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Using Video Games To Diagnose Common Eye Diseases

Video games could give ophthalmologists an easy window not into the soul, but into eye health and the eye-brain-body connection, the three-way reciprocal communication that influences our actions.
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Tracing the Mutation Trail of Breast Cancers

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancer types, with 2.3 million women diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide in 2020, and a new study has uncovered process of mutations that lead to some breast cancers.
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Novel Gene Target Reverses Drug Resistance in Ovarian Cancer

Researchers were able to reduce the growth of cisplatin-resistant tumours in female mice by decreasing the activity of a gene called superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1).
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Researchers Identify “On/Off” Switch for Pathogenic Behaviour in Fungi

By comparing the beneficial and harmful fungal Ct strains, researchers found that activation of a single fungal secondary metabolism gene cluster determined the negative impact of the fungus on the host plant.
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Plumbing Parts May Leak Dangerous Chemicals Into Drinking Water

Some of the additives used to make flexible rubber plumbing parts could be leaking into our drinking water, a new study suggests.
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Are Growing Pains in Children Linked to Migraines?

New research published in Headache reveals that, in children and adolescents, pain in the lower limbs–what are often called “growing pains” by clinicians and are commonly attributed to rapid growth–may indicate the presence or risk of migraines.
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New Alzheimer's Blood Test Achieves High Accuracy

A new blood test called p-tau217 shows promise as an Alzheimer's disease biomarker, and when used in a two-step workflow has very high accuracy to either identify or exclude brain amyloidosis.
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Targeted RNA Therapy Slows Tumor Growth in Mice

A new cancer therapy developed by Purdue University researchers attacks tumors by tricking cancer cells into absorbing a snippet of RNA that naturally blocks cell division.
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Mammogram-Reading AI Performs Comparably to Humans

Using a standardized assessment, researchers in the UK compared the performance of a commercially available AI algorithm with human readers of screening mammograms.
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New Ribozyme Discovered That Can Label RNA Molecules in Living Cells

A newly discovered ribozyme can be used to precisely label RNA molecules in living cells, enhancing the study of RNA and its interactions with other molecules.
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