October 24, 2024
Researchers have created a portable device that can detect colorectal and prostate cancer more cheaply and quickly than prevailing methods. The team believes the device may be especially helpful in developing countries, which experience higher cancer mortality rates due in part to barriers to medical diagnosis.
Researchers develop low-cost device that detects cancer in an hour
October 24, 2024
Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. A pioneering clinical risk prediction algorithm has been developed that splits obesity into 5 separate diagnostic profiles each with contrasting health consequences and treatment requirements.
New precision medicine approach helps detect subgroups of people with obesity at high risk of diabetes and heart disease
October 24, 2024
Maternal antibodies passed across the placenta can interfere with the response to the malaria vaccine, which would explain its lower efficacy in infants under five months of age, according to new research. The findings suggest that children younger than currently recommended by the WHO may benefit from the RTS,S and R21 malaria vaccines if they live in areas with low malaria transmission, where mothers have less antibodies to the parasite.
Maternal antibodies interfere with malaria vaccine responses
October 23, 2024
Researchers have discovered a mechanism that ovarian tumors use to cripple immune cells and impede their attack -- blocking the energy supply T cells depend on. The work points toward a promising new immunotherapy approach for ovarian cancer, which is notoriously aggressive and hard to treat.
October 23, 2024
Research findings provide further evidence that early childhood education can improve educational outcomes for low-income Black children, but that subsequent experiences may erode those impacts especially for low-income Black males.
Early active learning boosts skills for children born into extreme poverty, but gains fade for Black boys, study shows
October 23, 2024
New study reveals link between oxygen delivery and reproductive success among women living on the high Tibetan Plateau.
Evolution in action: How ethnic Tibetan women thrive in thin oxygen at high altitudes
October 22, 2024
Researchers evaluated tissues for fibrosis using MeCo Score, a diagnostic tool that can potentially predict the likelihood of relapse or recurrence among patients with early-stage breast cancer.
Clinical study confirms tissue stiffening in breast cancer can drive metastasis
October 22, 2024
A study suggests that menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) might have moderate effects on brain health, but this depends on past surgical history, the duration of treatment, and a woman's age at last use.
Study highlights complexity of menopausal hormone therapy's impact on brain health
October 21, 2024
U.S. babies died at a higher rate in the months following the Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision, and infant mortality was highest among those born with chromosomal or genetic abnormalities, new research has found. The findings mirror previous research analyzing the experience in Texas after a ban on abortions in early pregnancy and illuminate the consequences of restricting access to abortion care, said researchers who conducted the national analysis.
U.S. infant mortality increased 7 percent in months following Dobbs, researchers find
October 17, 2024
Researchers have developed an in vitro cancer model to investigate why breast cancer spreads to bone. Their findings hold promise for advancing the development of preclinical tools to predict breast cancer bone metastasis.
