Listeria costaricensis is the official name given to the new bacterial species described by investigators from the Costa Rican Institute
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Fire fighters save one of their own after heart attack
Firefighter Tony Spagnoletti was on overnight duty when he woke up with chest pains. He sloughed it off as “gas.”
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Males with BRCA mutations have increased risk of certain cancers
(HealthDay)—Males with BRCA mutations have increased incidence of malignant disease, specifically prostate, melanoma, pancreas, and breast cancers, according to a
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Gene mapping lays groundwork for precision chemotherapy
Despite the great successes of targeted cancer drugs and the promise of novel immunotherapies, the vast majority of people diagnosed
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Researchers develop new process to differentiate stem cells
Neck and back pain are debilitating and expensive: an estimated 80 percent of adults will suffer one or both at
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A new, streamlined approach to diagnosing and treating bowel cancer
Researchers at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and the University of Adelaide have discovered a faster,
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Modeling prosocial behavior increases helping in 16-month-olds
Shortly after they turn 1, most babies begin to help others, whether by handing their mother an object out of
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Researchers chart a new way to look at concussion
A Portland State University research team studying concussion has published an interactive diagram showing the many facets of mild traumatic
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How AI is revolutionizing medical science
Walk into Patrick Pilarski’s lab and you immediately notice the robot arms and hands that lay casually on tabletops. You
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TLR9 agonist CMP-001-pembrolizumab combination shows early efficacy for metastatic melanoma resistant to anti-PD-1
A combination of CMP-001, an intratumoral Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist, and pembrolizumab (Keytruda), tested in patients with metastatic melanoma
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