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Medical Xpress / Inherited genetic variants help identify patients at higher risk of aggressive therapy-related blood cancers

Some patients develop aggressive blood cancers years after receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy for a previous cancer. These conditions, known as therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN), are currently classified mainly ...

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Tech Xplore / Researchers develop AI framework to optimize solid oxide electrolysis cell operation

Researchers from Korea have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-guided optimization framework that dramatically reduces the computational effort needed to optimize solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) operation.

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Medical Xpress / 'Phubbing' behavior linked to openness, extraversion and neuroticism in health care workers

Personality traits may help predict whether a person will ignore others while using their smartphones, according to a study of health care workers in the International Journal of Business Innovation and Research.

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Medical Xpress / Reduced brain volume may act as a clock for progression to early-onset dementia

In people diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker tool that detects shrinkage of the brain's gray matter may predict how quickly someone may progress from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia, according ...

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Medical Xpress / Children of centenarians often live longer and face lower cardiovascular risks, analysis finds

Adults with at least one parent who reached age 100 lived longer and had substantially lower risks of cardiovascular disease and hypertension than people whose parents had shorter lifespans, according to a study published ...

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Phys.org / Permafrost thaws worldwide as active layers deepen from 2000 to 2024

An international study led by researchers at the George Washington University indicates clear global evidence that permafrost is thawing across much of the planet. Using more than two decades of field observations from 156 ...

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Phys.org / Dry seeds preserve fully formed mitochondria, unlocking rapid energy at germination

The majority of plant seeds have the special ability to almost completely dry out and yet remain viable. While most living cells die with a 90% loss of water, cells in seeds enter a biological state of dormancy. With a moisture ...

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Phys.org / Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic

The use of fossil fuels alters both the concentration and the carbon isotope composition of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Since surface water exchanges carbon dioxide with the atmosphere, this also alters the isotopic ...

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Phys.org / For Legionella bacteria, taking over a cell means playing by its rules

When it comes to invading healthy cells, Legionella bacteria rely on blending in rather than breaking in. New research from Van Andel Institute scientists demonstrates how a protein produced by Legionella mimics the behavior ...

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Phys.org / Roman telescope aims to directly image exoplanets 1,000 times fainter than current limits

The Roman Space Telescope is designed to directly image exoplanets using complex optomechanical systems developed by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

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Medical Xpress / Writing the next bible of psychiatry: For the first time, the DSM will use biology to understand mental disorders

The "bible" of clinical psychiatry—the DSM, short for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—is one of the most popular reference books in psychiatry worldwide. Clinicians use it to diagnose patients, and ...

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Medical Xpress / How much the immune system sees may shape how well we fight infections

Why does the same infection cause only mild symptoms in one person but more serious disease in another? A new study led by the HUN-REN BRC Szeged Momentum Systems Immunology Research Group, together with several international ...

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