Oncology & Cancer
Natural killers: Using the body's cells to target breast cancer
It sounds like a plot from a Quentin Tarantino movie—something sets off natural killers and sends them on a killing spree.
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Medical research
Pituitary gland aging can potentially be slowed down
Stem cell biologist Hugo Vankelecom (KU Leuven) and his colleagues have discovered that the pituitary gland in mice ages as the result of an age-related form of chronic inflammation. It may be possible to slow down this process ...
Jun 15, 2021
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Genetics
Measuring gene expression changes over time may help predict T1D diabetes progression
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which a misdirected immune system gradually destroys healthy pancreatic islet β cells, resulting in a lack of insulin. The exact cause of T1D remains unknown. However, β ...
Jun 7, 2021
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Medical research
Guppy research shows ADHD drugs can affect later generations
By studying guppies, scientists at the University of Toronto and Florida State University found that behaviors affected by methylphenidate hydrochloride (MPH) – the active ingredient in stimulants such as Ritalin and Concerta ...
Jun 4, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify how to prevent cancer metastases
Metastases can develop in the body even years after apparently successful cancer treatment. They originate from cancer cells that migrated from the original tumor to other organs, and which can lie there inactive for a considerable ...
Jun 2, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immunity after COVID-19 illness may last at least 1 year
Long-term data from northern Italy—an area hit hard during the early days of the pandemic—suggests that reinfection after recovery from COVID-19 infection is very rare, and immunity in former patients could be long-lasting.
May 31, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Bio-inspired scaffolds help promote muscle growth
Rice University bioengineers are fabricating and testing tunable electrospun scaffolds completely derived from decellularized skeletal muscle to promote the regeneration of injured skeletal muscle.
May 14, 2021
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Surgery
Mantis shrimp-inspired camera provides second opinion during cancer surgery
Some of the world's greatest innovations, such as Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine, owe their strength and elegance to natural design. Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have returned their gaze ...
May 5, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Chameleon effect' and smartphone use: Spontaneous mimicry in social situations
A team of researchers at the University of Pisa has found that the "chameleon effect" applies to people initiating use of their smartphone. In their paper published in Journal of Ethology, the group describes studying people ...
Genetics
Major advance enables study of genetic mutations in any tissue
For the first time, scientists are able to study changes in the DNA of any human tissue, following the resolution of long-standing technical challenges by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. The new method, called ...
Apr 28, 2021
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