For some types of cancer, the human body itself complicates adequate treatment. Connective tissue and the immune system then build a sort of "defensive wall" around the tumor, through which chemotherapy drugs cannot penetrate. ...
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Disinformation around COVID vaccines has existed as long as the jabs themselves.
Jan 31, 2022
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Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have become more interested in how well airplane cabins filter and circulate their air.
Jan 28, 2022
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Stimulating the body's immune system to attack tumors is a promising way to treat cancer. Scientists are working on two complementary strategies to achieve that: taking off the brakes that tumors put on the immune system; ...
Jan 11, 2022
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What physical changes occur in the brain when a memory is made?
Jan 10, 2022
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The use of smartphones, tablets and laptops has become commonplace throughout the world and has been especially prevalent among college students. Recent studies have found that college students have higher levels of screen ...
Dec 17, 2021
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Over 30 million people in the United States have diabetes—approximately 10.5 percent of the country's population—with 1.5 million new diagnoses made each year and an estimated annual cost exceeding $300 billion.
Dec 15, 2021
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A team of researchers working at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center has found some success in creating a cancer vaccine by coating cancer cells in silica and injecting them into test mice. In their paper published ...
Electronics in the "cold chain" that health systems use to keep items like COVID-19 vaccines ultra-cold during storage and transport are surprisingly vulnerable to hacking, but there are ways that health systems can protect ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Johns Hopkins University engineers are the first to use a non-invasive optical probe to understand the complex changes in tumors after immunotherapy, a treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. Their method ...
Oct 13, 2021
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