University of Oxford researchers have for the first time established a controlled human infection model for tuberculosis (TB) that infects people via the lungs—the way TB enters the body.
Apr 15, 2024
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Brown adipocytes are specialized cells that can use energy to produce heat. This property makes them attractive tools for the treatment of diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes. Until recently, this therapeutic potential ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Does someone look angry or sad? You can probably offer an answer to that question based on the information you can see just by looking at their face. That's because facial expressions—or a combination of different small ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Lung tumors called adenocarcinomas sometimes respond to initially effective treatments by transforming into a much more aggressive small cell lung cancer (SCLC) that spreads rapidly and has few options for treatment. Researchers ...
Feb 8, 2024
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A group of University of Pittsburgh researchers has given new meaning to "knowing your ABCs." In a new study, published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the team showed that a type of immune cell called age-associated ...
Mar 2, 2023
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A group of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan used a rat model to show that the BRCA1 mutation, which affects 1 in 500 people, increases the risks of malignant mesothelioma (MM), a cancer linked to asbestos exposure. ...
Feb 22, 2023
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In an animal model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Brazilian researchers tested a therapy that combines photobiomodulation using laser light or light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with idebenone, an antioxidant compound investigated ...
Jun 14, 2024
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) causes nearly 500,000 deaths every year across the globe. Although CRC is predominantly associated with old age and poor dietary habits, the precise pathophysiological mechanisms that contribute to ...
Apr 10, 2023
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The ease with which ChatGPT can produce coherent content and convincing answers has raised fears that it will enable cheating on university campuses and replace workers in fields ranging from journalism to medicine.
Sep 22, 2023
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Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University are searching for a better way to understand why many men with prostate cancer end up with Alzheimer's disease, and whether it's the standard hormone therapy ...
Aug 29, 2024
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