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Too early to say Omicron is a mild COVID variant

Posted in Medicine on 20th Dec, 2021
by Alex Muller

With more people vaccinated, judging Omicron's severity is an incredibly difficult task.

Could mRNA vaccines be the next frontier of cancer treatment?

Posted in Medicine on 20th Dec, 2021
by Alex Muller

A clinical trial is enrolling colorectal cancer patients to see whether a personalized mRNA vaccine can prevent their cancer from coming back.

Fasting-mimicking diets: Could they help treat cancer?

Posted in Medicine on 20th Dec, 2021
by Alex Muller

As IGF-1 regulates cell growth and division, cell death, and cell survival, it may also promote the growth of cancerous tumors.

Cancer: A risk factor for lung cancer is rising, it's not smoking and it affects us all

Posted in Medicine on 20th Dec, 2021
by Alex Muller

While smoking has declined, air pollution has begun to play a larger role in the development of lung cancer globally.

Mapping Ovarian and Endometrial Tumors at the Single-Cell Level

Posted in Medicine on 19th Dec, 2021
by Alex Muller

The researchers said the benefits of their mapping will be manyfold: It should yield a much better understanding of the heterogeneity of cells within a single tumor as well as help build a new library of single-cell information, among other potential attributes.