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Physical stimuli, like stretching, could lead to improved survival rates for breast cancer patients. Researchers are trying to understand why this is happening. In 10 seconds? Can mechanical stimuli, like certain exercise kill ca...
Colorectal cancer treatment can become more efficient following two breakthroughs: a machine learning system that has dramatically improved detection and a web tool that can predict the risk of its recurrence. In 10 seconds? Rese...
Research in the past few years revealed how UV-light and the presence of papillomaviruses may lead to skin cancer. A recent study suggests that – surprisingly – HPV might be useful in preventing a type of the disease. In 10 secon...
Why does Urinary Tract Infection keep combing back despite treatment? Researchers think the culprit might be the delinquent bacteria hiding inside our bladder cells. In 10 seconds? Many women and children suffering from Urinary T...
Since the birth of the first “test-tube baby” in 1978, fertility techniques, known as IVF (in vitro fertilisation) have gone through major leaps, opening the possibility of becoming parents to millions. The constantly developing t...
Scientists are at a conundrum: no-one is sure how Leishmania parasites replicate their genome. But it’s clear they do it differently from other organisms. The news can hold clues to break down their drug resistance. In 10 seconds...
Surgery takes a lot of nerves - literally. During complex operations, important nerves can be cut. Scientists found a way to make nerves fluorescent and by this help surgeons protect them. In 10 seconds? Nerve damage can inadvert...
Our bodies can rejuvenate with a little fasting, but the process at play weakens as we age. Scientists have identified a compound that induces this cell-cleaning mechanism which can help protect us from heart attacks and cancers t...
