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Comparison of pancreatic and melanoma tumors highlights importance of stroma
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
Brain plasticity refers to the brain’s ability to change throughout life. When young, the brain is highly plastic, but becomes less so as we age. Too much plasticity can be a problem, but it’s necessary for the brain’s ability to repair itself or reorganize itself after injury or when learning new things.
The Lead Discovery Center (LDC) has teamed up with McGill University in Canada, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) in France and Semmelweis University in Hungary to discover new approaches for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (ATD), a rare genetic disorder that lead to severe lung and liver diseases.
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In a special report published by Reuters last month, Michele Gershberg describes the painstaking medical journey of her 4-year-old son. “It was March 2017. Over the previous year, the signs had mounted that something was wrong.”
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
Follow-up investigations by the Wall Street Journal suggest that He Jiankui’s story may be just the tip of the iceberg of sloppy and unmonitored clinical trials using CRISPR in China.
Researchers with the Francis Crick Institute and the Institute of Cancer Research recently published research suggesting that a new class of drugs that is helpful in treating breast cancers could help treat some of the hardest-to-treat lung cancers.
As 2018 comes to a close, analysts, journalists, investors and industry-watchers are studying their crystal balls to see what trends to watch in the upcoming year. Here are 7 trends most likely to be hitting the news cycle.
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