Breast Cancer by Age: Study Reveals Early Mutations That Predict Patient Outcomes
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys has found that in young women, certain genetic mutations are associated with treatment-resistant breast cancer. These mutations are not linked to treatment-resistant breast cancer in older women. The find…
Monitoring British Bats Can Help Identify Coronaviruses with Pathogen Potential
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Researchers who found novel coronaviruses in UK bats say genetic surveys of the viruses should be regularly conducted. Working with a network of bat conservationists, a research team led by Imperial College London and University College London researchers screened faecal samp…
Design of a Novel Chimeric Peptide via Dual Blockade of CD47/SIRPα & PD-1/PD-L1 for Cancer Immunotherapy
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SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences published a research article online by Professor Yanfeng Gao’s team from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University. They designed and synthesized Pal-DMPOP, a chimeric peptide that can simultaneously block CD47/SIRPα and PD-1/PD-L1. This b…
Preoperative HIIT & Cardiorespiratory Fitness & Postoperative Outcomes
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Key PointsQuestion What is the evidence for the efficacy of preoperative high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in improving cardiorespiratory fitness and surgical outcomes?Findings This systematic review and meta-analysis of 12 studies including 832 patients assessed…
Staging Pancreatic Cancer Early with Minimally Invasive Surgery Shows Positive Results in Patient Prognosis, Finds Study
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Trend in laparoscopy performed as a separate staged procedure vs immediately before resection. Staged procedures increased significantly over time (p < 0.001). Credit: Journal of the American College of Surgeons (2023). DOI: 1…
Study Finds Link Between Blood Type & COVID-19 Susceptibility
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Ask the average American what their blood type is, and you will likely receive a blank look. For most people, blood type only becomes an issue if they need a blood transfusion. Beginning in the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, results from previous work published in …
Safety & Immunogenicity of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine SYS6006 Evaluated in Phase 1 Trial
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by Higher Education Press RBD-binding antibodies to omicron BA.2 and BA.4…
The Truth About Emulsifiers: Are They Destroying Our Gut Health?
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As if excess salt, fat and several types of sugar weren’t bad enough, the ingredient lists of much ultra-processed food often end with a befuddling number of additives. Either written as E numbers or given their full chemical names, this information is unsettlingly opaque to non-experts, prompting …
You’ll Soon Be Able to Get a Blood Test for Alzheimer’s. Will You Want One?
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When Daniel Gibbs, M.D., enrolled in an Alzheimer’s study at UC San Francisco almost a decade ago, researchers needed access to a secure government facility just to confirm that he had the disease. They summoned Gibbs to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, hooked him up to an IV, and wheeled…
New Research Links Isolation in Old Age to Negative Health Outcomes
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By Brennen Jensen / Published Summer 2023 For many, keepi…