Teenage boys who have high blood pressure may find themselves on the road to serious heart problems in adulthood. Swedish researchers found that boys who had high blood pressure at…
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Making immunotherapy safe for AML
In a clever sleight of hand, researchers used base editing to shield healthy blood stem cells from immunotherapy, avoiding toxicity. Credit: Adobe Stock | Illustration: Sebastian Stankiewicz, Boston Children’s Hospital…
New study offers hope for pulmonary fibrosis patients
Credit: Julie Leonard-Duke et al. / University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science Using a new recipe for growing blood vessels from living lung tissue in the lab,…
True progression or pseudoprogression in glioblastoma patients?
Credit: Human Brain Project Is it true progression or pseudoprogression in tumor growth? That’s the critical question for radiation and medical oncologists treating patients with glioblastoma, the most common and…
What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For the first time since 2019, congressional gridlock is poised to at least temporarily shut down big parts of the federal government—including many health programs. If…
Recommendations announced for performing pediatric heart surgery in the US
Credit: World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (2023). DOI: 10.1177/21501351231190353 A set of recommendations to address the known variation in outcomes at US congenital heart surgery centers has…
A deep look into the progression of Parkinson’s disease
An EM image with the corresponding NanoSIMS 13C map. Credit: Spataro et al 2023. DOI: 10.1186/s40478-023-01608-8 Parkinson’s disease is a complex neurodegenerative disorder that leads to the deterioration of specific…
For the lonely, a blurred line between real and fictional people
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In lonely people, the boundary between real friends and favorite fictional characters gets blurred in the part of the brain that is active when thinking about…
Researchers discuss reassessing COVID-19 precautions in 2023
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new editorial paper titled “Reassessing the risks and benefits of COVID-19 precautions in 2023” has been published in Oncotarget. The COVID-19 pandemic has killed over…
Study finds protein p53 regulates learning, memory and sociability in mice
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology led by Professor Nien-Pei Tsai (right) and Kwan Young Lee have established the protein p53 as…
