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Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapies have revolutionized cancer treatment—but so far, their success has been largely limited to blood cancers. Solid tumors, which account for around 90% of all adult cancers, ...

Escherichia coli (E. coli), a type of bacteria commonly found in the human gut, could spread as quickly as swine flu, new research suggests.

Patients with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, often require long-term use of antipsychotic medications. Some of these drugs, however, can pose potential risks, such as elevated prolactin ...

MIT engineers have developed a flexible drug-delivery patch that can be placed on the heart after a heart attack to help promote healing and regeneration of cardiac tissue.

Patients with implanted medical devices like orthopedic joint replacements, pacemakers, and artificial heart valves run a small but significant risk that these devices get infected with bacterial pathogens. This starts them ...

Because researchers have made such striking progress in developing drugs to treat neuromuscular diseases, Scott Delp, Ph.D., was surprised to learn that scientists conducting clinical trials were still relying on a decidedly ...

Since the height of the opioid epidemic, doctors have been prescribing fewer of these medications. A new study from UC San Francisco shows that this trend extends to nursing home residents who may need opioids to manage chronic ...

Researchers at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA Nanociencia) and the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC) have developed an innovative technique to destroy cancer cells by inducing a ...

Researchers have known that children often don't focus on tasks and tend to "overexplore" instead of paying attention to what they should be doing. However, why they do that has remained unknown.

A new study from an expert at The University of Manchester has found that ancient Buddhist wisdom could help address growing social and emotional challenges created by modern life and the pressures of today's mental health ...

A European study has demonstrated a sustained long-term reduction in prostate cancer mortality through prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening. However, the findings also highlight the issue of overdiagnosis, or the detection ...

For years, doctors have relied on familiar vital signs—heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and oxygen levels—to monitor someone's health. But researchers at the University of Missouri believe one key metric has been ...