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Immune therapy for cancer needs the right gut stuff

Meredith Knight |
A patient’s microbiome influences how well a new class of immune system cancer drugs work ...
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Can GMOs cure cancer? Genetically engineered algae found to kill cancer cells

Ben Locwin |
Scientists have genetically engineered algae, transforming them into targeted drug delivery systems to target cancer. It's worked in the lab ...
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DNA repair award highlights critical disease research

Ben Locwin |
When DNA has been damaged, repair mechanisms can begin which help to ameliorate the damage ...
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Full IARC glyphosate report released; Anti-GMO target may have health benefits

Andrew Porterfield |
Glyphosate is well known as a comparatively mild pesticide but has become a target of anti-GMO activists. They may be ...
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Will sugar, sweetener, salt, cholesterol, fat, HFCS, (fill in blank) kill you?

Andrew Porterfield |
Scientists, the media and policymakers often make glib connections between certain foods, nutrition and disease. The links are a lot ...
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Why regulators conclude glyphosate safe while IARC, alone, claims it could cause cancer?

Andrew Porterfield |
Glyphosate joins apples, coffee, sunning and night shift work as an IARC "probable" carcinogen. But the real risk to humans ...
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Don’t stop drinking orange juice: Citrus-cancer link overblown

Meredith Knight |
Reporting on a study linking consuming grapefruit and orange juice to melanoma shows how the press can blow new research ...
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Precision medicine inches along

Meredith Knight |
More than a decade ago, we sequenced the human genome with hope that disease cures might soon follow. Finding treatment ...
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“Pink & Blue” documentary challenges female only myths about breast cancer and BRCA mutations

BRCA mutations have taken a toll on film producer Alan Blassberg and his loved ones, prompting what promises to be ...