Oncology & Cancer
Chemists skew the odds to prevent cancer
The path to cancer prevention is long and arduous for legions of researchers, but new work by Rice University scientists shows that there may be shortcuts.
May 17, 2022
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Immunology
Mitochondrial respiratory chain sustains inflammation
Northwestern Medicine investigators recently discovered that the mitochondrial respiratory chain—a series of protein complexes essential for a cellular respiration and energy production—is necessary for the activation ...
May 13, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Investigators uncover cellular pathway involved in cancer growth
The Cedars-Sinai investigators discovered several key components in the control of telomerase reverse transcriptase, or TERT, expression, one of the necessary component proteins of telomerase. High levels of TERT are found ...
Sep 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists model 'true prevalence' of COVID-19 throughout pandemic
Government officials and policymakers have tried to use numbers to grasp COVID-19's impact. Figures like the number of hospitalizations or deaths reflect part of this burden. Each datapoint tells only part of the story. But ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Neuroscience
This is how the visual system shows us a more persistent world
Imagine meeting a friend on the street, and imagine that with every step they take, your visual system has to process their image from scratch in order to recognize them. Now imagine if the same thing were to happen for every ...
Jul 21, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Get a load of ZIF! Better delivery of cancer immunotherapy
An antibody loaded onto a porous metal organic framework is released by the acidic environment that surrounds tumors, avoiding the adverse effects of administering the antibody alone.
Feb 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Physical frailty syndrome: A cacophony of multisystem dysfunction
In the inaugural issue of the journal Nature Aging a research team led by aging expert Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, dean of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, synthesizes converging evidence that the aging-related ...
Jan 14, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 risk model uses hospital data to guide decisions on social distancing
With communities throughout the United States combating surges in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Northwestern University have created a framework that helps policymakers ...
Jul 30, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New open-source software judges accuracy of computer predictions of cancer genetics
Cancers are often made up of many cells which vary genetically to each other. These genetic differences mean the cancer may be particularly susceptible or resistant to a given treatment. As a result, identifying these variations ...
Jan 10, 2020
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Health
Experts propose new healthcare framework to help ageing populations stay healthier longer
An international team of researchers have put forward a position statement, published in Science, which lays out a new healthcare framework to help aging populations stay healthier for longer.
Oct 31, 2019
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