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A comprehensive study of effective responses as well as resistant responses to a kidney cancer anti-PD-1 therapy found specific immune features that could provide new targets to improve cancer treatment, say findings published in Cancer Discovery.

People all over the world largely agree on what the color blue looks like or what the shape of a ball feels like. But when it comes to describing odors, opinions often differ. This is because, unlike the processing of wavelengths of light in the brain, which makes it possible to determine colors relatively clearly, it is still not easy to deduce the smell of substances in our environment from their chemical composition.

Poisoning is suspected in an unexplained outbreak of illness in western DR Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Each year, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), millions of people in the U.S. are affected by spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries, along with neuro-developmental and degenerative diseases such as ADHD, autism, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.

An experimental treatment for an aggressive and lethal brain cancer has been published in Nature Medicine, paving the way for a clinical trial to be conducted by researchers at The Brain Cancer Center.

A research team at the University of Cologne has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the role of the tau protein in Alzheimer’s disease. Using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), the international team has been able to show that a specific form of the tau protein, known as the 1N4R isoform, is responsible for mediating the toxic effects of protein clumps in human brain cells.

New University of Dundee research has revealed that using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze photos taken during routine diabetes eye screenings provides a window into kidney health.

People in the U.K. who have already had norovirus this season could still be at risk due to a shift in circulating strains, according to new data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

Scientists have a new target to prevent cold sores after University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers discovered an unexpected way the herpes virus re-activates in the body. The finding could also have important implications for genital herpes caused by the same virus.

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, in collaboration with the University of Turku’s Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki and Nova Hospital of Central Finland, have developed an advanced artificial intelligence tool for automatic analysis of colorectal cancer tissue slides.