Northwestern Medicine scientists have shed new light on how the deadliest form of thyroid cancer transforms from slow-growing to aggressive, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
May 22, 2023
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Senescent cells—those that have lost the ability to divide—accumulate with age and are key drivers of age-related diseases, such as cancer, dementia and cardiovascular disease. In a new study, a team led by University ...
Jun 30, 2022
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A new study led by Yale School of Medicine scientists has pinpointed why some adults—by some estimates, at least 50% of the population after 75 years of age—develop hearing problems.
May 16, 2023
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Copper is essential for many cellular functions, including cellular respiration, antioxidant defense, neurotransmitter biosynthesis and neuropeptide amidation, among others. Until recently, only two inborn errors of copper ...
Aug 18, 2022
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How do our muscles respond at the molecular level to exercise? Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE) have unraveled the cellular basis and signaling pathways ...
Sep 20, 2023
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The treatment of blood cancers has dramatically improved in the last five years, thanks to a new class of cancer immunotherapies called CAR-T cell therapy. This therapy—which involves engineering a patient's own T cells ...
Sep 13, 2022
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Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind why eating late at night is linked to weight gain and diabetes.
Oct 23, 2022
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Diet influences the incidence, growth and progression of cancer, to the extent that one-third of the most common cancers can be prevented, at least in part, by dietary changes. And indeed, preclinical studies using food as ...
Jun 1, 2023
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New research out of VCU Massey Cancer Center points to the inactivation of a previously unidentified gene as a likely culprit in the development of pancreatic cancer. Recently published in Cell Reports, the findings could ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have taken a key step toward improving and lengthening the lives of cystic fibrosis patients, who experience chronically clogged airways and a ...
Oct 27, 2022
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