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Researchers shed more light on breast cancer treatment
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers at LMU have successfully tested a novel medication that can greatly prolong the lives of patients with breast cancer.
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Researchers discover potential new treatment for liver fibrosis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy provides light on the processes that contribute to liver fibrosis and proposes a unique therapy method for this prevalent and serious disorder.
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Study finds how genetic diagnostics of ultra-rare diseases
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Most rare diseases are caused by genetics. A molecular genetic diagnosis can be made more quickly and readily by identifying the underlying genetic change, for instance by exome sequencing (ES). The analysis of every region of our DNA that codes for a protein is known as ES.
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Researchers discover new way concerning immune defence
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Monocytes, a kind of white blood cell, generate cytokines, which are inflammatory messengers required for an adequate immune response. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn have discovered that platelets, also known as thrombocytes, interact with monocy
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Researchers give more insight into hip osteoarthritis among older adults w
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A study found that one-third of patients receiving surgery for adult spinal deformity (ASD) also have severe hip osteoarthritis (OA), which can lead to poor spinal alignment and physical functionality.
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Study finds how adding chemotherapy to hormone therapy helps control local
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Combining chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for patients with locally advanced prostate cancer provides longer control of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels than hormonal therapy alone, according to a study.
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Many people with type 2 diabetes lack life-saving information about their
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Disease management is critical to avoiding long-term complications, including limb amputations or heart problems. To avoid negative outcomes, it is critical that patients understand how to manage their disease on a daily basis.
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Research finds school uniform policies linked to students getting less exe
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New research reveals that school uniform policies may be preventing young people, particularly primary school-aged girls, from participating in physical activity.
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Protein discovery may help solve prostate cancer medicine resistance: Rese
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers discovered that a receptor protein called CHRM1 plays an important role in prostate cancer cells' resistance to docetaxel, a routinely used chemotherapeutic treatment to treat advanced cancer that has progressed beyond the prostate.
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Early nerve intervention lowers pain, complications post amputation: Study
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
A study published in the issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), suggests that performing targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) at the time of amputation can reduce pain scores and prevent complications relat
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Study suggests new approach for evaluating muscle coordination, fatigue
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Surface electromyography (sEMG) is a conventional technique for measuring muscle electrical activity during exercise. This strategy has been used for over 70 years and consists of two conventional procedures. The first uses a pair of electrodes (metals that transmit electricity through non-m
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Study gives more insight into how warming-up enhances muscle performance
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Everyone understands the benefits of warming up your muscles before a workout. But what happens when we warm up our muscles, and are all muscles the same? You might be shocked to learn that the science behind this commonplace activity hasn't always been obvious.
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