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AI Could Warn About Drug Interaction Side Effects
Researchers have designed an algorithm that analyzes data on drug-drug interactions listed in reports — compiled by the Food and Drug Administration and other organizations — for use in a possible alert system that would let patients know when a drug combination could prompt dangerous side effects.
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Protecting Smart Machines From Smart Attacks
Machines' ability to learn by processing data gleaned from sensors underlies automated vehicles, medical devices and a host of other emerging technologies. But that learning ability leaves systems vulnerable to hackers in unexpected ways, researchers at Princeton University have found.
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A Mouse Model of the Human Gene Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease Is Created
Scientists have developed a line of mice in which the mouse version of the Alzheimer's-associated MAPT gene has been fully replaced by the human version of the gene.
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Collaboration Fuels Hunt for New “Orphan Disease” Treatments
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Michigan State University researcher a $2.1 million, five-year grant to search vast databases of existing drugs in the hope that some could be adapted to treat orphan diseases.
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Harmful Gene Interactions Trigger Rare Form of GI Tumor
The "breakdown" of the normal 3D shape of DNA enables harmful interactions to form between genes in a rare type of gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
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Developing Pioneering Cell Therapies for Immunotherapy Non-responders
New research signposts a novel, less invasive method to identify killer T lymphocytes in patients with gastrointestinal tumors with low mutational burden who are refractory to currently-approved immune-based treatments.
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Even Short-term Vaping Causes Inflammation in Non-smokers, Says Pilot Study
Researchers report the first evidence of biological changes correlated with e-cigarette use in never-smokers.
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Will a Next-generation Therapy for Diabetes Soon Be Available?
In order to improve diabetes therapy, researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, have identified a protein called S100A9 which, under certain conditions, seems to act as a blood sugar and lipid regulator while avoiding the most harmful side effects of insulin.
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Platform Developed To Help Find Treatments for Mental Health Illnesses
Scientists have created a drug discovery platform focused on finding new medication options for people dealing with mental illnesses.
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Drug–Light Combo Could Help Control CAR T-cell Therapy
Researchers are one step closer to making CAR T-cell therapy safer, more exact and easy to control.
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