HIV & AIDS
Scientists invent single rapid test for both HIV and TB
Researchers at Tulane have developed a new and rapid test that can detect both HIV and tuberculosis at the same time with just a small amount of blood.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows virus that causes COVID-19 can penetrate blood-retinal-barrier and could damage vision
The blood-retinal barrier is designed to protect our vision from infections by preventing microbial pathogens from reaching the retina where they could trigger an inflammatory response with potential vision loss. But researchers ...
May 14, 2024
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Composition of synovial fluid potential culprit behind osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease caused by the breakdown of cartilage that afflicts more than 35 million adults in the U.S. The exact mechanism of cartilage breakdown in osteoarthritis is unknown, but damage ...
Apr 11, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Leukemia treatment breakthrough for babies
Babies with leukemia could get an array of new treatments after scientists used genetic engineering to reproduce a gene defect found in the disease.
Oct 7, 2022
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Medical research
PKMYT1, a potential 'Achilles heel' of treatment resistant ER+ breast cancers with the poorest prognosis
Up to 80% of breast cancer deaths occur in patients with tumors that express estrogen receptor-alpha. Although these estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers often initially respond to standard treatment that combines ...
May 24, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New targets in the fight against pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the deadliest malignancies worldwide. Since five-year survival rate for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is only about 3% in patients, PDAC is very difficult to treat with surgery worldwide. ...
Dec 15, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Breaking down proteins: How starving cancer cells switch food sources
Cancer cells often grow in environments that are low in nutrients, and they cope with this challenge by switching their metabolism to using proteins as alternative "food". Building on genetic screens, an international team ...
Sep 9, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
A novel method to better predict the outgrowth of ductal carcinoma in situ
An international team of researchers led by the Netherlands Cancer Institute developed a method to better predict the outgrowth of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a possible precursor of breast cancer, into invasive breast ...
May 3, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Predicting neuroblastoma outcomes with molecular evolution
A research team led by the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Germany, has discovered that the genetic sequence of a tumor can be read like a molecular clock, traced back to its most recent common ancestor cell. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows psychedelic drugs reopen 'critical periods' for social learning
Neuroscientists have long searched for ways to reopen "critical periods" in the brain, when mammals are more sensitive to signals from their surroundings that can influence periods of brain development. Now, researchers at ...
Jun 14, 2023
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