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Biomarker identified for predicting inflammatory bowel disease treatment success
Not everyone responds equally well to treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). What will work for individual patients involves trial and error during the treatment process. Now, a team of researchers led by Charité—Universitätsmedizin, ...
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Artificial sensory cilia can monitor internal biomarkers to detect and assess airway diseases
Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, is leading a team of researchers that has developed a system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions in human airways ...
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Drug combo strategy makes glioblastoma cells visible to attacking immune cells
Even treated with the most advanced therapies, patients with glioblastoma—an aggressive brain cancer—typically survive less than two years after diagnosis. Efforts to treat this cancer with the latest immunotherapies ...
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Researchers are one step closer to developing cell-based therapy for hypothyroidism
Researchers from the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) and the Department of Medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University (BU) have made a breakthrough that holds promise for developing new therapies ...
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Mitochondrial dynamics provide clues for halting the metastatic progression of breast cancer
Mitochondria have long been known as the tiny organelles that act as the battery packs inside our cells while also serving as internal sensors and communicators. But relatively little is understood about how their energy-producing ...
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Metabolic mechanism provides a new target for improving cancer immunotherapy effectiveness
The immune system is a major target for cancer treatments. Immune checkpoint inhibitors and CAR-T cell therapy can dramatically improve outcomes for many cancers. But for about 70% of patients, these therapies don't work.
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'Radar stethoscope' could improve contactless health monitoring technology
A new advance in health monitoring which uses radar to "listen" to patients' heart sounds with remarkable accuracy could lead to a new generation of contactless medical monitoring equipment.
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Surveillance study traces COVID-19's impact on global flu patterns and evolution
Seasonal influenza epidemics impose substantial burdens on health care systems and cause >5 million hospitalizations of adults each year. The current approach to influenza vaccine development requires comprehensive surveillance ...
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New study links liver-brain communication to daily eating patterns
People who work the nightshift or odd hours and eat at irregular times are more prone to weight gain and diabetes, likely due to eating patterns not timed with natural daylight and when people typically eat. But is it possible ...
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Surge in global cancer by 2050 with widening disparities projected by study
An international research effort led by Charles Sturt University, Australia, is projecting a significant rise in global cancer cases and deaths by 2050. They identify widening disparities between low Human Development Index ...
Study sheds light on copper's role in driving kidney cancer
A new study led by University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers details how the accumulation of copper helps clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)—the most common kidney cancer—grow and advance in stage. The findings ...
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DNA sequencing reveals significant decrease in gut bacterial diversity during aging
A new study has revealed that gut bacteria may play a key role in aging, and that specific microbes could be targeted to promote healthy aging.
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria could pose major health threat across Asia
A virulent new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that causes severe disease could be spreading widely across Asia—posing significant challenges to global public health, a new study reveals.
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Uncovering a new mechanism for drug resistance in pancreatic cancer
Researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered a new mechanism driving drug resistance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, one of the deadliest cancers. Their findings could lead to more effective treatments, ...
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Neuroscientists investigate developmental and genetic factors affecting sleep behavior
Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, along with a team of UNM students and collaborators at the University of Pennsylvania, is investigating how developmental and genetic ...
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Stem cells reveal how exposure to danger signals primes immune response in cardiovascular disease
When thinking about the immune system, most people think about B and T cells and how they can be trained to recognize pathogens, preventing re-infections. Besides this adaptive immune system, we also have an innate immune ...
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Immunoglobulin levels found to escalate with age in both male and female mice
A large interdisciplinary team of researchers has found that as mice age, levels of a certain type of immunoglobulin escalate, exacerbating tissue aging. In their paper published in the journal Cell, the group describes how ...
3D robot navigation could enable multi-site medical procedures
Multiple disease sites are common in clinical practice. In the brain, for instance, blocked blood vessels can cause strokes, in which the lack of oxygen rapidly damages brain cells. If multiple vessels are blocked, critical ...
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