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Tele-ICU rounds ineffective in shortening ICU stay for patients

Tele-ICU rounds ineffective in shortening ICU stay for patients

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Daily multidisciplinary rounds conducted by a board-certified intensivist through telemedicine do not reduce intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS) in critically ill adult patients, according to a study published online Oct. 9 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the annual congress of the European Society of Intensive Care …

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An AI-powered pipeline for personalized cancer vaccines

An AI-powered pipeline for personalized cancer vaccines

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Detection of immunogenic TSAs. Credit: Nature Biotechnology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41587-024-02420-y Ludwig Cancer Research scientists have developed a full, start-to-finish computational pipeline that integrates multiple molecular and genetic analyzes of tumors and the specific molecular targets of T cells and harnesses artificial intelligence algorithms to use its output to design personalized cancer vaccines for patients. The …

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Study shows key brain protein can impact behavior in mice

Study shows key brain protein can impact behavior in mice

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Immunostaining of Lamp1 (red) in control and VnutKO astrocytes. DAPI (blue) labels the nuclei of the astrocytes. Credit: Molecular Psychiatry (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02692-5 Researchers at the University of Kentucky were part of a team that discovered a key protein in the brain that can regulate motivation for reward in mice. The study, titled “Deletion of …

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One in three cases of oral cancer are due to smokeless tobacco, study reveals

One in three cases of oral cancer are due to smokeless tobacco, study reveals

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), with contribution from Karolinska Institutet, has revealed that one in three cases of oral cancer globally is linked to smokeless tobacco and areca nut use. In 2022, more than 120,000 cases of oral cancer were caused by these risk …

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Too much lactate can harm our health—these microbes in our gut keep it in check

Too much lactate can harm our health—these microbes in our gut keep it in check

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Lactate will be familiar to many due to a common belief that it causes muscle “burn” following exercise—but this is a myth, Lactate is formed in our muscles during exercise, but this is not the only source of it in our bodies. It is also produced by many of the microbes …

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Unprotected sex boosts mpox danger for gay men as drug-resistant strain spreads

Unprotected sex boosts mpox danger for gay men as drug-resistant strain spreads

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Infection with the mpox virus is five times more likely among gay and bisexual men who engage in unprotected anal sex as the receptive partner, a new analysis reveals. The study dovetails with the release of a second report on clusters of mpox cases in California and Illinois of a strain of mpox that’s resistant …

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What to know about bats and rabies

What to know about bats and rabies

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Bats play an important role in many ecosystems around the world. They are a major predator of night-flying insects, including pests that cost farmers billions of dollars annually. However, bats pose the biggest rabies threat in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most bats are not …

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Protein blocking bone development could hold clues for future osteoporosis treatment.

Protein blocking bone development could hold clues for future osteoporosis treatment.

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists have identified a protein that blocks the activity of bone-forming cells (osteoblasts) by stopping them from maturing during the journey to sites of bone formation. In their paper published in Communications Biology 11 October 2024, a team of researchers led by Dr. Amy Naylor and Professor Roy Bicknell along with …

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AI-supported dermatology for darker skin tones, thanks to new data set

AI-supported dermatology for darker skin tones, thanks to new data set

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Credit: Ron Lach from Pexels In many countries in Africa, up to nine out of ten children suffer from a skin problem, and there are far too few local dermatologists. Artificial intelligence could help with diagnosis, but needs to be trained with the relevant images, so researchers have created a new data set for dark …

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Different types of teenage friendships critical to well-being as we age, scientists find

Different types of teenage friendships critical to well-being as we age, scientists find

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Being a teenager is hard, confusing—and crucially important. Scientists studying teenage socializing have found that teenage friendships could lay essential foundations for well-being in later life, and that not just the kinds of friendships teenagers experience but the timing of those friendships is critical. “A teen’s perception of how broadly socially …

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