Antigens are a critical part of how the immune system works; they are present on many types of cells, and can be made of proteins, lipids, sugars, and other substances. Antigens are presented to immune cells, and recognized through binding; they can link up…
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Think different — for 50 years — Harvard Gazette
On April Fool’s Day 1976, two college dropouts, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, and a friend, Ronald G. Wayne, formed a company from the garage of Jobs’ parent’s house in Los Altos, a small city in Silicon Valley then in its infancy.
For the cheeky price of $666.66 (Wozniak liked
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Blood Pressure Medication Improves Cancer Treatment
High blood pressure is strongly correlated to cancer. This risk factor, among others including smoking, obesity, and inactivity, cause deleterious effects to the body. Interestingly, high blood pressure and cancer affect each other in a bidirectional manner….
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Newly Discovered Immune Function Fights Cancer
Immunity is orchestrated by two responses referred to as the innate and adaptive immune systems. Each system works to minimize and clear infections. The innate immune response is a broad-targeting defense network of immune cells that actively survey the body….
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Start cholesterol tests in childhood, new guidelines say
New heart health recommendations emphasize early testing and treatment to lower cholesterol levels as key to reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.
A group of 11 medical associations including the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released…
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Long-Term Follow-Up Shows Benefits of HPV Vaccination
Certain strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) are closely linked to invasive cervical cancer. Vaccines that protect against these cancer-causing HPV types have been shown to greatly lower the risk of cervical cancer. As a result, the quadrivalent HPV…
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Aramont Fellowships give freedom to concentrate on high-risk, high-reward research — Harvard Gazette
A new cohort of young scientists is pursuing high-risk, high-reward research across the life and physical sciences, engineering, and medicine. Their projects include studying dogs to identify brain biomarkers that can shed light on human health, probing wastewater to detect cancer risk across…
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Study suggests healing skin without scarring may be possible — Harvard Gazette
New findings by Harvard stem cell biologists suggest it may be possible in the future to regrow wounded skin without scarring.
The new study published March 20 in Cell reveals a way to fully regenerate skin by unblocking an embryonic healing mechanism that shuts off after birth. Demonstrated…
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The Protection of Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna under International Humanitarian Law – EJIL: Talk!
Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist whose reporting focused on crime, human rights and Russia’s actions in occupied Ukraine, died in Russian captivity. She was a freelance journalist, working for various independent news outlets such as Ukrainska Pravda, as well as the Ukrainian…
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Fyodor Lukyanov: Russia Gains from Iran War Short-Term, but Worried about Future Conflicts — Russia in Global Affairs
The Iran War Is Exposing This Major Shift of the 21st Century
Fyodor A. Lukyanov
The US-Israeli war against Iran is forcing a new look at the nature and limits of alliances in the 21st century. In the second…
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