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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.

How the universe's expansion may have stopped dark matter taking over

Posted in Science on 15th Nov, 2021
by Alex Muller

The team says that this mechanism would leave a specific fingerprint on the cosmic microwave background radiation, which could be spotted (or ruled out) by future observations.

Higher Intensity Exercise Found To Offer Greater Relief From Anxiety

Posted in Medicine on 15th Nov, 2021
by Alex Muller

"The model involving 12 weeks of physical training, regardless of intensity, represents an effective treatment that should be made available in primary health care more often for people with anxiety issues."

Chemotherapy-Free Stem Cell Transplant Promises Safer Leukemia Treatment

Posted in Medicine on 15th Nov, 2021
by Alex Muller

Leukemia and other blood cancers typically start in the bone marrow, where blood cells are produced by stem cells. For those with life-threatening illness, there’s one treatment option that can be very effective, but carries a serious risk of side effects – hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT).