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Age-Related Changes in Fibroblast Cells Promote Pancreatic Cancer Growth and Spread
Older people may be at greater risk of developing pancreatic cancer and have poorer prognoses because of age-related changes in cells in the pancreas called fibroblasts, according to research led by investigators from the Johns Hopkins…
Novel Drug Combination Shows Promise for Advanced HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
A novel three-drug combination achieved notable responses in patients with advanced HER2-negative breast cancer, according to new research directed by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. The treatment included a…
JICA India Conducted Cancer Awareness Event with more than 200 School Students
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organized Cancer Awareness Event, on the occasion of World Cancer Day which falls on Feb 4 every year. The workshop was a part of JICA's “Achhi Aadat (Good Habit) Campaign”-- a campaign which…
Maternal death rates in the UK have increased to levels not seen for almost 20 years
The latest set of data presented by the MBRRACE-UK Collaboration investigation into maternal deaths in the UK shows that the mortality rate for women who died during or soon after pregnancy has increased to levels not seen since…
Maternal death rates in the UK have increased to levels not seen for almost 20 years
The latest set of data presented by the MBRRACE-UK Collaboration investigation into maternal deaths in the UK shows that the mortality rate for women who died during or soon after pregnancy has increased to levels not seen since 2003-05.…
Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection
Using a new technology developed at MIT, diagnosing lung cancer could become as easy as inhaling nanoparticle sensors and then taking a urine test that reveals whether a tumor is present.
The new diagnostic is based on…
Highly effective, R21/Matrix-M™ malaria vaccine developed by University of Oxford and the Serum…
Today 21st December 2023 the R21/Matrix-MTM malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India, leveraging Novavax’s adjuvant technology, has been awarded prequalification status by the World Health…
HKUMed achieves breakthrough in photoactivatable nanomedicine for the treatment of age-related…
Researchers at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), and collaborators from the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Centre of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, have developed a light-activatable prodrug nanomedicine for…
Anesthesia technology precisely controls unconsciousness in animal tests
If anesthesiologists had a rigorous means to manage dosing, they could deliver less medicine, maintaining exactly the right depth of unconsciousness while reducing postoperative cognitive side effects in vulnerable groups like the…
Children were neglected during the pandemic – important lessons still to be learned
Children are still suffering the consequences of official neglect during the first ‘shock period’ of the COVID-19 pandemic, when families were not widely prioritised by public policies, according to analysis published this week of 40…