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Πέμπτη 27 Ιουνίου 2019

Hydrogel offers real promise in treating diabetes
Researchers at EPFL have developed a hydrogel that offers unrivaled protection against transplanted cell rejection. The School's Technology Transfer Office has licensed the new product to Cell-Caps, a Geneva-based startup specialized in cell encapsulation for treating diabetes.
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Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system
An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.
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15:47
Infecting healthy people in vaccine research can be ethical and necessary
Medical experiments involving intentionally infecting people with bacteria, viruses, and parasites are surprisingly common. And they are becoming more common worldwide, particularly in developing countries.
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Migraine increases the risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth
Despite the fact that many women who suffer migraines find that the number and severity of these severe headaches decrease during pregnancy, migraines are now being linked to elevated blood pressure, abortions, caesareans, preterm births and babies with low birth weight.
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Health disparity for blacks exists within lung screening guidelines
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines that determine which smokers qualify for CT scans exclude significant numbers of African Americans who develop lung cancer, a health disparity that merits modifications to lung cancer screening criteria, according to a study from Vanderbilt researchers.
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15:40
Biomarkers of DNA methylation can be a predictor of breast cancer risk
Biomarkers of DNA methylation, which regulate gene expression, can be a predictor of breast cancer risk, according to a study published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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15:30
Researching the successes and challenges of digital medical devices
Eric Topol, a cardiologist and digital medical researcher, and also director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, has published a Focus piece in the journal Science Translational Medicine discussing the short history of digital medical devices, covering both success stories and current challenges.
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Crosstalk between cells allows Listeria bacteria to hijack immune system
Listeria bacteria in food, water, or soil can cause food poisoning and even life-threatening infections in vulnerable people. In a study, Yale investigators have described how the pathogen manipulates the immune system to promote its own survival.
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15:22
Fish oil and cancer prevention
Increased dietary intake of fish oil, with its "healthy" omega-3 fatty acids, has been proposed to reduce risk of colorectal cancer. How it works is unclear, but it is thought to modify lipid signaling molecules associated with inflammation and carcinogenesis.
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Ebola in Uganda, and the dynamics of a new and different outbreak
The 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), has been a very different kind of outbreak than the massive West African outbreak that occurred in 2014 and 2015. For starters, it is much smaller, with just over 2,000 cases compared to the more than 28,000 cases of the West African outbreak. Because of that, many Western news organizations have devoted much less attention to the current epidemic.
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Target found to arrest cancer growth
Adelaide researchers are homing in on a new treatment target for the aggressive blood cancer multiple myeloma.
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14:49
Study explores treatment options for babies with cataracts
Cataracts are uncommon in babies, but when they occur, the cloudy lenses must be removed without delay or blindness may result.
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