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Gene may be key to treating pancreatic cancer – UK study
Scientists may have pinpointed a gene they suggest could could be key to taming one of the world’s deadliest cancers – giving fresh hope...
Covid link to aggressive rare cancers, suggest scientists
Increasingly, scientists are suggesting that the proliferation of aggressive cancers – including previously very rare forms of the disease – since the Covid-19 pandemic...
Landmark finding on cause of inflammatory bowel disease and immune disorders
Researchers have discovered a major driver of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and several other immune disorders that affect the spine, liver and arteries, raising...
Drug breakthrough offers hope for deadly blood cancer – UK study
After a recent discovery, British scientists believe existing drugs could be repurposed to treat rare leukaemia and herald a “new era” for how an...
The missing link between junk food diets and cancer
Scientists believe they have uncovered a missing link between how eating junk food increases the risk of cancer, after a study looked at the effect of methylglyoxal...
Patients’ skin bacteria tied to post-surgery infections – US study
Surgical infections might be caused by bacteria that already live on your skin, rather than via external contamination, suggests a study of more than...
Diabetes drug shows promise in slowing Parkinson’s – French study
Researchers say findings that diabetes drug lixisenatide may slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease could be a major step forward, and provide hope for...
New UK institute seeks to detect early cell changes before cancer
In research that should help design radically new ways to treat cancer, British scientists at a recently opened cancer institute at Cambridge University have...
US analysis confirms dementia risk halved with Viagra
The erectile dysfunction drug Viagra could soon be recommended as a therapy to decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and help reduce the alarming...
Why more women than men have autoimmune disease – US study
A new explanation has been suggested for why women are so much more susceptible to autoimmune diseases than men: a molecular coating typically found...
Call for more research on antibiotic for bacteria-endometriosis link
A translational study published month has suggested that Fusobacterium infection of the endometrium might contribute to the pathogenesis of endometriosis, the first to suggest a...
Leprosy bacteria able to regenerate organs – Scottish study
Leprosy bacteria may hold the secret to safely repairing and regenerating the body, researchers at the University of Edinburgh say, adding that no other...