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A Possible Indicator of Responsiveness to Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab in Patients with Advanced HCC is a Plasma Growth Hormone

A Possible Indicator of Responsiveness to Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab in Patients with Advanced HCC is a Plasma Growth Hormone

Plasma growth hormone is a potential indicator of response to atezolizumab and bevacizumab in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a recent study that…
By Activating the Motor Cortex, Researchers Investigate Neural Pathways that Relieve Pain

By Activating the Motor Cortex, Researchers Investigate Neural Pathways that Relieve Pain

It is possible to study the neural mechanisms underlying pain relief by activating the motor cortex, which is the part of the brain responsible for…
Loss of Smell may be Brought on by COVID-19 Inflammation Rather than the Virus Itself

Loss of Smell may be Brought on by COVID-19 Inflammation Rather than the Virus Itself

It is thought that inflammation caused by the body’s immune response to the virus may play a role in the loss of smell and taste…
Anatomical Defenses Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Invasion at Susceptible Interfaces in the Brain

Anatomical Defenses Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Invasion at Susceptible Interfaces in the Brain

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a network of specialized cells that line the blood vessels in the brain and prevent certain substances from entering the…
Autopsies Reveal COVID-19 Virus in the Body and the Brain

Autopsies Reveal COVID-19 Virus in the Body and the Brain

Autopsies of people who died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, have shown that the virus (SAR-CoV-2) can be present in the…
To Combat the Flu, Researchers are Testing an Intranasal Spray and Injection form of an mRNA Vaccine

To Combat the Flu, Researchers are Testing an Intranasal Spray and Injection form of an mRNA Vaccine

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, messenger RNA vaccine technology, once a mysterious field of study, gained widespread attention. Now, researchers are developing an mRNA flu…
An Analysis of Isogenic Human Colorectal Cancer Cell lines that are Both Metastatic and Non-Metastatic

An Analysis of Isogenic Human Colorectal Cancer Cell lines that are Both Metastatic and Non-Metastatic

Top-down proteomics analysis of isogenic human non-metastatic and metastatic colorectal cancer cell lines was carried out by a group of researchers from Michigan State University,…
Researchers Find the Best Blood Thinner for Reducing the Risk of Bleeding

Researchers Find the Best Blood Thinner for Reducing the Risk of Bleeding

In a recent study lead by UCL researchers, a thorough assessment of direct oral anticoagulants (blood thinners), frequently prescribed for irregular heartbeats, has shown the…
Despite the Fact that Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension is Incurable, Research Using Animals Indicates that a Potential Treatment Option Exists

Despite the Fact that Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension is Incurable, Research Using Animals Indicates that a Potential Treatment Option Exists

A positive feedback loop that exacerbates pulmonary arterial hypertension, a serious and potentially lethal condition for which there is no treatment, could be broken by…
AI Can Predict Death Risk From a Heart Attack or Stroke From an X-Ray

AI Can Predict Death Risk From a Heart Attack or Stroke From an X-Ray

Artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning’s pattern-recognition capabilities are fast advancing potential new methods to identify health problems early. A recent study from the Brigham and…
Immune Cells Leave Fingerprints on Brain Metastatic Tumors, Providing Insight into Potential Future Therapies

Immune Cells Leave Fingerprints on Brain Metastatic Tumors, Providing Insight into Potential Future Therapies

Researchers from UCSF have discovered two functional archetypes of metastatic cells spanning seven different types of brain tumors, each of which contains both immune and…
Drug Targets for a Deadly Kind of Brain Cancer have been Discovered

Drug Targets for a Deadly Kind of Brain Cancer have been Discovered

Investigators at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, providing hope for a cancer that is highly lethal, have identified biomarkers that could be targets for novel…
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