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Biologic Agents Linked to Acute Liver Injury in Patients

Patients with inflammatory diseases such as Chron's disease or ulcerative colitis often are prescribed tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-á) antagonists, which…

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Antidepressants and Surgery: Risks of SSRIs Explored

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) – among the most widely prescribed antidepressant medications – are associated with increased risk of bleeding,…

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Understanding Immune Cell Triggers in Multiple Sclerosis

Scientists from the Department of Neuroimmunology and the Institute for Multiple Sclerosis Research (IMSF), the latter founded by the Hertie Foundation, have…

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Innovative Treatments for Complicated Childhood PKD

Their invited manuscript, written by Grzegorz Telega, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics (gastroenterology and hepatology) at MCW and program director of…

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Physicists and Biologists Reveal How Cancer Cells Spread

The researchers report in the journal Scientific Reports that a systematic comparison of metastatic breast-cancer cells to healthy breast cells revealed…

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Improved Prognosis for Flu and Bacteria Combos Uncovered

Scientists from the Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL) of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna have provided insights into how much…

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New Screening Tests Enhance Early Detection of Liver Cancer

HCC is common throughout the world and most often develops as a late complication of chronic viral hepatitis or cirrhosis of any cause. The overall survival…

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New UK Study Uncovers Cancer Detection Breakthrough

The study, published in Cell, discovers that an abnormal histone protein modification impairs a DNA repair machinery that controls cancer development, yielding…

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Forced Exercise May Shield Against Anxiety, CU-Boulder Study

Past studies have shown that people who exercise are more protected against stress-related disorders. And scientists know that the perception of control can…

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Vitamin D Shows Promise in Treating Liver Fibrosis

Liver fibrosis results from an excessive accumulation of tough, fibrous scar tissue and occurs in most types of chronic liver diseases. In industrialized…

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Keeping beverages cool in summer: It’s not just the heat, it’s the humidity

It turns out that in sultry weather condensation on the outside of a canned beverage doesn’t just make it slippery: those drops can provide more heat than the…

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Chemoresponse Assay Boosts Ovarian Cancer Survival Rates

This spring, a team of researchers has released results from an eight-year study that shows improved survival rates for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer who…

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Melatonin Delays ALS Symptoms and Death in Mice Study

In a report published online ahead of print in the journal Neurobiology of Disease, the team revealed that receptors for melatonin are found in the nerve…

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Innovative Therapies Target Chronic HBV Infection Cure

HBV cccDNA is organized into mini-chromosomes within the nucleus of infected cells by histone and non-histone proteins. Despite the availability of efficient…

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Study Connects Abnormal Placentas to Autism Risk at Birth

One out of 50 children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…

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Identifying H7N9 Virus Sources Behind Human Infections

A group of scientists, led by Professor Chen Hualan (National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin…

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