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Trump, Harris spar over abortion rights and Obamacare in their first face-off

When Vice President Kamala Harris walked across the debate stage Tuesday night to shake the hand of former President Donald Trump, it was the first time the two had met in person.

11 Sep 2024

Brazilian research uncovers how liver nerves regulate glucose production under stress

A study led by Brazilian researchers has produced a detailed description of the morphology of the nerves in the liver and how they control production of glucose when the organism is under stress.

11 Sep 2024

Study shows CAR T-cell therapy's risk of second primary malignancies comparable to other treatments

The frequency of second primary malignancies (SPMs) arising in cancer survivors following treatment with CAR T-cell therapy was statistically comparable to the frequency of SPMs following other standard-of-care therapies, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

11 Sep 2024

Pyroptosis found to promote wound healing and tissue repair

A study by the team of Prof. Kodi Ravichandran (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) and colleagues found that pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death traditionally thought to be purely inflammatory, also plays a crucial role in promoting healing and tissue repair.

11 Sep 2024

Stress-induced changes in sperm motility occur after a stressful event, study shows

A groundbreaking study led by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus reveals that stress-induced changes in sperm motility occur after a stressful event, rather than during it and improves sperm performance.

11 Sep 2024

Zongertinib shows promising efficacy in HER2 mutation-positive NSCLC

The HER2-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor zongertinib was well tolerated and demonstrated promising efficacy in patients with HER2 mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer, meeting the primary endpoint of the Beamion LUNG-1 Phase Ib Cohort 1 study, according to research presented today at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer.

11 Sep 2024

New acoustic tweezers isolate viruses from saliva with high precision

Developing antiviral therapeutics and vaccines requires close study of the viruses that cause disease. But how can these small germs be isolated from complex biological samples like saliva?

11 Sep 2024

$1.2 million NIH grant may help unravel the interplay between Down syndrome and myeloid leukemia

A four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health may help researchers find new clues to the interplay between Down syndrome (DS) and myeloid leukemia (ML).

11 Sep 2024

Research shows free vapes in emergency rooms aid smoking cessation

Experimenting with commercially available vapes may be important for some people's success in giving up smoking, according to new research.

11 Sep 2024

Study shows delayed feedback enhances learning in traumatic brain injury

Kessler Foundation researchers have published a novel study exploring the effects of delayed feedback on learning in individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

11 Sep 2024

Study unveils potential treatment for chronic brain damage following traumatic injury

Violent blows or jolts to the head can cause traumatic brain injury (TBI), and there are currently about five million people in the U.S. living with chronic neurodegeneration and related impairments due to TBI.

11 Sep 2024

Taletrectinib shows high response rates and safety in ROS1+ lung cancer patients

The ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) taletrectinib demonstrated high overall and intracranial responses, and a favorable safety profile with low incidence of neurologic adverse events in TKI-naive and TKI-pretreated patients with ROS1+ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

11 Sep 2024

Pre-surgery chemotherapy shows promise for preserving vital organs in nasal and sinus cancer

Results from a clinical trial by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) show a striking improvement for patients who received chemotherapy before surgery to remove advanced squamous cell-type cancer of the nose or sinus.

11 Sep 2024

New molecular map offers insights into human physiology and disease

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar (WCM-Q) have created an intricate molecular map of the human body and its complex physiological processes based on the analysis of thousands of molecules measured in blood, urine and saliva samples from 391 volunteers.

11 Sep 2024

Study unveils dynamic brain architecture through advanced fMRI techniques Neuroscientists In Spain ...

Researchers from the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, along with a team from the Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience (Romania), and in collaboration with experts from the Universitat Politècnica de València, have developed an innovative approach to studying brain connections using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

11 Sep 2024

Trauma exposure linked to accelerated brain age and Alzheimer's risk in women

As the median age of our population rises, so does the number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. With advances in technology, it's easier to determine brain age and identify blood-based Alzheimer's disease biomarkers.

11 Sep 2024

Innovative method unlocks potential for drugging undruggable GTPases

Drugs for the K-Ras oncogene inspire an approach for targeting the GTPases, a family of enzymes whose dysfunction can lead to Parkinson's and many other diseases.

11 Sep 2024

Research aims to improve interstitial lung disease prognosis with new imaging agent

Researchers at the University of Exeter and clinical radiopharmaceutical company Serac Healthcare Ltd are researching a new molecular imaging marker which could help to detect disease progression sooner.

11 Sep 2024

Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence

A false alarm that a gunman was roaming one Catholic high school and then another in March 2023 touched off frightening evacuations and a robust police response in the city. It also prompted the diocese to rethink what constitutes a model learning environment.

11 Sep 2024

People with dementia may be at higher risk of having suicidal thoughts

People with dementia are more likely to have suicidal thoughts but are not necessarily more likely to attempt or die by suicide than the general population, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

11 Sep 2024

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Trump, Harris spar over abortion rights and Obamacare in their first face-off

Brazilian research uncovers how liver nerves regulate glucose production under stress

Study shows CAR T-cell therapy's risk of second primary malignancies comparable to other treatments

Pyroptosis found to promote wound healing and tissue repair

Stress-induced changes in sperm motility occur after a stressful event, study shows

Zongertinib shows promising efficacy in HER2 mutation-positive NSCLC

New acoustic tweezers isolate viruses from saliva with high precision

$1.2 million NIH grant may help unravel the interplay between Down syndrome and myeloid leukemia

Research shows free vapes in emergency rooms aid smoking cessation

Study shows delayed feedback enhances learning in traumatic brain injury

Study unveils potential treatment for chronic brain damage following traumatic injury

Taletrectinib shows high response rates and safety in ROS1+ lung cancer patients

Pre-surgery chemotherapy shows promise for preserving vital organs in nasal and sinus cancer

New molecular map offers insights into human physiology and disease

Study unveils dynamic brain architecture through advanced fMRI techniques Neuroscientists In Spain ...

Trauma exposure linked to accelerated brain age and Alzheimer's risk in women

Innovative method unlocks potential for drugging undruggable GTPases

Research aims to improve interstitial lung disease prognosis with new imaging agent

Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence

People with dementia may be at higher risk of having suicidal thoughts

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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