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Cancer and stress breakthrough

Stress hormones can trigger the formation of structures that make body tissues more susceptible to metastasis, research has found.

Immunology

Tech news: April 2024

This month's top tech news stories

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Under the microscope: bam15

This month: BAM15

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Bat swarming and immunity

Bats carry some of the deadliest zoonotic diseases that can infect both humans and animals, such as Ebola and COVID-19.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics

Bat swarming and immunity

A research team has now revealed that some species of bats are protected against the viruses they carry because they commonly exchange immune genes during seasonal mating swarms.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics

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Fibroblast cells and pancreatic cancer growth

The US study provides clues as to why pancreatic cancer is more common and aggressive in older people.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics

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Reversible, non-hormonal male birth control

The researchers demonstrate that treating male mice with an existing class of drugs, HDAC (histone deacetylase) inhibitors, can interrupt the function of this protein complex and block fe

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Examining the medical mystery of child hepatitis outbreak

The outbreak affected only children under the age of 10.

Microbiology & Virology

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Iodine antiseptic and surgical-site infections

The results of the study of nearly 8500 patients across the US and Canada have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Microbiology & Virology

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Activating genes using CRISPR technology

However, a new Danish study may be a step towards faster and more efficient diagnosis of these diseases.

Molecular Pathology & Genomics

Digital pathology cleared for use

This allows the benefits offered by digital pathology to be used to improve cancer screening, particularly in bowel, breast, lung and cervical cancers.

Histopathology

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The search for genes that cause diseases

The tool combines data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and predictions of genetic expression to limit the number of false positives and more accurately identify causal genes a

Molecular Pathology & Genomics