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Chelsey Schlechter, PhD, MPH, has been chosen as a Cancer Moonshot Scholar. She is one of eleven researchers from across the country who have been selected for the prestigious honor.

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This achievement shows how collaborative efforts between governments, civil society, and local communities can turn ambitious conservation visions into reality. This park now stands as a public treasure for the people of Entre Ríos, Argentina, and the world.

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A new rule by the Biden Administration would allow Wegovy and Ozempic to be covered by Medicare and Medicaid. ...

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President-elect Donald Trump announced he plans to impose a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian goods and 10 percent on Chinese merchandise as one of his first acts on Inauguration Day. ...

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Up until the 2024 college football season, a quarterback might be looking to the sidelines and relying on a sound, a sequence of hand motions, or a large sign with logos and symbols on it to get play information. This year, the rules have changed. Players no longer need to rely on these cues to decide which plays come next thanks to the NCAA’s approval of coach-to-player communication for FBS, or football bowl subdivision, college football teams.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemists have developed a new, efficient method that may give first responders, environmental monitoring groups, or even you, the ability to quickly detect harmful and health-relevant substances in our bodies and environments.Small molecules that interact with proteins can initiate, enhance, and inhibit vital biological processes.

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Brain-based vision loss, known as cerebral/cortical visual impairment (CVI) is a leading cause of blindness and visual impairment in children in the United States and other industrialized countries. However, our understanding of CVI is limited. Physicians don’t even agree on how to characterize it. Researchers at CHLA intend to change that and help guide how this disorder is diagnosed as well.

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Endometrial/uterine and ovarian cancers have few effective treatment options outside of surgery. Now, researchers have identified a set of DNA repair proteins that may become a target for the treatment of these cancers

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Cedars-Sinai investigators who previously developed an imaging tool that used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict pancreatic cancer are now working to adapt that tool specifically for Black patients, who have disproportionately high rates of the disease.

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Engineers and biochemists at McMaster university have brought their skills together to make it possible for untrained users to confirm contamination in fluids using a biogel test that changes colour in the presence of such bacteria as E. coli, listeria and other frequent testing targets.