Chemotherapy treatments produce strong side effects. A new agent that accumulates in the tumor tissue and is activated there by ultrasound waves does not have this problem.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 5, 2023
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Urban gardens offer many benefits for individual health, communities, and ecosystems. They promote sustainable agriculture, reduce food transportation costs, and reduce water runoff. However, urban gardeners also face several ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2022
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The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) researchers, who were the first to identify that stem cells in human urine have potential for tissue regenerative effects, continue their investigation into the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 28, 2022
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Recent work from Carnegie's Chenhui Wang and Allan Spradling reveals a surprising capability of renal stem cells in fruit flies—remodeling. Their work, which could eventually guide kidney stone treatments, was published ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 16, 2022
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A study on metal concentrations in U.S. community water systems (CWS) and patterns of inequalities, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that metal concentrations were particularly elevated ...
Environment
Apr 6, 2022
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Lysosomes are cellular waste disposal organelles containing potent enzymes. These enzymes can cause cellular damage if they leak out of ruptured lysosomes. In a recent study led by Osaka University, researchers found that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2020
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A POSTECH research team have crafted a material aimed at swiftly staunching kidney bleeding and facilitating wound recovery. Their research featured in the online edition of Biomaterials.
Biochemistry
May 2, 2024
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As Lyme disease cases rise in the U.S., humans are not the only ones at risk. Veterinarians with the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine say dogs are increasingly vulnerable to this tick-borne illness.
Veterinary medicine
Apr 25, 2024
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Indigenous communities living near oil exploration sites in the Peruvian Amazon have high levels of mercury, cadmium and lead in their bodies. This is the conclusion of a study led by Cristina O'Callaghan Gordo, a researcher ...
Environment
May 3, 2023
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Whatever disease killed Edward the Black Prince—heir apparent to the English throne in the mid 1300s, and heralded as the greatest English soldier ever to have lived—is unlikely to have been chronic dysentery, as is commonly ...
Archaeology
Dec 20, 2022
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