Medical research

The tumor environment can affect breast cancer prognosis

The environment in which breast cancer arises—the interplay between the patient's BMI, tumor size and cancer-specific proteins—is of importance for the prognosis. This is shown in a study from Lund University in Sweden. ...

Biomedical technology

Modeling a devastating childhood disease on a chip

Millions of children in low- and middle-income nations suffer from environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that is the second leading cause of death in children under five ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New research contributes to understanding of cystic fibrosis

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) are hopeful new understanding of cellular defects related to cystic fibrosis (CF) could help pave the way for treatment of the disease.

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