News Release 28-Aug-2024 Two linked papers from the University of Exeter and Maastricht University have together progressed research to show the potential for DNA methylation, an epigenetic marker, in understanding how genetics and lifestyle factors influence dementia risk. Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity of Exeter New research suggests that epigenetic markers in the blood could be useful for...
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New method to help spot gastric cancer cells
by Chinese Academy of Sciences Gastric cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide, accounting for over 1,000,000 new cases and nearly 800,000 deaths per year. The poor prognosis of gastric cancer is largely due to the difficulty in early diagnosis of peritoneal metastasis. Separation and characterization of cancer cells are essential for...
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Simple blood test may help predict MS progression, study finds
A simple blood test may help predict which people with multiple sclerosis (MS) will get worse during the following year, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published online in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. “In a disease like MS that is so unpredictable and varies...
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‘Real world’ data on Yescarta for lymphoma look slightly worse than initial study results
Doctors treating lymphoma patients with the CAR-T therapy Yescarta in the “real world” are seeing results that are slightly worse than data collected in the pivotal clinical trial conducted by Kite Pharma, now a part of Gilead Sciences. But the analysis may have been affected by the inclusion of sicker patients who would have been...