The gut microbiome has been shown to influence tumor growth and contribute to therapeutic resistance. Scientists have concluded that there are both beneficial and deleterious microbes within the gut that can…
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Tumor Bacteria Linked to Immunotherapy Resistance
The gut microbiome has been shown to influence tumor growth and contribute to therapeutic resistance. Scientists have concluded that there are both beneficial and deleterious microbes within the gut that can…
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Biomarker Predicts Therapeutic Outcomes in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body’s nerves. Immune cells will breakdown the myelin sheath around the nerve fibers that help transport signals…
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Biomarker Predicts Therapeutic Outcomes in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body’s nerves. Immune cells will breakdown the myelin sheath around the nerve fibers that help transport signals…
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Widely used pesticide linked to more than doubled Parkinson's risk
A new study from UCLA Health has found that long-term residential exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos is associated with more than a 2.5-fold increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
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Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease
Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our laboratory. Health and illness are our…
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People in Brazil are living past 110 and scientists want to know why
A Viewpoint published on January 6 in Genomic Psychiatry by Dr. Mayana Zatz and colleagues at the Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center at the University of São Paulo explores why Brazil may be one of the most important yet overlooked…
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Rental aid during pandemic boosted mental health
Federal rental assistance distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic did far more than help people stay in their homes. It also improved their mental health.
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Increasing Lab QC Efficiency Using Patient Values
This webinar introduces Patient-Based Real-Time Quality Control (PBRTQC), a powerful complement to traditional QC that leverages moving averages of patient
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Increasing Lab QC Efficiency Using Patient Values
This webinar introduces Patient-Based Real-Time Quality Control (PBRTQC), a powerful complement to traditional QC that leverages moving averages of patient
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