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Molecular weak point of colon cancer cells discovered

Tissue section of an intestinal tumor, lipids are stained red, cell nuclei in blue. (Image: Klaus-Peter Janssen) In order to find targets for treatment...

How lung cancer develops in non-smokers

What are the mutations behind non-smoking lung cancer? (Image: National Cancer Institute) Smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer, and most research...

E-cigarettes also affect blood vessels

E cigarette. (Image: ljubaphoto / iStock) E-cigarettes are often advertised as a smoking cessation tool. The health effects they have, however, are so...

Nasal cartilage could help relieve osteoarthritis in the knee

A doctor removes nasal cartilage tissue from a patient to grow repair material for the knee. (Image: University of Basel, Christian Flierl) Osteoarthritis is...

Pediatric cardiac surgery: complication in sight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eM-2AyTI2s If children's hearts have to be shut down briefly to correct mistakes, consequential damage often occurs. Researchers are now on the trail of...

Previous colds improve immune response to Sars-CoV-2

Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 (Image: Maksim Tkachenko / iStock) Although the Covid-19 pathogen Sars-CoV-2 is a new pathogen, many people already have memory immune cells against the...

Capsule injects drugs into the stomach

A capsule as an injector. (Image: Giovanni Traverso) Pills are less uncomfortable than injections for most people. However, some drugs only work when...

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