For some forms of tuberculosis, the chances that an exposed person will become infected depend on whether the individual and the bacteria share a hometown, according to a new study comparing how different strains move through ...
Aug 1, 2024
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A research team led by Professor Ying Wai Chan from the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has made a significant breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells develop resistance to a class ...
Jul 31, 2024
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Obesity is an epidemic within the United States, with more than 70% of the adult population being overweight or obese.
Jul 24, 2024
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A team of medical researchers from Universidad de Las Américas, in Ecuador, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, in Spain and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in the U.S., has found evidence ...
Cancer cells salvage purine nucleotides to fuel tumor growth, including purines in foods we eat, an important discovery with implications for cancer therapies from research by Children's Medical Center Research Institute ...
Jul 19, 2024
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Globally, around 2.6 million children and adolescents are currently living with HIV, the majority of them in Africa. These young people are much more likely to experience treatment failure than adults. Experts long assumed ...
Jul 17, 2024
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A protein receptor called PAQR4 found within fat cells appears to act as a sensor for ceramides, waxy lipids whose overabundance has been linked to a variety of metabolic disorders and cancers, a study led by UT Southwestern ...
Jul 16, 2024
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The evolution of resistance to diseases, from infectious illnesses to cancers, poses a formidable challenge.
Jul 15, 2024
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In order to find previously unknown substances for the treatment of chlamydial infections, the scientific team led by Georg Stary (Department of Dermatology at MedUni Vienna, CeMM of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) screened ...
Jul 10, 2024
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Published today in Cancer Cell, results of a study directed by Joaquin Mateo, Head of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology's (VHIO) Prostate Cancer Translational Research Group, show that DNA/RNA material contained in ...
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