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  • Mpox could become a serious global threat, scientists warn

    Mpox could become a serious global threat, scientists warn

    Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too lightly, according to scientists at the University of Surrey.

    In a letter published in Nature Medicine, researchers highlight how mpox — traditionally spread from animals to humans — is now showing clear signs of sustained human-to-human transmission.

    Mpox is a viral infection caused by a virus that belongs to the same family as smallpox. The virus can cause a painful rash, fever, and swollen glands and, in…

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  • Combination immunotherapy shrank a variety of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers

    Combination immunotherapy shrank a variety of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers

    A new form of tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, a form of personalized cancer immunotherapy, dramatically improved the treatment’s effectiveness in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal cancers, according to results of a clinical trial led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The findings, published April 1, 2025 in Nature Medicine, offer hopethat this therapy could be used to treat a variety of solid tumors, which has so far eluded researchers developing…

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  • New 3D technology paves way for next-generation eye-tracking

    New 3D technology paves way for next-generation eye-tracking

    Eye tracking plays a critical role in the latest virtual and augmented reality headsets and is an important technology in the entertainment industry, scientific research, medical and behavioral sciences, automotive driving assistance and industrial engineering. Tracking the movements of the human eye with high accuracy, however, is a daunting challenge.

    Researchers at the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences have now demonstrated an innovative approach that could…

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  • Researchers develop new way to match young cancer patients with the right drugs

    Researchers develop new way to match young cancer patients with the right drugs

    A pan-Canadian team has developed a new way to quickly find personalized treatments for young cancer patients, by growing their tumours in chicken eggs and analyzing their proteins.

    The team, led by researchers from the University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, is the first in Canada to combine these two techniques to identify and test a drug for a young patient’s tumour in time for their treatment.

    Their success in finding a new drug for the patient,…

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  • Exposure to air pollution in childhood is associated with reduced brain connectivity

    Exposure to air pollution in childhood is associated with reduced brain connectivity

    A new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation, has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain regions. The findings, published in Environment International, highlight the potential impact of early exposure to air pollution on brain development.

    The research showed reduced functional connectivity within and between certain cortical…

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  • Researchers develop test using machine learning to help predict immunotherapy response in lymphoma patients

    Researchers develop test using machine learning to help predict immunotherapy response in lymphoma patients

    Researchers with City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, with its National Medical Center in Los Angeles ranked among the nation’s top 5 cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report, and MSK have created a tool that uses machine learning to assess a non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) patient’s likely response to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy before starting the treatment, according to study results published…

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  • Omega-6 fatty acid promotes the growth of an aggressive type of breast cancer, study finds

    Omega-6 fatty acid promotes the growth of an aggressive type of breast cancer, study finds

    Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat “triple negative” breast cancer subtype, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The discovery could lead to new dietary and pharmaceutical strategies against breast and other cancers.

    In the study, published March 14 in Science, the researchers found that linoleic…

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  • New options for controlling type 2 diabetes

    New options for controlling type 2 diabetes

    Nearly 40% of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes imperil their health by stopping their medication within the first year, UVA Health diabetes experts note in a new paper highlighting a growing array of treatment options.

    The pragmatic new paper urges doctors to consider not just traditional diabetes medicines but emerging alternatives that patients may be more likely to stick with long-term. “Prescribing a medication or making lifestyle recommendations that a patient is not willing or…

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  • Awareness grows of cancer risk from alcohol consumption

    Awareness grows of cancer risk from alcohol consumption

    Public awareness of the link between drinking alcohol and an elevated risk of cancer has grown since last fall, with more than half of Americans now saying that regularly consuming alcohol increases your chances of later developing cancer, according to a survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.

    In the survey, conducted Jan. 30-Feb. 10, 2025, with over 1,700 U.S. adults, 56% say the regular consumption of alcohol increases your chances of later…

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  • JPMorgan’s Health Unit To Invest In Small Business Health Plans

    JPMorgan’s Health Unit To Invest In Small Business Health Plans

    JPMorgan Chase’s Morgan Health unit will invest in a company called Venteur to boost the venture’s effort to sell health plans to small and medium-sized U.S….

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