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New Delhi killer superbug hits Tuscan tourist paradise

September 12, 2019 Delhi, hits, killer, New, paradise, superbug, tourist, Tuscan

Authorities in Tuscany, home to some of Italy’s most visited tourist attractions, have stepped up hospital controls after a deadly

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FDA phase 1 trial shows hydrogel to repair heart is safe to inject in humans—a first

September 12, 2019 1, FDA, First, heart, humans—a, hydrogel, in, inject, is, phase, repair, safe, shows, to, trial

Ventrix, a University of California San Diego spin-off company, has successfully conducted a first-in-human, FDA-approved Phase 1 clinical trial of

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Talking receptors may affect relaxin at work

September 12, 2019 affect, at, may, receptors, relaxin, Talking, Work

Fibrosis, the damaging build-up of hardened or scarred tissue in the body, is a hallmark of various diseases and can

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Brain changes may help track dementia, even before diagnosis

September 11, 2019 Before, brain, Changes, Dementia, Diagnosis, even, help, may, track

Even before a dementia diagnosis, people with mild cognitive impairment may have different changes in the brain depending on what

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Lethal brain tumour shields itself from immune attack

September 11, 2019 attack, brain, From, Immune, itself, lethal, shields, Tumour

One of the deadliest brain tumours forms a genetic force field around itself to protect it from attack by the

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New blood test for prostate cancer is highly-accurate and avoids invasive biopsies

September 10, 2019 and, avoids, Biopsies, Blood, cancer, for, highly-accurate, Invasive, is, New, prostate, test

A new and simple blood test has been found to efficiently and accurately detect the presence of aggressive prostate cancer,

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E-cadherin promotes metastasis in the most common type of breast cancer

September 10, 2019 breast, cancer, common, E-cadherin, in, metastasis, Most, of, promotes, the, type

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center discovered that a cell adhesion protein, E-cadherin, allows breast cancer cells to

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Invention makes biopsies less invasive and more informative

September 10, 2019 and, Biopsies, informative, Invasive, Invention, less, makes, more

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel technology that could sensitively and

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Research shows 80% drop in ICU bloodstream infections

September 10, 2019 80%, bloodstream, Drop, ICU, in, infections, research, shows

Bloodstream infections acquired in UK Intensive Care Units (ICUs) reduced by 80% between 2007 and 2012, according to research funded

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Those with autism make good social psychologists

September 10, 2019 Autism, good, Make, psychologists, social, those, with

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by the inability of individuals to gauge the emotions and mental states of other

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