How the immune system fails as cancer arises
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Studying the behavior of these "pro-tumor" immune cells is important because they could be targets for therapies that block their harmful activity, said Minsoo Kim, PhD, corresponding author of the study and a research leader at the Wilmot Cancer Institute.
Laughter may be as effective as drops for dry eyes
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The researchers suggest that laughter exercise could be an initial treatment for relieving symptoms of dry eye disease.
Dry eye disease (DED) is a chronic condition estimated to affect around 360 million individuals worldwide.
Gene therapy effective in hereditary blindness
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Bothnia dystrophy occurs mainly in the region Västerbotten in Sweden, but the disease has also been identified in other parts of the world.
Drugs prescribed off-label may do more harm than good
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Researchers warn prescribing medicines for a use which it has not been licensed could make things worse, even though the prescriber was trying to help.
A new AI tool for cancer
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The new AI system, described Sept. 4 in Nature, goes a step beyond many current AI approaches to cancer diagnosis, the researchers said.
Current AI systems are typically trained to perform specific tasks - such as detecting cancer presence or predicting a tumor's genetic profile - and they tend to work only in a handful of cancer types.
Adding anti-clotting drugs to stroke care ineffective
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But results from the clinical trial, led by Opeolu Adeoye, MD, head of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, indicate two such drugs did not improve outcomes.
Immune cells prevent lung healing after viral infection
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The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how viral infections can cause long-lasting effects - a condition called long COVID. Also known as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, long COVID has left a devastating trail of people who continue to live with long-term debilitation after infection.
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