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July 30 , 2020
Investigational breast cancer vaccine plus immune therapy work well in tandem
- A vaccine for HER2-positive breast cancers that is being tested in a clinical trial at Duke Cancer Institute is part of an effective, two-drug strategy for enlisting the immune system to fight tumors, according to a Duke-led study in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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July 29 , 2020
Researchers detangle protein interaction implicated in Down syndrome and Alzheimer's
- From the movement of a finger to the creation of a memory, actions of the human body require the harmonious concert of protein interactions. A system of checks and balances ensures proper coordination of biomolecules, but when the scale is tipped, lopsided molecular relationships can lead to disorders and diseases. Discovering how proteins interact with one
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July 29 , 2020
Engineers find thinner tissues in replacement heart valves create problematic flutter
- You're in the middle of the aorta, the body's pipeline for oxygen-rich blood, looking back toward the heart's primary pump, the left ventricle.
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July 28 , 2020
Artificial intelligence finds patterns of mutations and survival in tumour images
- Researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, UK, and collaborators have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses computer vision to analyze tissue samples from cancer patients. They have shown that the algorithm can distinguish between healthy and
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July 28 , 2020
Higher BPA levels linked to more asthma symptoms in children
- Children in low-income neighborhoods in Baltimore tended to have more asthma symptoms when levels of the synthetic chemical BPA (Bisphenol A) in their urine were elevated, according to a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine.
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