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GE Focuses Portfolio for Growth and Shareholder Value Creation
Healthcare to become standalone company; GE expects to monetize 20% and distribute remaining 80% of GE Healthcare to shareholders tax-free.
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High-Powered Microscopy Coming to a Scientist Near You
New collaborative project in Wisconsin makes breathtaking light sheet imagery more accessible
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Ash Analysis Helps Understand Volcano Eruptions
Scientists led by Daigo Shoji from the Earth-Life Science Institute (Tokyo Institute of Technology) have shown that an artificial intelligence program called a Convolutional Neural Network can be trained to categorize volcanic ash particle shapes. Because the shapes of volcanic particles are linked to the type of volcanic eruption, this categorization can help provide information on eruptions and aid volcanic hazard mitigation efforts.
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Deadly Brain Cancer: Poliovirus Therapy Increases Survival Rate
A genetically modified poliovirus therapy developed at Duke Cancer Institute shows significantly improved long-term survival for patients with recurrent glioblastoma, with a three-year survival rate of 21% in a phase 1 clinical trial. Comparatively, just 4% of patients at Duke with the same type of recurring brain tumors were alive at three years when undergoing the previously available standard treatment.
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A New Target for Anti-aging Interventions?
New research demonstrates that the Na/K-ATPase oxidant amplification loop (NAKL) is intimately involved in the aging process and may serve as a target for anti-aging interventions.
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Prostate Cancer Drug Byproduct Fuels Cancer Cells
A genetic anomaly in certain men with prostate cancer may impact their response to common drugs used to treat the disease according to new research. The findings may provide important information for identifying which patients potentially fare better when treated with an alternate therapy.
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Win-Stay-Lose-Switch, Serotonin Speeds Rate of Long-term Learning
International study finds serotonin enhances the speed of learning
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New Strategy for Starving Tumors
A tumor's goal is simple: to grow, grow, grow, by making more cancer cells. But that often means growing so fast that the oxygen supply gets scarce, at which point cells within the tumor start to suffocate.
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Journey into an Influenza Infected Lung
A new tool called FluVision allows scientists to witness influenza infection in a living animal in action, allowing them to observe and better understand what happens when a virus infects the lungs and the body responds.
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New Type of Lung Cancer Discovered
Researchers have discovered a new kind of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). The discovery paves the way for developing personalized medicine approaches to target this previously unnoticed form of the disease.
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