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(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) A high rate of genetic mutations within a tumor, known as high tumor mutation burden, was only useful for predicting immunotherapy responses in a subset of cancer types,...

(West Virginia University) The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) will host a special virtual event titled "HIV in Rural America" on March 18. During this event, researchers, state, and n...

We know smoking cigarettes can cause lung cancer. But what about cannabis use?

(Nationwide Children's Hospital) A recent study led by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy, Emergency Medicine, and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital along with the Chi...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a prototype for a new cancer immunotherapy that uses engineered T cells to target a genetic alteration common among all cancers.

(Wiley) Previous studies conducted in hospitals reported that COVID-19 patients presented with unusual skin rashes. This study, which is published in the British Journal of Dermatology, analyzed information provided by 3...

(The U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP)) A new Phase 1 vaccine study began today that will evaluate experimental prime/boost HIV-1 vaccine regimens formulated with combinations of different adjuvants, including on...

(Washington State University) People who talk with their doctors are more likely to get vaccinated during a pandemic, according to a study of evidence collected during the "swine flu," the last pandemic to hit the U.S. b...

(University of Virginia Health System) One day soon, a woman's first trip to the doctor after conceiving may include a prescription for an exercise program.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) The Denver chapter of Golfers Against Cancer in February named University of Colorado (CU) Cancer Center researchers Matthew Sikora, PhD, Jamie Studts, PhD, and Jenna Sopf...

(National Research University Higher School of Economics) HSE University researchers together with specialists from the Humanitarian Action Charitable Fund (St. Petersburg) and the University of Michigan School of Public...

(German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)) Do BMMFs, the novel infectious agents found in dairy products and bovine sera, play a role in the development of colorectal cancer? Scientists led ...

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A real-time study of immune responses inside the lungs of COVID patients suggests a cytokine "hurricane" in the airways drives severe disease, and an influx of T cells may be c...

(Staffordshire University) A new project is aiming to break the last taboos in women's football from periods to pregnancy and Staffordshire University is calling on women's football clubs across the UK to help identify b...

(Kumamoto University) Ketone bodies are generally an alternative energy source during starvation, but in newborns, ketogenesis is active regardless of nutritional status. In a recent study from Kumamoto University (Japan...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) One in three teen girls and one in five teen boys have experienced new or worsening anxiety since the pandemic, the poll suggests.

(University of Toledo) Though likely much more common than once thought, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, remains something of a mystery. If the condition is confirmed as an autoimmune disorder, knowin...

(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)) Ageing is a common factor in many diseases. So, what if it were possible to treat them by acting on the causes of ageing or, more specifically, by acting on the sh...

(KU Leuven) Researchers uncovered for the first time what happens in animals' brains when they learn from subconscious, visual stimuli. In time, this knowledge can lead to new treatments for a number of conditions. The s...

(Boston University School of Medicine) Warning signs for Alzheimer's disease (AD) can begin in the brain years before the first symptoms appear. Spotting these clues may allow for lifestyle changes that could possibly de...

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) A large study of people in 28 countries found men aged 50 and over had a 60% greater risk of death than women, partly explained by heavier rates of smoking and heart disease in men,...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Researchers studying cultured cells shortly after infecting them with SARS-CoV-2, now have more insight into the metabolic pathways co-opted by the virus. The findings highlight the potenti...