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Blood test may help identify which colorectal cancer patients most likely to benefit from

A blood test may help identify which patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver are most likely to benefit from chemotherapy after surgery, according to research presented today at the ESMO Gastrointestinal Cancers Congress 2026.

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Tumor on a chip reveals how pancreatic cancer hijacks immune cells in real time

A new "tumor-on-a-chip" model is giving scientists a live look at how pancreatic cancer can recruit the body's own immune cells to help tumors survive. Researchers say the findings, published in Biofabrication, reveal possible new targets to weaken the cancer's defenses and make

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Using AI to provide new insights into why Ebola outcomes differ between patients

There is currently a serious outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of the severe and often fatal illness. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, severe dehydration and hemorrhage. Rapid clinical deterioration is common. University of Liverpool researchers have led

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Drug candidate treats severe fatty liver disease by protecting the gut in animal models

Researchers discovered that a potential drug developed at Michigan Medicine treats severe fatty liver disease by improving gut health, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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Could these tiny organs save millions of lives?

If you're a woman newly diagnosed with breast cancer, treatment can feel ... well, scary. Will chemotherapy work? Or will it become a cycle of educated guesswork: trying one drug combination, waiting, scanning? If the tumor doesn't respond, trying something else. In the meantime,

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Study linking microgravity and space radiation to accelerated aging could yield therapies

What happens to the human body in space may help scientists create new anti-aging therapies. UCF's Michal Masternak and his team have identified molecular changes in the liver that happen when space travelers experience radiation and microgravity. These changes—that resemble acce

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New model reveals how disability caregiving reshapes parents' lives over decades

Researchers are sounding the alarm on the long-term impact of caring for children with developmental disabilities in the absence of proper societal supports across the life course. A new conceptual study, published in the Journal of Family Theory & Review, proposes a new model fo

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Portable PS-OCT scanner could reveal donor liver health without biopsy

Each year, thousands of patients in the United States wait for a liver transplant, while transplant teams must make rapid, difficult decisions about whether donor organs are suitable for use. Many of those livers, particularly from older or medically complex donors, require caref

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Nursing scholar calls for greater recognition of nurses' 'dual expertise'

In a letter published in The Lancet, Penn Nursing's Kathryn Connell, Ph.D., RN, CCRN, argues that nursing is a profession where "dual expertise" is widespread yet structurally invisible. Connell calls for urgent systemic reforms to support nurse clinician-scientists who balance a

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Liver-directed gene therapy shows preclinical efficacy for severe inherited metabolic diso

Genespire, in collaboration with researchers at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-TIGET), announced the publication of preclinical data supporting the potential of its liver-directed immune-shielded lentiviral gene therapy approach to treat methylmalonic ac

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Low-oxygen treatment helped diseased mice live three times longer. Could humans benefit?

Oxygen isn't always a good thing. Of course, people—and most organisms—cannot live without it. But oxygen can also be quite toxic and lead to profound health consequences.

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50 million Americans live in counties without a radiation oncology clinic, study finds

More than 50 million Americans live in counties without a radiation oncology practice site, and millions more are at risk, according to a new study published today in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (Red Journal), the flagship journal of the Americ

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