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Finding a cure for canine gliomas may help find treatment for human brain cancer

Cancer research using experimental models--everything from cancer cells in a dish to patient tumors transplanted in mice--has been extremely useful for learning more about the disease and how we might treat it.

10 Feb 2020

China's One-Child Policy has beneficial effect on women's education

Women's educational attainment has increased tremendously and even exceeded men's all over the world in the late 20th century.

10 Feb 2020

Bats' fierce immune response to viruses could drive zoonotic emergence

It's no coincidence that some of the worst viral disease outbreaks in recent years -- SARS, MERS, Ebola, Marburg and likely the newly arrived 2019-nCoV virus -- originated in bats.

10 Feb 2020

Removing 'non-contrast enhancing tumor' may boost survival of glioblastoma patients

Survival may more than double for adults with glioblastoma, the most common and deadly type of brain tumor, if neurosurgeons remove the surrounding tissue as aggressively as they remove the cancerous core of the tumor.

10 Feb 2020

Most vulnerable patients are not reimbursed fairly by Medicare, research finds

Hospitals, doctors and Medicare Advantage insurance plans that care for some of the most vulnerable patients are not reimbursed fairly by Medicare, according to recent findings in JAMA.

10 Feb 2020

Western diet rich in fat and sugar may lead to inflammatory skin diseases

A Western diet rich in fat and sugar may lead to inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis, a study by UC Davis Health researchers has found.

10 Feb 2020

Depression treatment using AI, brain scans

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be a useful and even essential tool in selecting the best treatment for depression, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology on February 2020.

10 Feb 2020

Nerve insulation renewed to create long-term learning

A new study published in February 2020, in the journal Nature Neuroscience, shows that short-term learning occurs rapidly, but for it to become a long-term memory, brain cells must form more myelin, an insulating fatty material.

10 Feb 2020

Finding the origins of angiosarcoma

In a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine on February 2020, scientists report some newly discovered reasons for the occurrence of a rare blood vessel wall cancer called angiosarcoma. This could one day help develop better therapies for this aggressive tumor. The project is a striking example of unexpectedly rich findings from a crowd-sourced venture that brings together a scattered group of patients with a rare disease.

10 Feb 2020

First artificial enzyme with non-biological catalytic sites created

A new study published in the journal Nature Catalysis on February 10, 2020, reports the creation of a new artificial enzyme from two components, both non-biological in origin. This event marks the first such successful biological catalyst to contain a non-biological active site. The study shows that this type of synergistic combination of an amino acid not found in nature with a copper-based catalyst is capable of powerful catalytic action, unlike most other artificial enzymes.

10 Feb 2020

New method to treat cancer with iron oxide nanoparticles

The concept is based on the interaction of resonant semiconductor iron oxide Fe2O3 nanoparticles with light. Particles previously loaded with the antitumor drug are injected in vivo and further accumulate at the tumor areas.

10 Feb 2020

Metformin could help leaky gut

A team of researchers from University of California, San Diego, have successfully used gut organoids in their lab to show the effects of medications to treat conditions such as “leaky gut”. The study was titled, “The stress polarity signaling (SPS) pathway serves as a marker and a target in the leaky gut barrier: implications in aging and cancer,” and was published in the journal Life Science Alliance today.

10 Feb 2020

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Finding a cure for canine gliomas may help find treatment for human brain cancer

China's One-Child Policy has beneficial effect on women's education

Bats' fierce immune response to viruses could drive zoonotic emergence

Removing 'non-contrast enhancing tumor' may boost survival of glioblastoma patients

Most vulnerable patients are not reimbursed fairly by Medicare, research finds

Western diet rich in fat and sugar may lead to inflammatory skin diseases

Depression treatment using AI, brain scans

Nerve insulation renewed to create long-term learning

Finding the origins of angiosarcoma

First artificial enzyme with non-biological catalytic sites created

New method to treat cancer with iron oxide nanoparticles

Metformin could help leaky gut

Seurat publishes preclinical studies of intranasal IGF-1 in rat model of migraine headaches

New summary report highlights advances and challenges in small cell lung cancer research

Novel method to spot melanoma may save lives

Research uncovers protective role of astrocytes in sporadic motor neuron disease

Implementing cancer education in school curriculum could pay off in the long run

Improving handwashing at airports could reduce the spread of infectious diseases

New study shows how tumors disable the immune system to survive and spread

Study: Most men choosing surgery for prostate cancer do not regret their decisions

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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