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Girl infected with Mycobacterium marinum after iguana bite
A three-year-old girl contracted an unusual Mycobacterium marinum infection that developed following an iguana bite while she was on holiday in Costa Rica. The doctors who treated her will report on the case at this year's ...
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Base editing of SMN2 gene restores production of SMN protein, curing spinal muscular atrophy in mice
A team of medical researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in the U.S. has used base editing to restore the natural production of the SMN protein in mice, effectively curing spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in the ...
Mar 31, 2023
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Researchers develop new model for quickly evaluating potential cervical cancer drugs
Researchers at Oregon State University have created a means of speeding up and improving the evaluation process for drugs used to combat cervical cancer.
Mar 31, 2023
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Study: ChatGPT has potential to help cirrhosis, liver cancer patients
A new study by Cedars-Sinai investigators describes how ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, may help improve health outcomes for patients with cirrhosis and liver cancer by providing easy-to-understand information ...
Mar 31, 2023
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Long-term results indicate that pathologic complete response is prognostic of outcomes for soft tissue sarcoma patients
Combined long-term survival results from nonrandomized phase II trial NRG Oncology RTOG 0630 and the ancillary analysis of the combined NRG-RTOG 0630/9514 trials indicate that pathologic complete response (pCR) is associated ...
Mar 31, 2023
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Study reveals new insights into body salt handling
A new study led by Marshall University researchers focuses on a novel mechanism of the body's regulation of salt balance.
Mar 31, 2023
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Development of an artificial kidney for early detection of drug toxicity
The kidney plays a vital role in maintaining homeostasis within the body by eliminating toxic and superfluous substances in the bloodstream, including waste generated during metabolic processes, through urine. Nevertheless, ...
Mar 31, 2023
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Boosting the body's anti-viral immune response may eliminate aging cells
Aging (senescent) cells, which stop dividing but don't die, can accumulate in the body over the years and fuel chronic inflammation that contributes to conditions such as cancer and degenerative disorders.
Mar 30, 2023
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Using bone marrow precursor cells instead of transplantation to regenerate bone
Bone is the second most commonly transplanted tissue after blood, with about two million bone transplants performed worldwide each year—but often with only moderate therapeutic success. Cell-based therapies could provide ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Severe hepatitis outbreak linked to common childhood viruses
A new UC San Francisco-led study brings scientists closer to understanding the causes of a mysterious rash of cases of acute severe hepatitis that began appearing in otherwise healthy children after COVID-19 lockdowns eased ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Finding the origin of congenital coronary fistulae
Scientists of the Department of Animal Biology of the University of Malaga have discovered the cellular mechanism that originates coronary arterio-ventricular fistulae, a congenital anomaly that, in severe cases, may result ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Cross-sectional study finds systematic reviews are important for justifying new randomized clinical trials
Systematic reviews can help to justify a new randomized clinical trial (RCT), inform its design and interpret its results in the context of prior evidence. Therefore, the citation of systematic reviews in RCT reports have ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Obesity treatment could offer dramatic weight loss without surgery or nausea
Imagine getting the benefits of gastric bypass surgery without going under the knife—a new class of compounds could do just that. In lab animals, these potential treatments reduce weight dramatically and lower blood glucose. ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Heart attack study could change the game in regenerative medicine
Sanford Burnham Prebys researchers have identified a group of proteins that could be the secret to cellular reprogramming, an emerging approach in regenerative medicine in which scientists transform cells to repair damaged ...
Mar 29, 2023
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New mouse study reveals a key process in how the brain forms memories
The process by which memories are formed in the hippocampus region of the brain is complex. It relies on a precise choreography of interactions among neurons, neurotransmitters, receptors and enzymes.
Mar 29, 2023
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Monthly injections of fitusiran found to reduce bleeds in patients with hemophilia A and B
Monthly prophylactic injections of fitusiran are effective in reducing bleeds in patients with hemophilia A or B, according to randomized controlled trials publishing simultaneously in The Lancet and The Lancet Haematology ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Cell mapping and 'mini placentas' give new insights into human pregnancy
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Switzerland, EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and collaborators, ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Discovery could be key to reducing leukemia treatment resistance
In a world first, Newcastle researchers have discovered the mechanisms acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells use to produce "free radicals"—the byproduct of a cell process that aggressively fuels the growth of cancer cells ...
Mar 29, 2023
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A promising strategy to combat tumor cells by targeting combination of cellular mechanisms
After attacking a tumor with a targeted therapy, the cancer might stagger but often comes back fighting—usually even harder to defeat. University of Saskatchewan (USask)-led research has revealed a promising strategy to ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Protein isoforms could serve as novel non-small cell lung cancer biomarkers or therapeutic targets
Proteomics is the study and analysis of proteins, including their structures, functions, interactions, and modifications within a biological system. Humans have approximately 20,000 genes that produce over a million different ...
Mar 29, 2023
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