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Tag: Cancer
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Campus & Community
‘Learning without a net’
Here are 5 students doing summer research with faculty in topics from heat mortality to epigenetics, Legionnaires’ disease to anorexia
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Health
Road to game-changing cancer treatment
The recent development of cancer immunotherapies marks a turning point in the centuries-old quest to fight cancer by harnessing the power of patients’ own immune systems.
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Health
‘It’s through research that we can live longer, healthier lives’
Harvard scientists discuss potential impacts of federal funding cuts — from U.S. brain drain to fewer medical breakthroughs
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Health
‘Miraculous’ treatments for more patients
David Mooney’s team develops immunotherapies that work across many cancer types
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Health
Improving cancer care
Nancy Keating’s team uses healthcare data to study access to treatment across populations
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Health
Unlocking the promise of CAR-T
Research on multiple fronts seeks to expand impact of a cancer therapy that has left patients and doctors awestruck
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Health
Cuts imperil ‘keys to future health’
Project has tracked lives, lifestyles, and well-being of cohorts over decades, led to insights, interventions in cardiovascular disease, cancers, nutrition
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Health
What your brain score says about your body
Simple tool can be used to identify risk factors for cancer and heart disease too, says new study
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Health
Young researcher’s ALS attack plan is now a no-go
Career award among casualties of ‘terrifying’ cuts affecting lab of David Sinclair
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Health
Vitamin D supplements may slow biological aging
Trial shows protection against telomere shortening, which heightens disease risk
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Health
New AI tool predicts biological age by looking at a face
Deep-learning algorithm FaceAge uses snapshots, can help oncologists tailor treatments
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Health
Tips for staying alive, decades in the making
JoAnn Manson has spent her career researching – and highlighting – how everyday choices influence health
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Campus & Community
The boy had just lost his dad to cancer. Jett Crowdis listened.
Medical School graduate found his calling in a connection forged while serving as camp counselor
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Health
Earlier warning on pediatric cancer recurrence
AI tool does a better job predicting relapse risk than traditional methods in Harvard study
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Health
Worth the grind
Hard work of securing a federal grant pays off for researchers: ‘It means you can do something to try to help people.’
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Health
Bile imbalance linked to liver cancer
Key molecular switch identified, sheds new light on treatment interventions
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Science & Tech
Long trail from 1992 discovery to 2024 Nobel
Gary Ruvkun recounts years of research, which gradually drew interest, mostly fueled by NIH grants
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Nation & World
Freezing funding halts medical, engineering, and scientific research
Projects focus on issues from TB and chemotherapy to prolonged space travel, pandemic preparedness
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Campus & Community
Helping the U.S. fight addiction, cancer, other afflictions
A snapshot of research backed by partnership between government agencies and higher ed
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Science & Tech
Like having a personal healthcare coach in your pocket
New apps for cancer patients, cannabis users, others make use of algorithms that continually customize support
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Health
More evidence for power of exercise in study of colon cancer survival
Post-treatment physical activity narrows gap between patients and general population
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Health
A dietary swap that could lengthen your life?
Study finds replacing butter with plant-based oils cuts premature death risk by 17 percent
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Health
Big step toward targeted molecular therapies for cancer
Researchers develop innovative approaches to understand, target, disrupt uncontrollable growth of disease
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Health
Now that we have new ‘miracle’ diet drugs, what’s the point of exercising?
Experts say weight loss isn’t at top of list of health, longevity gains that come from activities like walking, hitting gym
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Health
Time for a rethink of colonoscopy guidelines?
Change informed by new findings would help specialists focus on those most at risk, researcher says
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Health
Why do gliomas tend to recur in the brain?
First look at the interplay between neurons and tumors sheds light on formation, spread
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Health
New frontiers in cancer care
In podcast, experts discuss breakthroughs in treatment, from genomic sequencing to AI, and how close we are to personalized vaccines
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Health
Warning for younger women: Be vigilant on breast cancer risk
Pathologist explains the latest report from the American Cancer Society
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Health
To assess a smoker’s lung cancer risk, think years — not packs
Far more cases get caught when screening guidelines consider duration of habit regardless of intensity, study finds — especially among Black patients
