Why are diabetics at an increased risk of infection?
People with type 1 diabetes are high risk individuals because they have a weakened immune system, meaning they often get sick. Type 1…
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Can genes predict how severe your COVID-19 case would be?
A type of coronavirus, known as SARS-CoV-2, causes the disease called COVID-19. This disease has caused a worldwide pandemic and made a…
When life detoxifies itself, it leaves behind a helpful sign
Scientists found that a methylated gas produced by life as a waste product of detoxification could serve as a remotely observable sign of…
How do we choose which planets to search for life?
Scientists used computer models to determine how likely a planet is to be habitable by its age, size, and distance from its sun.
The microscopic competition happening in our oceans
Scientists wanted to understand more about how bacteria and archaea peacefully coexist in the deep ocean.
New study on immunotherapy for bone cancer
A study in mice tested the effectiveness of an oncolytic, or cancer-destroying, virus called Delta-24-ACT. The treatment group developed…
A protein that lets the immune system “see” lung cancer
Personalized cancer treatment is on the rise. Cancer is not just one disease but thousands of different types and subtypes that each respond…
How the HPV virus causes cells to become cancer
By analyzing cervical tissue of women who had hysterectomies, researchers found that the virus sets off a domino effect in the tissue that…
New therapy for non-small cell lung cancer
Scientists at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute recently completed a Phase 1 trial for a new therapy for non-small cell…
Recent study suggests mono increases cancer risk
The Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infects over 90% of the adult population in the world and causes the disease commonly known as “mono” or…