Oncology & Cancer
Cyclic peptides for cancer therapy and prognosis assessment
NUS biologists have developed cyclic peptides that can trigger cancer cell death without affecting healthy cells.
Oct 3, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Single agent treats two cancers with same genetic cause
(HealthDay)—A single checkpoint inhibitor can be used to successfully treat two simultaneous types of primary cancer in a patient with Lynch syndrome, according to a research letter published online Sept. 25 in the Annals ...
Sep 27, 2018
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Medical research
Watching an embryo's neural tube close
In those precious weeks before a woman even realizes she's pregnant, an embryo will have already developed a neural tube, a hollow structure made of cells which will eventually become the brain and spinal cord. Now, with ...
Sep 4, 2018
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Medical research
How brown adipose tissue reacts to a carbohydrate-rich meal
Brown fat consumes energy, which is the reason that it could be important for preventing obesity and diabetes. Working together with an international team, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) were able ...
Aug 29, 2018
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Ophthalmology
Retinal abnormalities may indicate preclinical Alzheimer's
(HealthDay)—Retinal microvascular abnormalities are identified in cognitively healthy individuals who have biomarkers positive for Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a study published online Aug. 23 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Aug 28, 2018
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Neuroscience
New technique to visualise brain tissue
Belén Notario Collado,leader of the Micro-Computed Tomography Laboratory at the Centro Nacional de investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is part of the team that developed a technique to visualise post-mortem ...
Aug 27, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
NIH releases large-scale dataset of CT images
(HealthDay)—To help improve detection accuracy of lesions, the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s Clinical Center has made available a large-scale dataset of 32,000 annotated lesions identified on computed tomography ...
Aug 3, 2018
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Ophthalmology
Researchers chart a course for AI-aided diagnosis of degenerative eye conditions
A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins is leading the way in understanding how the advent of electronic medical records with large image databases and advances in artificial intelligence with deep learning can offer medical ...
Aug 1, 2018
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Neuroscience
Unique brain 'fingerprint' can predict drug effectiveness
Personalized medicine—delivering therapies specially tailored to a patient's unique physiology—has been a goal of researchers and doctors for a long time. New research provides a way of delivering personalized treatments ...
Jul 10, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Pathway of Alzheimer's degeneration discovered
Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) of McGill University have used a unique approach to track brain degeneration in Alzheimer's disease, uncovering a pathway through which degeneration ...
Jul 5, 2018
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