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The study, funded by Cancer Research UK, could lead to a blood test which will inform doctors which inflammatory bowel disease patients are most at risk of cancer. A new method for detecting bowel cancer is more than 90% accurate at predicting which higher risk people will develop the disease, research found. People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as…
Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains one of the most devastating medical conditions, severely impacting quality of life and often leading to permanent disability. The central nervous system (CNS) has a limited capacity for regeneration, which poses a significant challenge in treating SCI, since recovery becomes increasingly difficult once the spinal cord is damaged. During development, neural stem cells in the spinal cord differentiate into…
A compound derived from Nectandra leucantha, a tree native to southern Brazil (local names: canela-seca or canela-branca), has the potential to be used to treat visceral leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease associated with poverty, malnutrition, poor housing and lack of basic sanitation. The disease is almost always fatal if left untreated. Most cases occur in Brazil, East Africa and India,…