Leading scientists have identified a possible link between antibiotic use and the speed of breast cancer growth in mice, and identified a type of immune cell that could be targeted to reverse it. In a new study funded by Breast…
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Research breakthrough in the fight against cancer
A team of researchers at the Center for Bioactive Delivery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences has engineered a nanoparticle that has the potential to revolutionize disease treatment, including for cancer. This new research, which…
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Steroid ‘breakthrough’ raises virus hopes, despite China outbreak
The World Health Organization on Tuesday hailed a “breakthrough” steroid treatment for the coronavirus, boosting hopes that pandemic deaths can be reduced, but a growing new cluster in China sparked fears of a second wave of infections. Surging death tolls…
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Breakthrough technology used to discover eye damage from repeated intravitreal injections
In a first of its kind study, Mount Sinai researchers are using optimal coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) to measure potential retina damage from long-term use of intravitreal eye injections. The findings, published in the April issue of Retina, suggest that…
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Breakthrough as scientists find how cancer-killing cells are activated
Cancer breakthrough as scientists discover how ‘helper’ cells are turned on by immunotherapy to destroy malignant tumours Some cells, known as CD4+ T cells, directly target tumours after immunotherapy But exactly how their cancer-killing powers were unlocked remained a mystery…
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