Immunotherapy is a way of using the body's own immune system to attack cancer cells. The method has enormous potential, but there are still major challenges. One such is how to identify proteins on the surface of cancer cells as targets for immunotherapies. Here,...
On August 22, 1936, Minnesota's 22nd governor, Floyd Bjørnstjerne Olson, died suddenly in his office at 44. The cause was stomach cancer.Olson had for some time experienced failing health with several serious stomach ulcers. When he visited the Mayo Clinic...
📉 What people thinkWhen we asked people about the ownership of their health data, in other words – who is in control of their health data, 45 percent were unsure. 28 percent believe they do not have their data in their hands, while 26 percent answered...
AI can be very helpful in healthcare, for example when it comes to quickly searching through large amounts of images of cell samples to see if there are signs of cancer in the images. But one problem is that the AI is not infallible so it is not...
In a previous article, we saw how beneficial switching to a flexible diet with less meat-based on vegetables and cereals could be.🍽️ Why a plant-based diet will help you – and the planet – live longerDo you want to live a longer and...
Researchers at RMIT University in Australia have developed a method where stem cells can be used to help the body build new bone. This method is unique as it uses sound waves to stimulate the stem cells.The challenge of using stem cells to heal bone fractures is to...