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Medical Xpress / Research finds that streamlining the benefits application process increases WIC application, enrollment rates

Being stuck in a bureaucratic morass is frustrating and time-consuming; known as administrative burden, this phenomenon is unfortunately a regular feature of modern life. For some, however, administrative burden is more than ...

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Medical Xpress / Within primary breast tumors, a high-risk cell state may seed future metastases

Understanding which cells within a tumor will go on to form metastases remains one of the major challenges in cancer research. A study led by the Cell Plasticity in Development and Disease laboratory, headed by Ángela Nieto ...

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Medical Xpress / First-line immunotherapy shows success treating advanced colorectal cancer

As colorectal cancer rates rise among young people, most patients with advanced disease still only have one treatment option: chemotherapy. That is rarely a cure, and often life-limiting with very toxic side effects.

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Phys.org / Whale stranded on German coast swims off, gets stuck again

Efforts to rescue a humpback whale stranded for weeks on Germany's Baltic Sea coast were complicated Monday when the animal unexpectedly swam away but then appeared to have got stuck again.

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Phys.org / Desmond Morris: from 'Naked Ape' to watching 'Big Brother'

Celebrated British zoologist Desmond Morris, who died Sunday aged 98, shook up the world in 1967 when his book "The Naked Ape" posited that humans are essentially primates still captive to evolutionary impulses.

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Medical Xpress / AACR: New platform uses machine learning to predict responses in patients with lung cancer

An artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated the ability to accurately predict responses to immunotherapy for patients with metastatic non-small ...

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Medical Xpress / Distribution of Phase I lung cancer trials may be consolidating at top-performing US sites

Between 2020 and 2024, the number of unique sites in the United States where phase I clinical trials for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were conducted decreased by 44% and became increasingly concentrated at the top 20 ...

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Tech Xplore / Anthropic says will put AI risks 'on the table' with Mythos model

American AI developer Anthropic plans to "lay the risks out on the table" even as it restricts deployment of a new model dubbed Mythos, whose powerful cybersecurity capabilities raise stark questions for companies and governments.

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Medical Xpress / Bowel cancer immunotherapy clinical trial follow-up shows zero relapses

Patients with a specific type of bowel cancer who were treated with a short course of immunotherapy before surgery instead of post-op chemotherapy have remained cancer-free after almost three years of follow-up, according ...

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Phys.org / Heat-loving enzyme reveals how plastic recycling could work near 70 °C

Among the various plastic recycling methods being explored, one promising approach is biological plastic recycling, also known as biorecycling, which utilizes enzymes or microorganisms to break down polymer molecules. One ...

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Phys.org / How do astronauts adapt their grip and move objects when transitioning between Earth and space?

On Earth, people grip objects to ensure they don't fall. In space, this process changes: When astronauts hold an object without moving it and then let go, the object doesn't fall because there is no gravity. But when astronauts ...

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Phys.org / Japan warns of slightly increased risk of mega-quake after a 7.7-magnitude one

An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off northern Japan on Monday prompted a short-lived tsunami alert and the advisory of a higher risk of a possible mega-quake for coastal areas there.

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