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A roundup of recent research announced last weekend at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Researchers develop a tiny device that motors around the stomach, fueled by its acidic environment.
Starvation paired with cancer drugs slowed or stopped unchecked cell growth in yeast and mouse models of cancer, outpacing or matching the isolated effects of chemo.
A single mutant cell breaks free of its neighbors in the early stages of cancer development.
Hormones in the brain control sex-specific behaviors by activating individual genetic programs.
Whole brain radiation therapy costs mice some of their cognitive abilities, but treatment with low-oxygen air revives their reasoning skills.
Proteins that appear before patients show symptoms of the disease could offer clues to the disease process.
Certain skin-residing immune cells may—under specific conditions—play a direct role in initiating skin cancer after exposure to environmental toxins.
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