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Natural Killer Cells: Unveiling Their Memory Function

Pigmented cells of the skin are crucial as a protective shield against UV-radiation. An often-desired suntan can only form with the aid of the enzyme…

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How Animal Brains Develop Sensory Simultaneity Judgment

It turns out that the ability to judge such sensory inputs as simultaneous, and therefore likely pertaining to the same thing, is something animal brains must…

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Cancer Cell Immunity: Examining PD-L1’s Role and Costs

Programmed-death ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a protein that tells the immune system not to kill a particular cell. Publishing in Nature, a recent study reports that…

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CNIO Scientists Create Mice With Hyper-Long Telomeres

The Telomeres and Telomerase Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), in collaboration with the Centre's Transgenic Mice Core Unit, has…

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New Insights on Yellow Fever Spread Risk Amid Outbreaks

ECDC has updated its rapid risk assessment on the outbreak of yellow fever with the latest developments, more comprehensive information on the current…

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Consensus Builds on Colorectal Cancer Innovations

With over a million new cases per year, colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers across the globe. Despite recent advances in medical…

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Nanotubes Enhance Cancer Imaging with LED Light Innovation

Bathing a patient in LED light may someday offer a new way to locate tumors, according to Rice University researchers.

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New Breakthrough in Cancer Research by Russian and French Scientists

The group of Russian and French researchers, with the participation of scientists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, has succeeded to synthesize…

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Innovative Dual Approach Targets Chemotherapy-Resistant Leukemia

ALL stems from malignant transformed precursor lymphocytes, the blood’s defense cells. Nowadays, four out of five young leukemia patients can be treated…

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Safer Injectable Medicine: Innovations in Drug Delivery

Bring the drugs, hold the suds.

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Innovative Insights: Prediabetes, Fatty Liver, and Obesity Risks

In many countries the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes has reached epidemic numbers. In the USA and in China more than half of the adult population…

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Milestone in MS research: neuroimmunologists find cause of deficit in body’s own immune system

The researchers involved are talking of a milestone: neuroimmunologists and neuropathologists from the universities in Münster and Munich have discovered what…

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Explore the ‘Catch It’ App for Anxiety and Depression Support

The 'Catch It' app uses some of the key principles of psychological approaches to mental health and well-being, and specifically Cognitive Behavioural Therapy…

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HuMiX: A Cutting-Edge Gut Model Mimicking Human Digestion

One of the most complex human organs is the digestive tract: Here, the body comes into contact with all manner of diet-derived compounds and with countless…

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Gene Mutation Linked to Ciliopathies and Birth Defects

Scientists have identified genetic mutations that appear to be a key culprit behind a suite of birth defects called ciliopathies, which affect an estimated 1…

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Low-Cost Zika Virus Detection with Paper-Based Gene Networks

University of Toronto Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Keith Pardee and an international team of collaborators, including scientists from the Wyss Institute at…

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