On average, the human body contains 35 trillion red blood cells (RBCs). Approximately three million of these small disc-shaped cells
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Can a drug developed for sickle cell anemia mitigate lung damage in patients with COVID-19?
Scientists around the globe are working to identify approved and investigational drugs that can be repurposed to treat COVID-19. Senicapoc
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Testicular germ cell tumor incidence increased for all races and ethnicities
(HealthDay)—From 2001 to 2016, the incidence of testicular germ cell tumors increased across all racial/ethnic groups but remained highest among
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New approach to curing HIV using novel gene and cell method
Hamburg-based researchers are seeking to improve future treatment of HIV patients using a new gene and cell method. Under the
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Toxic cell atlas guides new therapies for neurodegeneration
A common thread in many inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), is damage caused by oxidative stress. Oxidative
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Virtual cell predicts how close tumor environment influences cancer metastasis
Despite intensive research effort, the process of metastasis, which allows carcinoma cells to leave the tumor of origin, to migrate
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Identified: 15 genes that trigger rapid growth of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Canada has identified 15 tumor suppressor genes that can trigger rapid
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Scientists closer to finding the cell of origin for ovarian cancer
Researchers at the University of Oxford are now closer to finding the cell of origin of ovarian cancer, and their
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Thyroid cancer, genetic variations and cell phones linked in study
Radiation from cell phones is associated with higher rates of thyroid cancer among people with genetic variations in specific genes,
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Stroke drug boosts stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury in rats
Four months after treating them, Yasuhiro Shiga, MD, Ph.D., checked on his rats. Walking into the lab, he carried minimal
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