Health
England to end puberty blockers for under-18s
Young people in England will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers by gender identity clinics, officials said on Tuesday.
Mar 12, 2024
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News tagged with breast development
Oncology & Cancer
What reactivates dormant cancer cells?
Researchers at Columbia University have found a molecule that is responsible for arousing dormant cells from breast cancer and nudging them to create metastases. Silencing this molecule, called Malat1, in mice with breast ...
Feb 19, 2024
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Medical research
Treatment of aggressive breast cancer: Discovery of a new protein involved in the development of metastases
A protein found abundantly in breast cancers that are refractory to conventional treatments is thought to cause the development of metastasis. Targeting it would prevent metastatic spread and therefore increase patients' ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Medical research
Q&A: Behind the approvals—decades of research lead to a new generation of targeted cancer therapies
Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of the drug capivasertib, in combination with a current cancer treatment called fulvestrant for patients with the most common type of breast cancer, ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Pasteurization reduces bioactive component of breast milk, finds study
Providing human breast milk to preterm infants is a strategy for preventing complications including necrotizing enterocolitis. Because a mother's own milk (considered the gold standard) is not always available, it is important ...
Dec 8, 2023
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Medical research
Selective CDK2 inhibitor drug can stop cancer growth, animal study suggests
A new Peter Mac study using a pioneering drug has successfully controlled the growth of tumors and overcome existing drug resistance in multiple cancer types.
Dec 7, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New antibody could target breast cancers
An enzyme that may help some breast cancers spread can be stopped with an antibody created in the lab of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Nicholas Tonks. With further development, the antibody might offer an effective ...
Oct 30, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Lung cancer cells covertly thrive in brain under guise of protection, study finds
Lung cancer cells that metastasize to the brain survive by convincing brain cells called astrocytes that they are baby neurons in need of protection, according to a study by researchers at Stanford Medicine.
Oct 24, 2023
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Genetics
Genetic risk scores not useful in predicting disease, study argues
Polygenic risk scores, which estimate a person's disease risk based on thousands or millions of common genetic variants, perform poorly in screening and prediction of common diseases such as heart disease, according to a ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Health
Study demonstrates adding complex component of milk to infant formula confers long-term cognitive benefits
Breast milk is widely acknowledged as the most beneficial nutrition for infants, but many families face medical or logistical challenges in breastfeeding. In the U.S., just 45% of infants continue to be exclusively breastfed ...
Aug 31, 2023
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