Common diabetes drug slows growth of normal cells carrying cancer mutation, finds study
A common diabetes medication, metformin, slows the growth of precancerous cells in the esophagus while some metabolic ...
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Introducing a New Version of the Cell Cycle
These cells are responsible for clearing out foreign bacteria and viruses. “They break the normal architecture since almost all cells in your body have zero or one cilia each,” said Jeremy Reiter, a ...
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Ask the Doctors: Enlarged red blood cells can come from alcohol use
My husband is having an elective surgery soon. It requires full anesthesia, so he has had a lot of pre-op tests. One of the ...
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CAR T-cell therapy
But it can be difficult for them to tell the difference between a cancer cell and a normal cell. So the cancer cells can hide away and not be recognised. Scientists are trying to find ways to get T ...
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Space Travel Found To Disrupt Normal Rhythm in Heart Muscle Cells
although the time between beats returned nearly to normal when the tissues returned to Earth. The scientists also found, in the tissues that went to space, that sarcomeres—the protein bundles in ...
Baystate Health5d
Comprehensive Guide to Sickle Cell Disease Symptoms and Treatment
Current sickle cell disease treatment options include: A cornerstone of SCD treatment since 1988, hydroxyurea works by increasing the production of hemoglobin F, which helps prevent the formation of ...
Need cash to pay for gas, groceries? Some Upstate banks limit hours, services after Helene
Since internet and WiFi have been out or spotty, many businesses only accepting cash. As a result, many in search of ATM or ...
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Sickle cell patients who receive Lactated Ringer's solution for painful episodes experienced significant improvements
"Currently, patients with sickle cell disease who are admitted to the hospital for vaso-occlusive pain episodes usually receive normal saline and clinical decision support tools presently ...
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Sickle cell patients given Lactated Ringer's solution for pain improve more easily than those given normal saline
"Currently, patients with sickle cell disease who are admitted to the hospital for vaso-occlusive pain episodes usually receive normal saline and clinical decision support tools presently ...
Verizon service returns to ‘normal levels’ after widespread outage
User reports for problems with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile initially spiked on Downdetector, a site that tracks outages across platforms and services, at around 10 a.m. ET. None saw a higher outage ...
Blood Cancer patient gets new lease of life as Odisha Hospital performs first CAR-T cell therapy
Odisha's IMS and SUM Hospital performs first successful CAR-T cell therapy on Trupti from Mayurbhanj. Led by Dr. Priyanka ...
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Common diabetes drug slows growth of normal cells carrying cancer mutation, finds study
The team observed that cells with these PIK3CA mutations grow faster than normal cells. They also found that a high-fat diet and type 1 diabetes in mice enhanced the growth of cells with PIK3CA ...