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Oct 20, 2023

Bird flu now sweeping the world evolved in Europe and Africa

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For about 25 years, bird flu viruses typically originated in Asia – but the virus that began spreading in 2021 arose in Europe and Africa.

By Grace Wade

Oct 20, 2023

Valley Fever Is a Growing Fungal Threat to Outdoor Workers

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I think in order to battle this fungal threat more beneficial fungi could be grown like mosses and other permaculture plants to prevent its spread on the farms.


The disease hits farmworkers and outdoor laborers disproportionately hard.

Oct 20, 2023

Engineered Bacteria Can Detect Tumor DNA

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Scientists have engineered bacteria that can detect DNA with KRAS mutations that has been released by tumors, a new study shows.

Oct 20, 2023

In pilot, generative AI expected to reduce clinical documentation time at Baptist Health

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The South Florida health system is testing an AI-powered system it expects to score big wins for its providers, improving the patient experience along the way.

Oct 20, 2023

Targeted Therapy for Cancer

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Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that targets the changes in cancer cells that help them grow, divide, and spread. Learn how targeted therapy works against cancer and about side effects that may occur.

Oct 19, 2023

AI Could Usher in a New Age of Bioweapons, RAND Report Warns

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AI couldn’t necessarily provide instructions for how to create a bioweapon but could bridge gaps in knowledge that have soiled previous attempts.

Oct 19, 2023

Arginine Facilitates Metabolic Reprograming to Promote Liver Cancer Growth

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A recent publication in Cell demonstrates that arginine, an amino acid that facilitates various cellular processes, including cellular growth, also promotes tumor growth. The study shows that arginine reprograms the metabolism of the tumor, a mechanism that many cancer cells use to replicate continuously.

The liver’s primary functions include metabolizing nutrients obtained from food and storing energy for later use by the body. Thus, the liver is highly involved in the body’s metabolic balance.

Over the past two decades, a growing body of evidence suggests cancer is a metabolic disease. Almost all cancers, regardless of the tissue in which they develop, have an impairment in energy metabolism.

Oct 19, 2023

Scientists have successfully gene-edited chickens to make them partially resistant to the bird flu and believe full immunity may be within reach

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Scientists have successfully gene-edited chickens to make them partially resistant to the bird flu and believe full immunity may be within reach.

Oct 19, 2023

Molecular profiling identifies new high-risk subtype of pediatric liver cancer

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The findings support a diagnostic algorithm to identify the cancer subtype and guide specialized treatment.

Oct 19, 2023

Commensal E. coli in Gut Readily Displaced by Drug-Resistant E. coli

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A multidrug resistant strain of E. coli, MDR ST131, can readily colonize new hosts, even if those hosts are already have E. coli in their healthy gut.

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