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Environmental Contaminants Have Strong Influence on Gut Microbiome Health
Researchers reviewed dozens of studies exploring the relationship between exposure to environmental contaminants, the gut microbiome and human and animal health.
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Broadest Recorded Spectral Span in a Microcomb Advances Spectroscopy
Applying the principles of chaos theory to a microcomb, researchers successfully recorded the broadest microcomb spectral scan.
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First Confirmation of Microplastics in Florida's Birds of Prey
A new study has confirmed and quantified, for the first time, the presence of microplastics in terrestrial and aquatic birds of prey in Florida, including hawks, ospreys and owls.
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Chemicals in Noxious Weed Can "Disarm" MRSA
Scientists have identified specific compounds from the Brazilian peppertree — a weedy, invasive shrub in Florida — that can reduce the virulence of antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria.
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Antibody Designed To Identify Toxic Particles That Destroy Healthy Brain in Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers have discovered a way to design an antibody that can identify the toxic particles that destroy healthy brain cells.
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Platinum-based Chemo May Improve Survival in Certain Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer who had germline or somatic mutations in DNA repair genes had better clinical outcomes after platinum-based chemotherapy, compared with patients that did not have these mutations, according to a new study.
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Plant Probiotic Could Reduce Pesticide Use
Enhancing a plant’s immune system with ‘probiotics’ could help it to fight off pests and diseases without the need for pesticides, according to scientists.
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Two Biomarkers Help Predict Immunotherapy Response in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Two novel biomarkers have been found to correlate with improved outcomes with immunotherapy treatment in metastatic breast cancer and may help to identify the patients most likely to benefit.
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Not Enough Women and Older Adults in Cholesterol Drug Trials, Study Suggests
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that although some progress has been made, women and older adults are still underrepresented in lipid lowering therapy trials compared with their disease burden.
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Inherited Genetics Can Drive Spread of Skin Cancer
Sometimes cancer stays put, but often it metastasizes to other locations within the body. It has long been suspected that genetic mutations arising inside tumor cells drive this potentially devastating turn of events. A new study now suggests that differences in a single gene, carried within someone’s genome from birth, can alter progression of melanoma, a type of skin cancer.
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