LONDON – The alchemy of induced pluripotent cells has broken another barrier, delivering a model of the earliest preimplantation stages of human development, when fertilized eggs form a blastocyst.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: New technique may enable electrons in cancer radiotherapy; Universal initiates study of cell-free DNA blood test; Concerns linger about cardiovascular risk factors in conjunction with cancer treatment.
Vaccines now in clinical trials can raise broad-spectrum antibodies against more than one form of hemagglutinin and provide protection against the flu strains that have been most troublesome from a public health perspective.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: Translational medicine slow to change cardiovascular care; New study results boost case for BASILICA; Mitral repair still worthwhile despite issues with atrial fibrillation.
Two recent studies have independently identified macropinocytosis, a nutrient procurement pathway whereby cancer cells take up extracellular fluid droplets containing proteins and other macromolecules, as a promising new therapeutic target for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).
A large-scale metabolomics study of blood samples from 11,000 people has identified common biological links among a number of chronic non-communicable diseases, opening up the possibility of countering multiple diseases simultaneously.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Using AI to track facial changes due to Parkinson’s; Dopamine plays role in pain perception sex differences; Lipid dysregulation gives information on Parkinson’s.
Pre-existing insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells, but not their progenitors, have been shown to contribute to new beta cells in the adult pancreas, according to a Chinese study led by scientists at the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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