Many of the deadliest forms of cancer are caused by a pathological mutation in the RAS protein. Yet, to date, no effective treatment for this cancer protein has been found. A new research approach aims to prevent the protein ...
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Sleep loss dulls alertness and coordination, and it can produce effects similar to severe intoxication, making actions like driving incredibly risky. But there's no clinical test for determining when someone is dangerously ...
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A major international study led by researchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford has found that osteoarthritis (OA)—the most common form of arthritis worldwide—is not a collection of separate ...
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Virtually every living thing on Earth, from Patagonian penguins to newborn human babies, has been touched by the synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. In fact, you would be hard pressed ...
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Researchers at Lund University have developed a blood test capable of detecting signs of breast cancer recurrence long before recurrence becomes visible on imaging or causes symptoms. It has previously been shown that this ...
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Cancer diagnosis can be challenging, and delayed diagnosis can allow cancer to progress, complicating treatment. Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), the most common type of oral cancer, can sometimes mimic benign conditions, ...
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Scientists at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) at Wits University are exploring whether bacteria in saliva could offer a low-cost warning signal for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, where late ...
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Why do two people with the same cancer diagnosis—the same stage, the same cell type, and the same clinical profile—often have completely different outcomes? For decades, scientists have studied acquired mutations in cancer ...
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Fingerprinting transformed police investigations by making it possible to place a suspect at a crime scene with physical evidence. Similarly, genome sequencing has changed how disease detectives study outbreaks by allowing ...
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A study recently published in Scientific Reports reveals that cognitive decline is not an inevitable part of aging. Researchers from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas have demonstrated that adults ...
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