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Certain types of cancer may increase the risk of developing Guillain-Barré
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Certain types of cancer may increase the risk of developing Guillain-Barré

by American Academy of Neurology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who have certain types of cancers may have an increased risk of having new onset Guillain-Barré syndrome, according to a study published in the March 2, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers found an increased risk in...

A commonly found parasite could treat certain types of cancer
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A commonly found parasite could treat certain types of cancer

by University of Nottingham Schematic 3D model of Toxoplasma gondii inside a host cell. Credit: Nottingham, University of Scientists have discovered that a deadly parasite, known to cause ill health in pregnant women and immunocompromised patients, could potentially be used to treat various types of tumors. The research, published today in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy...

Why identical mutations cause different types of cancer
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Why identical mutations cause different types of cancer

by  German Cancer Research Center Killer T cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: NIH Why do alterations of certain genes cause cancer only in specific organs of the human body? Scientists at the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and the University Medical Center Göttingen have now demonstrated that cells originating from different organs...