Approximately 1 in 20 U.S. children younger than 18 years of age are medically complex, meaning they have multiorgan system conditions like cerebral palsy and depend on implanted tube-related medical technology. These children ...
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Researchers have created a large, openly available neuroimaging resource from more than 24,000 MRI scans of over 10,000 adolescents, providing a view of how the brain's wiring develops during adolescence. Using advanced, ...
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A form of lung cancer, which is found in about 10%–15% of Western patients and 40%–50% of Asian patients, is driven by a mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene. Gefitinib is a go-to drug that shuts down ...
A common gut bacterium produces a molecule that slows cholesterol production in the liver. When researchers gave the molecule to mice prone to artery disease, the animals developed roughly half as much fatty plaque as untreated ...
Every organ and tissue progressively loses function and integrity as it ages. In fact, researchers have identified "hallmarks of aging" that not only present specific processes impacted by age, but are also thought of as ...
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Like each person, each cancer is unique. And with the growing array of chemotherapy drugs available, gaining early insight into how individual tumors respond to specific drugs would help improve treatment. Harnessing the ...
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Cancer cachexia has long been one of oncology's most stubborn unsolved problems. This severe, uncontrollable wasting affects roughly half of all cancer patients. It makes treatment harder to tolerate, erodes a person's quality ...
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When patients are diagnosed with certain brain tumors, one of the biggest unanswered questions is what happens when the cancer returns. Among those are IDH-mutant gliomas, a group of brain tumors that invariably recur despite ...
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Colorectal cancer has become the leading cause of cancer-related death for people under 50. Its most common forms generally aren't treatable, either through conventional means like chemotherapy or newer immunotherapy drugs.
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The fate of global health does not rest on any single disease. True preparedness means pairing the fight against illness with strength in finance, climate, defense and security. The COVID-19 pandemic, which brought the world ...
