Cancer immunotherapy has transformed the treatment of many types of cancer. Yet, for reasons that remain poorly understood, not all patients get the same benefit from these powerful therapies.
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Scientists at UMass Chan Medical School have developed a technology to deliver gene therapy directly to lung tissue through intranasal administration, a development that could potentially create a new class of treatments ...
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For many decades, neuroscientists believed there was a "critical period" in which the brain could learn to make sense of visual input, and that this window closed around the age of 6 or 7.
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive and common malignant type of brain tumor, accounting for 16% of all primary brain tumors. Andrea Olsen from Oslo, Norway; Zachary Harpaz from Boca Raton, Florida; and Chris ...
May 1, 2023
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A new study published April 26 in Nature Metabolism and led by scientists from the University of Aberdeen has shown that the amount of energy we expend while resting has declined. A Research Briefing on their work was published ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Helping your mother make pancakes when you were three…riding your bike without training wheels…your first romantic kiss: How do we retain vivid memories of long-ago events? As described in a paper published in Neuron, ...
Apr 25, 2023
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The skin is an appealing route for drug delivery because it allows drugs to go directly to the site where they're needed, which could be useful for wound healing, pain relief, or other medical and cosmetic applications. However, ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Cancer drugs that stimulate the body's immune system to attack tumors are a promising way to treat many types of cancer. However, some of these drugs produce too much systemic inflammation when delivered intravenously, making ...
Apr 19, 2023
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In research published in The FASEB Journal, scientists have discovered that a molecule called Yes-associated protein (YAP) plays a key role in the development of liver scarring, or fibrosis, by influencing the behavior of ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Vitamin D deficiency could be the reason African American men experience more aggressive prostate cancer at a younger age compared with European American men, new research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer suggests. The multi-institutional ...
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