Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Detecting germs in the air, room by room
What if you could stop germs at the door? Or know within minutes if a virus was in the air?
Jul 12, 2024
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News tagged with genetic materials
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Handheld device offers lab-quality diagnostic testing
Because of its high accuracy, laboratory-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for infectious disease diagnostics. However, PCR technology requires highly trained staff and costly equipment, hindering ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Genetics
Maternal and paternal X-chromosomes show skewed distribution in different organs and tissues
A study published in Nature Genetics by the Lymphoid Development Group at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences reveals that the contribution of cells expressing maternal or paternal X chromosomes can be selectively skewed ...
Jul 26, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeted therapy extends survival in cancers of unknown primary
If metastases occur in the body, but the original tumor remains undetectable, this is referred to as "cancer of unknown primary" (CUP). But if information on the tissue of origin is missing, neither organ-specific chemotherapy ...
Aug 1, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Using AI, researchers pioneer a potential new immunotherapy approach for treating glioblastoma
In an innovative study of glioblastoma, scientists used artificial intelligence (AI) to reprogram cancer cells, converting them into dendritic cells (DCs), which can identify cancer cells and direct other immune cells to ...
Aug 1, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Whispers in the wind: New method for diagnosing tuberculosis in children shows promise but faces challenges
In 2022, about 10.6 million people worldwide contracted tuberculosis, including 1.3 million children. The diagnosis of tuberculosis in adults is usually made from sputum (sputum) in the microbiology laboratory. In children, ...
Jul 9, 2024
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