians and reptiles achieve complete tumor elimination in preclinical model
A research team of Prof. Eijiro Miyako at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has discovered that the bacterium Ewingella americana, isolated from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs (Dryophytes ...
Dec 15, 2025
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Neurons use physical signals, not electricity, to stabilize communication
Every movement you make and every memory you form depends on precise communication between neurons. When that communication is disrupted, the brain must rapidly rebalance its internal signaling to keep circuits functioning ...
Dec 15, 2025
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Accelerating drug combination discovery with machine learning
Discovering effective drug combinations may now be easier thanks to a screening platform made public today by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists. Many diseases, including cancers, require combinations of drugs ...
Dec 15, 2025
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How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth
As a young medical student in 1975, I walked into a basement lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, to interview for a summer job.
Dec 15, 2025
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Scientists develop mini human heart organoid that mimics atrial fibrillation
Though an estimated 60 million people around the world have atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, a type of irregular and often fast heartbeat, it's been at least 30 years since any new treatments have been developed. This is because ...
Dec 14, 2025
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FDA drug trials exclude a widening slice of Americans, research reveals
A new study finds just 6% of clinical trials used to approve new drugs in the U.S. reflect the country's racial and ethnic makeup, with an increasing trend of trials underrepresenting Black and Hispanic individuals.
Dec 13, 2025
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Biomedical authors often call a reference 'recent'—even when it is decades old, analysis shows
Authors in biomedical journals frequently describe cited evidence as "recent," yet the actual age of the references behind these phrases has rarely been measured.
Dec 11, 2025
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