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Medical News Today: Menstrual cups: Everything you need to know
A menstrual cup is a product that people can use instead of pads or tampons during their periods. In this…
Medical News Today: What to know about pimples on the arms
Pimples can occur anywhere, including on the arms. Causes include skin infections and blocked pores. Improving hygiene and cleanliness methods…
Medical News Today: Atherosclerosis: Research reveals new mechanism and therapeutic target
Scientists reveal how immune cells called neutrophils trigger a previously unknown type of cell death in smooth muscle cells to…
Open heart surgery outperforms stents in patients with multivessel disease
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery may be the best treatment option for most patients with more than one blocked…
Seeking better detection for chronic malaria
In people with chronic malaria, certain metabolic systems in the blood change to support a long-term host-parasite relationship, a finding…
The mechanism of action of an antitumor drug used for the treatment of glioblastoma
The antibody mAb806 is used to treat glioblastoma, although its mechanism of action has been unknown until now. The study…
Drugs that block CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing identified
The discovery of the first small-molecule inhibitors of the Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) protein could enable more precise control over…
Medical News Today: Deleting just one gene may ‘completely prevent’ pancreatic cancer
Using a mouse model that “faithfully mimics” human pancreatic cancer, researchers have found a gene that wholly prevents the disease…
Finnish school students outperform US students on ‘fake news’ digital literacy tasks
A recent study revealed students at an international school in Finland significantly outperformed US students on tasks which measure digital…