More than 90% of children born with the rare bone marrow condition Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) survive beyond age 20. But fewer than 30% live beyond age 50. Long-term survival could improve if clinicians act on early ...
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When someone buys a drug illegally, they cannot be sure exactly what is in it.
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A study has raised a question that many women would understandably want answered: Could hormone replacement therapy (HRT) protect against dementia? The research found that women who had used HRT were less likely to receive ...
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Why do human brains vary in size and shape, and how did our brains expand over evolutionary time to give us our enhanced cognitive abilities? Researchers at the UNC Department of Genetics and the UNC Neuroscience Center have ...
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Chemotherapy faces a fundamental problem: The same drugs powerful enough to kill cancer cells can also damage healthy tissue. UC Irvine researchers are trying to change that equation by putting a safety lock on a highly potent ...
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At least a quarter of Americans have high levels of cholesterol or fatty acids in their blood, a condition called dyslipidemia. Uncontrolled cholesterol levels increase the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, ...
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can promote antitumor responses but can also cause adverse effects that require treatment with immunosuppressive drugs. A new retrospective study by Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute ...
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Most colon cancer deaths are caused by the spread of tumor cells beyond the colon, usually to the liver. In a new study, MIT biologists identified a cellular pathway necessary for colorectal cancer metastasis.
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The human liver and gut bacteria can alter molecules in food to influence signaling pathways that can activate or deactivate an array of genes, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.
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A team of investigators co-led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University has identified an enzyme that helps prevent the most common form of liver disease from progressing toward liver failure. Results of the preclinical ...
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