Credit: CC0 Public Domain Some patients of a Seattle-based cancer center received threatening emails following a data breach last month. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center officials said a Nov. 19 hack…
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Mechanical thrombectomy safe, effective for high-risk pulmonary embolism
Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is safe and effective in real-world, high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism (PE), according to a study published online Oct. 31 in the Journal of the Society for…
Inca quarries and road network found in Cañete
Archaeologists have discovered Inca quarries and a road network in Cerros de Quilmaná and Cerro Quinta Freno, in the province of Cañete, Peru. According to a press release announced by…
Wasabi shows memory-boosting powers in study
Wasabi, that green condiment that spices up your sushi, may possess memory-boosting powers, a new Japanese study suggests. Lead researcher Rui Nouchi, an associate professor at Tohoku University’s Institute of…
The health benefits of volunteering
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Volunteers make an immeasurable difference in people’s lives. The act of volunteering also benefits a person’s health as well. Research has shown that volunteering offers significant…
Metabolic biomarkers may aid mood disorder diagnosis
Metabolomic profiling may improve the differential diagnosis of mood disorders, according to a proof-of-concept study published online Oct. 25 in JAMA Psychiatry. Jakub Tomasik, Ph.D., from the University of Cambridge…
Prison bakery for enslaved people found in Roman Pompeii
Archaeologists have uncovered a Prison bakery during recent excavations in Pompeii. Pompeii was a Roman city in the modern commune of Pompeii, located in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii,…
Archaeologists find 22 mummified burials in Peru
A Polish-Peruvian team of archaeologists have uncovered 22 mummified burials in Barranca, Peru. The discovery was made on the Cerro Colorado hill, where the researchers unearthed the burials in one…
US approves sickle cell breakthrough with gene editing therapy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The United States on Friday approved a breakthrough medicine that uses revolutionary gene editing tool CRISPR to treat the debilitating blood disorder sickle cell disease. More…
New research paints a dynamic picture of how we respond to high or low oxygen levels
Pulsed SILAM reveals variations of protein half-lives across organs. Credit: Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj4884 It only takes holding your breath for slightly too long to understand that too little…
