Medulloblastoma therapy may get better thanks to ‘key’ technology
To better test promising new drugs, researchers first had to create better cancer models.
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Innate immunity: the body’s first line of defense against a dangerous fungus
In studying innate immunity, researchers have figured out how to better protect vulnerable patients against fungal infections.
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Medulloblastoma and microirradiation: Tiny treatments for the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor
Medulloblastoma is an extremely dangerous cancer in children, and the course of treatment is very...
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Computational algorithm fix restores power to research
A small code adjustment to a widely used computational algorithm boosts computational performance on large data sets
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Neural development: Unlikely partners work together to make your brain: when they don’t get along, it could lead to rare and devastating disease
These two unlikely partners regulate brain development. It’s possible that when this process goes wrong, brain cancer can be the result.
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Assessing global pediatric cancer: Finding out what we don’t know and reaching more children
Children are often neglected in cancer control planning efforts. Which makes finding ways to reach more and cure more doubly difficult. Here’s a recommendation:
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Managing pain without enabling opioid addiction
How can health care providers practice compassionate care safely and responsibly when faced with the possibility of patients experiencing substantial pain?
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A moving target: Taking aim at the shift and drift of influenza viruses
Researching the human and animal interaction of flu viruses — the source of pandemics.
Read MoreBlazing through new territory to fight a devastating neurodegenerative disease
A lack of coenzyme A triggers a debilitating neurological disorder that strikes young children. St. Jude researchers have found a new drug that may facilitate CoA production and treat the disease.
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Can obesity give influenza more time to spread and make vaccines less effective?
We are concerned by evidence that obese people may not be adequately protected by influenza vaccines and likely to shed more of the virus for longer periods. Worldwide, over 650 million adults are obese. Is this one reason we are seeing more severe disease and less effective flu vaccines?
Read MoreGut microbiome sequencing opens new possibilities for predicting infection in leukemia patients
Infectious diseases researchers Hana Hakim, Jason Rosch and their team sequenced gut microbiome bacteria to help predict the risk of infections during chemotherapy for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Tumor microenvironment switches from homely to hostile when this process is turned off
Normal housekeeping cell turns against host cancer cells when cellular process is turned off.
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