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(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) Targeted treatment of basal-like breast cancer could be facilitated by YAP inhibitors in the future. As reported by an MDC team headed by Walter ...

Exposure to pollen can make you more susceptible to COVID-19, and it isn't just a problem for people with allergies. New research explains why pollen seasons are getting longer and more intense.

Walking is good for you, but running might be twice as beneficial. Here's why.

(Impact Journals LLC) 'These results suggest an alteration in DNA replication/repair function of POLD1 as a primary pathogenetic cause of MDPL.'

(Penn State) Antibody injections are a highly desirable treatment for people with chronic diseases such as cancer, psoriasis, Crohn's disease and arthritis. And recently, antibodies have been in the news as a promising t...

(Weizmann Institute of Science) In a new study published in Nature, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science and their collaborators have discovered that the immune system "sees" these bacteria and shown they can...

(RAND Corporation) It's been widely known that use of mammograms and colonoscopies to screen for cancer plummeted immediately after the coronavirus pandemic was declared in March 2020, creating concerns that the trend co...

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) The COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19) published new findings in the Annals of Oncology, showing heightened mortality and racial disparities for patients with cancer diagnosed w...

(Greenwood Genetic Center) Researchers at the Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) have identified the mechanism that causes movement disorders in patients with mutations in the NUS1 gene. Using both cellular and model organis...

(Health Sciences University of Hokkaido) The epithelial cell rests of Malassez (ERM) derived from the periodontal ligament were transformed into progenitor stem-like cells after stimulation with epigenetic agents. Subseq...

(University of Montreal) A study shows that harsh parenting practices in childhood have long-term repercussions for children's brain development.

(BIH at Charité) Life-threatening situations occur time and again in an intensive care unit. To make sure that doctors can intervene in time, a team at the German Heart Center Berlin (DHZB) has developed AI-based softwa...

(European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) ) The tuberculosis (TB) burden in the WHO European Region as a whole is decreasing, and is down 19% overall for 2015-2019, according to the latest WHO/European C...

(University of California - Riverside) A University of California, Riverside, study analyzing fourth-generation electronic cigarette, or EC, pod atomizer design features has found the pod atomizers are similar to those o...

(Simons Foundation) Scientists discover bidirectional communication between the Drosophila oocyte and nurse cells, challenging the long-held view that the oocyte plays a passive role in development. These findings have i...

(Frontiers) Having a single personal physician may promote overtesting for the PSA biomarker for prostate cancer, suggests new study from the University of Florida

(University of California - San Francisco) For something we spend one-third of our lives doing, we still understand remarkably little about how sleep works -- for example, why can some people sleep deeply through any dis...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Hormone drugs that reduce androgen levels may help disarm the coronavirus spike protein used to infect cells and stop the progression of severe COVID-19 disease, suggests a...

(DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases) Researchers at the DZNE, Massachusetts General Hospital and Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. tested a novel gene regulation approach to treat brain diseases such as Alzheim...

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) With more patients complaining of lingering and chronic effects from COVID-19, Columbia experts review what's known and why care for long-haulers requires an interdisciplinary ...

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Lung tumors are home to immune cells that affect their growth and resistance to treatment. Looking at neutrophils, scientists led by EPFL have discovered that the key might li...

(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) Most people with cancer who are infected by the novel coronavirus produce antibodies at a rate comparable to the rest of the population - but their ability to do so depends on their ...