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A cancer blood test based on DNA fragment size

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers from the U.K., Denmark, Poland, the Netherlands and Switzerland has developed a new way to test for cancer—by looking at the size of tumor DNA fragments circulating in the bloodstream. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group describes their technique and how ..
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Cells beneath the skin explain differences in healing

A microscopic comparison between normal skin (left) and scarred skin. Credit: Yale University Differences in the cells that give skin its resilience and strength during wound repair may explain why individuals heal differently, according to a new Yale study published Nov. 23 in the journal Science. Fibroblasts, the cells that form the protein structure beneath ..
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Breast cancers enhance their growth by recruiting cells from bone marrow

A mouse breast tumor contains bone marrow-derived fibroblasts (red) as well as other cancer-associated fibroblasts (green). Credit: Raz et al., 2018 Researchers in Israel have discovered that breast tumors can boost their growth by recruiting stromal cells originally formed in the bone marrow. The study, which will be published November 23 in the Journal of ..
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Study finds a relationship between cold weather and drinking alcohol

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Now that our days are getting colder and shorter, a new study from the University of Pittsburgh gives us reason to think about the odd relationship between alcohol and weather. It found that throughout the world and in the United States, drinking levels and liver disease correlated with climate and sunlight. ..
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