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Building an AI Army of Digital Twins to Fight Cancer
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- Christina Szalinski
What if there were a way to test — quickly and accurately — all the potential paths forward?
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Humans and Carbs: A Complicated 800,000-Year Relationship
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- Christina Szalinski
On one hand, the human body needs and craves carbs to function but on the other hand, the modern glut of nutritionally barren carbs in not healthy...
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A New Way to ‘Smuggle’ Drugs Through the Blood-Brain Barrier
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- Christina Szalinski
Novel bioengineered proteins can cross the blood-brain barrier and target neurons in the hippocampus.
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The Next Frontier of Antibiotic Discovery: Inside Your Gut
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- Christina Szalinski
The researchers hoped to identify peptides that the trillions of microbes use against each other in the fight for limited resources — ideally,...
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Could Targeting ‘Zombie Cells’ Extend a Healthy Lifespan?
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- Christina Szalinski
Aging cells, called “zombie cells,” can secrete a substance that interferes with other cells.
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Light During Nighttime Linked to Diabetes Risk
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- Christina Szalinski
Light during sleep hours increased T2D risk, says study of 85,000 patients who wore light sensors.
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: New Science Offers Old Remedy
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- Christina Szalinski
A derivative of artemisinin — which has been used as far back as 1596 to treat malaria in China — helped relieve PCOS symptoms in rats and a small...
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‘Big Breakthrough’: New Low-Field MRI Is Safer and Easier
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- Christina Szalinski
New study describes ultra low–field MRI to allow for whole-body scanning.
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The Fascinating Way to Measure Glucose With a Phone’s Compass
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- Christina Szalinski
Proof-of-concept study able to measure glucose to micromolar concentration, similar to CGMs, researchers say.
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How a Simple Urine Test Could Reveal Early-Stage Lung Cancer
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- Christina Szalinski
MIT-developed test could potentially detect early lung cancer noninvasively.
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Formula may be right for infants, but experts warn that toddlers don’t need it
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- Christina Szalinski
About 60% of caregivers falsely believe toddler formulas have nutrients that toddlers can’t get from other foods.