Oncology & Cancer
AI helps identify cancer risk factors
A novel study from the University of South Australia has identified a range of metabolic biomarkers that could help predict the risk of cancer.
Aug 31, 2023
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Neuroscience
Unlocking a secret nerve cell regenerator
Just like a gecko that regrows a broken tail, our peripheral nervous system knows how to regenerate the branches of its cells after an injury. Unfortunately, the cells in our central nervous system—our brain and spinal ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Medical research
Molecule reduces inflammation in Alzheimer's models
Though drug developers have achieved some progress in treating Alzheimer's disease with medicines that reduce amyloid-beta protein, other problems of the disease including inflammation, continue unchecked. In a new study, ...
Aug 29, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study suggests two-pronged approach to treatment for neurodegenerative disease
Researchers at the University of Toronto's Tanz Center for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases have used novel techniques to uncover which subtypes of brain cells express genetic material that produces tau, a key protein ...
Aug 28, 2023
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Medical research
Research finds rare disease shares mechanism with cystic fibrosis
University of Michigan researchers have discovered that the same cellular mechanism involved in a form of cystic fibrosis is also implicated in a form of a rare disease called cystinosis.
Aug 28, 2023
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Medications
New drug targeting genetic variant in Parkinson's disease found to be ineffective in clinical trial
An experimental drug targeting a genetic variant linked to Parkinson's disease had no effect on patients, according to the results of a new clinical trial published in The Lancet Neurology.
Aug 28, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New therapeutic approach for the treatment of neuroblastoma in young children
Neuroblastomas are tumors of the nervous system. They can form in many places in the body and are the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in young children. A team of researchers at University Medicine Halle has discovered ...
Aug 25, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene therapy study identifies potential new treatment for liver cancer
Gene therapy that induces the body to create microRNA-22 (miR-22), a naturally occurring molecule, successfully treated mice with hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of liver cancer.
Aug 24, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Research offers new approach to nongenetic T-cell-based immunotherapy
Immunotherapies for cancer aim to induce the immune system to combat cancer cells more effectively. In the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a Chinese research team has now described a new, modular strategy ...
Aug 23, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
High-fat diets alter gut bacteria, boosting colorectal cancer risk in mice
The prevalence of colorectal cancer in people under the age of 50 has risen in recent decades. One suspected reason: the increasing rate of obesity and high-fat diets.
Aug 22, 2023
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