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MD Anderson researchers present promising clinical trial results at AACR 2025
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will present promising results from clinical trials in three minisymposia abstracts at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025.


Understanding the motivations behind cancer patients' adoption of traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is widely used in cancer care in China as an integral part of treatment.


BioSkryb Genomics and Tecan introduce a single-cell multiomics workflow for sequencing-ready libraries in under ten hours
BioSkryb Genomics and Tecan Group, today introduced a high-throughput single-cell workflow, combining BioSkryb's 384-well format of the ResolveOME™ Whole Genome and Transcriptome Single-Cell Core Kit with the Uno Single Cell Dispenser™, provided by Tecan.


New method improves RMST analysis for clinical and epidemiological studies
The restricted mean survival time (RMST) analysis technique was introduced in health care research about 25 years ago and since then has become widely used in economics, engineering, business and other professions.


Distinct subtypes of senescent skin cells identified
Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, have existed in the human body as a seeming paradox, causing inflammation and promoting diseases while also helping the immune system to heal wounds.


New Medicare changes ease cost burden for cancer drugs
Even for patients covered by Medicare, annual out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving cancer treatments taken in pill form have often exceeded $10,000-until recently.


Computational biology uncovers RNA changes in ALS patients
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that destroys the nerves necessary for movement. About 30,000 people in the United States are affected, and doctors still don't know what causes it.


Exploring ondansetron as potential therapy for opioid-exposed infants
As the opioid crisis continues, the number of babies born with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) – a condition that affects infants whose mothers used opioids during pregnancy – has risen 5-fold over the past 20 years.


Study illuminates a general principle of neural processing in the brain’s serotonin system
Our lives are filled with binary decisions – choices between one of two alternatives. But what's really happening inside our brains when we engage in this kind of decision making?


Historic decline in smoking across the United States largely driven by young adults
Researchers at University of California San Diego found that cigarette smoking continues to decline across the United States, largely driven by young adults.