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How Insufficient Sleep Can Damage Your Immune Stem Cells

Posted in Medicine, Science on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller

The findings help draw a direct line between sleep problems and cardiovascular disease, as well as offering some clues to how general immune dysfunction can be triggered by poor sleep.

Super-Earths Are Bigger And More Habitable Than Earth, And Astronomers Are Discovering More.

Posted in Science on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller

Astronomers know that the ingredients for life are out there, but habitable does not mean inhabited. Until researchers find evidence of life elsewhere, it's possible that life on Earth was a unique accident.

400 people in UK diagnosed with preventable cancer every day, data shows

Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller

Experts say healthy lifestyle changes such as quitting smoking and eating more vegetables can lower risk.

Scientists identify immune targets for chemotherapy-resistant breast cancers

Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller

Scientists have identified immune cell types that could be targeted to develop specific immunotherapies in chemotherapy-resistant breast cancers.

New targeted lung cancer screening programme on the horizon

Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller

The UK National Screening Committee has recommended introducing a targeted lung cancer screening programme across the UK, for those at high risk of the disease. This has the potential to greatly improve early diagnosis of lung cancer.