Online resources and coaching helped people seek genetic testing for cancer
About 10% of cancers are linked to an inherited genetic variant, but as few as one in 15 cancer patients eligible for genetic testing complete it.
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A precision T-cell therapy stalls treatment-resistant cancers in clinical trial
Early results of the first clinical trial to evaluate the drug invikafusp alfa (invika) in humans indicate that the treatment may be capable of managing cancers that have rebuffed most other interventions, including standard ...
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Study identifies potential new treatment targets for the most common type of bowel cancer
Research published today identifies potential new ways to treat the most common type of colorectal cancer in Ireland. The study, conducted by an international research team led by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences ...
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Six-gene scoring system could help predict leukemia survival
The activity of six different genes can help determine survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a study published in Science Advances. The findings by researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation ...
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How cancers evade chemotherapy by entering a 'zombie-like state'
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made a breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells can evade the cell-killing effects of chemotherapy and enter a "zombie-like state," called premature senescence, that can attract ...
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Cancer cells' own carbon monoxide fuels anticancer drug production in lab tests
What if we could use a cancer's own byproduct to make drugs that destroy tumor cells from the inside? That is what Katsunori Tanaka and his team have done at the RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) in Japan.
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Could fish consumption reduce the risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy?
A new prospective study from Japan explored whether fish consumption before and during pregnancy is linked to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. Researchers analyzed ...
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AI gets more diagnoses right than generalist doctors in medical challenge
One of the many challenging parts of being a doctor is diagnosing exactly what is wrong with a patient. This is because numerous illnesses often have overlapping symptoms, which can make the diagnostic journey a long one.
Brain activity could help measure virtual reality sickness as it happens
For years, developers of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies have worked to address an unwanted side effect many users experience: cybersickness, a type of motion sickness triggered by moving digital ...
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How psilocybin reshapes brain circuits
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals how psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in "magic mushrooms," reshapes neural connections in the brain.
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