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Age-induced unsealing of the "Pandora's box": resurrection of endogenous retroviruses
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Age-induced unsealing of the "Pandora's box": resurrection of endogenous retroviruses

Aging is like a box full of secrets. Inside this "Pandora's box" lies a ticking time bomb of viruses, obsolete from millions of years ago, called endogenous...

4 min read1,790 views
Low and Mighty: How Low-Affinity Antibodies Boost Cancer Immunotherapy
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Low and Mighty: How Low-Affinity Antibodies Boost Cancer Immunotherapy

Antibodies, nature’s guided missiles, are designed to bind to their targets with high precision. The tighter they bind, the better they’re thought to perform....

4 min read2,467 views
Mathematical modeling and tumor avatars: What’s the link?
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Mathematical modeling and tumor avatars: What’s the link?

We introduce a new approach for designing personalized treatment for colorectal cancer patients, by combining patient-derived samples and mathematical...

3 min read1,909 views
The human reference genome is finally complete
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The human reference genome is finally complete

Researchers rely on the human reference genome as a baseline to identify genetic differences between individuals, which are crucial for understanding human...

4 min read2,373 views
Subsidise fruits and vegetables to encourage healthy and sustainable diets
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Subsidise fruits and vegetables to encourage healthy and sustainable diets

Many families buy too little fruits and vegetables because market imperfections drive up their prices. With disturbed supply chains and rising inflation,...

4 min read3,137 views
Can CBD help to combat COVID variants?
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Can CBD help to combat COVID variants?

There is an urgent need to find new treatments that complement the use of vaccines and antiviral drugs to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.  Our interdisciplinary...

3 min read2,961 views
An Antibody Cocktail Combats The Deadly Ebola Virus And Sudan Virus
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An Antibody Cocktail Combats The Deadly Ebola Virus And Sudan Virus

There are several deadly viruses in the ebola virus family, but current antibody treatments are effective against only one. Our work discovered two antibodies...

3 min read2,054 views
Does eating vegetables reduce cardiovascular risk? It’s not so simple
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Does eating vegetables reduce cardiovascular risk? It’s not so simple

People who eat more raw vegetables are likely to have lower risks of cardiovascular diseases, but we observed that they are also more likely to have higher...

3 min read2,241 views
Engineered probiotic boosts cancer therapy
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Engineered probiotic boosts cancer therapy

Nowadays, one of the main treatments for cancer is cancer immunotherapy. This therapy boosts a patient's immune system to fight cancer. A recent study attempts...

4 min read2,709 views
The Pawsitive Effect of Therapy Dogs in a Hospital Emergency Department
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The Pawsitive Effect of Therapy Dogs in a Hospital Emergency Department

Pain is the main reason people attend an emergency department. Our study examined the effect of a therapy dog visit on reducing patient pain in an ED. We found...

3 min read5,148 views