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In Breast Cancer, the Best Defence Is a Strong Offence

December 8, 2021
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Your immune system is constantly patrolling your body to keep you healthy. Sometimes, immune cells are also called into action to address a potential problem. Cold Spring Harbor...

Smart Transformable Nanoparticles Promise Advances in Tumour Diagnoses, Treatment

December 8, 2021
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Washington, DC — For more than three decades, biomedical nanomaterials have been successfully developed for the benefit of theranostics — a compound term referring to the diagnoses and treatment...

Changes in the Blood, Not the Heart, May Underlie Cardiac Thrombosis in COVID-19 Patients

December 8, 2021
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Philadelphia, PA — Researchers examined autopsy tissue samples of hearts from patients who died early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Frequent and extensive blood clots (thromboses) within heart vessels...

A Daily Dose of Yoghurt Could Be the Go-to Food to Manage High Blood Pressure

December 8, 2021
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Adelaide SA, Australia — Whether it’s a dollop on your morning cereal or a simple snack on the go, a daily dose of yoghurt could be the next go-to food for people with high blood pressure, according...

Elevated Heart Rate Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia, Study Suggests

December 3, 2021
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Solna, Sweden — Having an elevated resting heart rate in old age may be an independent risk factor of dementia, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal Alzheimer’s...

Compound Shows Promise for Minimizing Erratic Movements in Parkinson’s Patients

December 2, 2021
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San Antonio, TX – A new study from Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) and collaborators has identified a promising drug candidate to minimize uncontrolled, erratic muscle movements,...

Scientists May Have Solved an Important Part of the Mystery of Ultra-Rare Blood Clots Linked to Adenovirus-Based COVID-19 Vaccines

December 2, 2021
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Tempe, AZ — An international team of scientists believe they may have found a molecular mechanism behind the extremely rare blood clots linked to adenovirus COVID-19 vaccines. Scientists led by...

Cancer Patients Overlooked in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

December 2, 2021
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Chicago, IL – Almost two-thirds of U.S. states failed to prioritize cancer patients for COVID-19 vaccinations, despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according...

Flu Virus Shells Could Improve Delivery of mRNA Into Cells

December 1, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new and potentially more effective way to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells. Their approach involves packing...

Study Confirms Linkage Between Altered DNA Repair and DNA Damage in Neurodegenerative Conditions Causing Debilitating Movement Disorders

December 1, 2021
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Irvine, CA — A new study led by University of California, Irvine researchers has confirmed a link between altered DNA repair and increased DNA damage associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7),...

MRI Reveals Altered Brain Structure in Foetuses Exposed to Alcohol

December 1, 2021
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Chicago, IL – In the first MRI-based study to investigate pre-natal alcohol exposure, researchers found significant changes in the brain structure of foetuses exposed to alcohol compared to healthy...

Heart Repair and Regeneration After a Heart Attack — A Review

November 30, 2021
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Birmingham, AL — Twenty years ago, clinicians first attempted to regenerate a failing human heart by injecting muscle myoblasts into the heart during a bypass operation. Despite high initial hopes...

COVID-19 During Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Baby’s Brain, Says Study

November 30, 2021
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Chicago, IL – COVID-19 of mild to moderate severity in pregnant women appears to have no effect on the brain of the developing foetus, according to a study being presented at the annual meeting of...

Popular Blood Thinners May Lead To Brain Bleeding After Head Injury

November 30, 2021
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Chicago, IL – A three-year study of more than 1,000 patients found that the risk of delayed intracranial haemorrhage and death following head trauma was significantly higher for adults taking older...

Experimental Compound Counters Diabetic Complications

November 26, 2021
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New York, NY — An experimental compound reduced complications of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in mice – not by lowering blood sugar – but by countering its consequences: cell death, inflammation, and...

Targeted Drug Combination Shows Unprecedented Activity in Some Highly Aggressive Brain Tumours

November 26, 2021
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Boston, MA — A combination of two targeted cancer drugs showed unprecedented, “clinically meaningful” activity in patients with highly malignant brain tumours that carried a rare genetic mutation,...

Researchers Discover a New Mechanism Involved in Early Melanoma Metastasis

November 25, 2021
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Madrid, Spain — “We must not only look inside the tumour but also outside of it,” says Héctor Peinado, a researcher at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). How tumours manipulate their...

Study Reveals Drinking Coffee Could Lower the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

November 23, 2021
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Perth, Australia — Good news for those of us who can’t face the day without their morning flat white: a long-term study has revealed drinking higher amounts of coffee may make you less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. The...

The Prostate Cancer Cell That Got Away

November 17, 2021
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Associate Professor Pavel Osten and Professor Lloyd Trotman have developed a new way to study the life history of prostate cancer in mice....

Microtissue System Allows Study of Deadly Lung Disease

November 17, 2021
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Washington, DC — Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a deadly and rapidly progressing disease with no cure. The disease involves abnormal interactions between lung cells, including fibroblasts,...

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