In an ongoing effort to better understand possible links between skin conditions and mental health, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered an association between psoriasis and obsessive-compulsive disorder ...
Jun 25, 2024
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A genetic variation common in people of African ancestry is associated with an increased risk of complications from diabetes, including diabetic retinopathy, according to a report published June 25 in the journal Nature Medicine.
Jun 25, 2024
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Many people are familiar with oncogenes—genes long known to be involved in cancers in humans, such as the gene Src. What's less widely understood is that oncogenes didn't evolve just to cause cancer in species, but rather ...
Jun 24, 2024
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A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting, held in Houston, Texas, June 1–5, found that sleep apnea is associated with increased odds of future utilization of health care services including hospitalization ...
Jun 3, 2024
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A team of researchers has demonstrated that some childhood leukemias originate during embryonic development, although they do not manifest after a few months after birth.
May 30, 2024
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The great majority of how we understand human disease, and attempt to cure it, derives from mice genetically fashioned to be prolific breeders, docile and easy to handle—all qualities that have made it the favorite tool ...
May 29, 2024
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Immunotherapy represents a new hope in the fight against cancer; however, not all tumors respond to this treatment. Pancreatic cancer is a type of tumor that does not respond to currently approved drugs and is therefore lethal ...
May 29, 2024
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In a stride toward enhancing cancer treatment, University of Birmingham researchers are using organ-on-a-chip technology to imitate the liver's environment and improve immunotherapy for liver cancer.
May 21, 2024
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With the new Amy Winehouse biopic "Back to Black" in U.S. theaters as of May 17, 2024, the late singer's relationship with alcohol and drugs is under scrutiny again. In July 2011, Winehouse was found dead in her flat in north ...
May 14, 2024
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ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot designed to assist with language-based tasks, can effectively extract data for research purposes from physicians' clinical notes, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers ...
May 13, 2024
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