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Medical Xpress / Early myocarditis onset after immunotherapy may predict treatment-related fatality
Patients who developed myocarditis within the first month of receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy were more likely to die of myocarditis, and myocarditis-specific fatality was more common in patients who experienced ...
Medical Xpress / Exposure to wildfire smoke may be linked to increased risk of developing several cancers
Exposure to wildfire smoke was associated with a significantly increased risk of lung, colorectal, breast, bladder, and blood cancer, according to results from a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research ...
Medical Xpress / Bullying and adverse social climate take measurable toll on mental health of gender-diverse youth: Study
Gender-diverse adolescents who experience bullying and live in states with persistently unsupportive gender identity laws are significantly more likely to suffer escalating psychological distress compared to their peers, ...
Medical Xpress / Intralesional nivolumab may be effective against precancerous oral lesions, Phase I trial results indicate
Injecting nivolumab (Opdivo) directly into precancerous oral lesions led to a reduction in lesion size and allowed some patients to avoid surgery, according to research from a Phase I clinical trial presented at the American ...
Phys.org / Breaking a shared defense restores antibiotics against two cystic fibrosis lung bacteria
A newly discovered mechanism renders antibiotic-resistant bacteria vulnerable by disabling both their individual resistance and a process known as cross-protection, the ability of resistant bacteria to shield nearby, otherwise ...
Phys.org / Simple ocean-based model forecasts a powerful El Niño, over 2 °C warmer than normal
For decades, scientists have worked to improve predictions of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a climate powerhouse that can cause droughts, flooding, marine heat waves, and more around the world. Researchers from the ...
Tech Xplore / These penny-size ultrasonic tags ditch batteries and silently turn everyday objects into private smart home trackers
Most smart home devices require power one way or another. You have to plug them in, recharge them, or replace their batteries at some point. Georgia Tech researchers think they have a better way with small metal tags that ...
Phys.org / AI maps mammals' molecular 'dark matter' by predicting billions of missing metabolites
Invisible "dark matter"—what cosmologists call the mysterious glue that holds everything together—is estimated to make up more than a quarter of the universe. In chemistry, dark matter refers to the thousands of small molecules ...
Medical Xpress / Extra chromosomes may help tumor cells move and engulf neighbors, study suggests
Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have discovered that if animal cells gain an extra set of chromosomes, a condition known as polyploidy, they activate a stress signaling pathway that causes them to become ...
Medical Xpress / This bioengineered chewing gum wipes out cancer-linked mouth microbes while sparing healthy bacteria
Researchers led by Henry Daniell of the School of Dental Medicine have shown that extracts from bioengineered chewing gum reduce the levels of three microbes known to be associated with head and neck squamous cell cancer ...
Phys.org / When managers 'walk around,' employee voice may shrink, paper warns
A new paper by two Idaho State University professors says a popular management technique may cause more harm than good. Published in the American Journal of Management, the study by Tyler Burch, professor of management, and ...
Medical Xpress / Combining cannabis with opioids offers no added pain relief for knee arthritis patients, study concludes
Combining cannabis with an opioid did not improve acute pain for people with knee arthritis, according to results of a study published in Anesthesiology.
