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What Role Does Ancestry Play in Prostate Cancer Risk?

A recent study has uncovered insights into the prostate cancer risks of people from a variety of genetic ancestries.
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Monitoring Gut Health Using the Mucus in Our Stools

Tapping into the mucus in our poop could make monitoring gut health easier and less painful, reports new research.
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Novel Combination Therapy Effective in Treating Immunotherapy-Resistant Lung Cancer

Phase II trial finds durvalumab plus ceralasertib boosted immune response and improved outcomes in patients with lung cancer.
High-Throughput Chromosome Conformation Capture technology allowed scientists to detect bacteriophage-host infection networks and how they varied between dry and wet soil.
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Unraveling Soil Microbial Dynamics Through Phage-Host Interactions

High-Throughput Chromosome Conformation Capture technology allowed scientists to detect bacteriophage-host infection networks and how they varied between dry and wet soil.
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Novel Heart Pump Technology: Reducing Infections With Flexible Wires

Roughly one in two wearers of ventricular assist devices are diagnosed with an infection. The reason for this is the thick cable for the power supply. ETH Zurich researchers have now developed a solution to mitigate this problem.
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Unlocking Affordable Synthetic Biology With Low-Cost Microbe

Cornell researchers have created a new version of a microbe to compete economically with E. coli to conduct low-cost and scalable synthetic biological experiments.
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Chocolate Can Be Made Healthier (And Keep Its Flavor) With Oat Flour

Researchers at Penn State University say their bespoke chocolates, made with 25% reduced sugar and substituted oat flour, were judged equally delicious as standard chocolates by participants in a blind taste test.
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When Pancake Day Ends in a Trip to the Emergency Department

Oral mite anaphylaxis (OMA), or "pancake syndrome", is characterized by symptoms of moderate to severe acute allergic reactions after eating mite-contaminated foods.
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Nutrients Directly Influence Intestinal Stem Cells and Aging

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism of action between the nutrient adaptation of intestinal stem cells and ageing. The finding may make a difference when seeking ways to maintain the functional capacity of the ageing gut.
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Do Communities Have a Personality “Type”?

Counties and regions of the United States differ in political ideology. But do they differ in personality as well? New research suggests they might.
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