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Nov 2025
Encapsulated hormone therapy strengthens osteoporotic bones while avoiding side effects
Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a condition that weakens bones, making them brittle and prone to fracture.
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Nov 2025
New transplant approach resets the immune system to stop Type 1 diabetes
A combination blood stem cell and pancreatic islet cell transplant from an immunologically mismatched donor completely prevented or cured Type 1 diabetes in mice in a study by Stanford Medicine researchers.
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Nov 2025
Early immunotherapy shows higher response in advanced basal cell carcinoma
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center found that patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) may benefit from receiving immunotherapy earlier in the course of treatment.
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Nov 2025
New light-based technology arranges cellular messengers with unprecedented precision
In stunning new time-lapse videos, biological nanoparticles scoot and flit across a starry field of glowing dots. Guided by the invisible chemistry of attraction, these microscopic travelers eventually group together to form perfectly round, glowing circles on a black surface.
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Nov 2025
New model uses social media patterns to predict disease outbreaks
Vaccination rates are falling in many communities due to widespread misinformation and previously eliminated or controlled illnesses like measles are surging across the United States and Canada.
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Nov 2025
Scientists urge careful evaluation before applying AI virtual staining in healthcare workflows
Artificial intelligence has exploded in popularity in recent years, and many proponents are excited about its potential uses in medicine: for example, processing samples quickly or identifying markers of disease that may be missed by the human eye.
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Nov 2025
Deformability helps cancer cells squeeze through tight tissue gaps, study shows
Aggressive cancer cells are masters of movement. When they spread through the body, they cause metastasis, which significantly reduces a person's chance of survival.
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Nov 2025
Year-long adherence to buprenorphine sharply reduces overdose risk in young people
New research from Mass General Brigham finds that adolescents and young adults who stayed on the medication buprenorphine for at least a year had markedly lower risks of opioid overdose and hospitalization compared with peers who discontinued medication early or took it inconsistently.
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Nov 2025
Study reveals how gestational diabetes disrupts the placenta at the molecular level
Gestational diabetes can cause a multitude of complications in the offspring, but to date, the reasons are incompletely understood.
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Nov 2025
Acute and chronic depression involve different mechanisms in the brain
A new study investigating neuroinflammation in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the brain, a small, midbrain dopaminergic region, has found that acute and chronic depression are associated with distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
