While skin cancer rates are growing in many parts of the world, experts disagree on whether this represents a true epidemic or overdiagnosis is a contributing factor.

If you look closely at the fundamental discoveries that have changed human health, physician–scientists have been at the ...

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A systematic review spanning two decades and 538 publications found that stereotactic radiosurgery demonstrated a median radiographic control rate of 82% in patients with metastatic brain tumors ...

Bone-marrow-derived multipotent progenitor stromal cells — or mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) — are the common predecessors of cells of the mesenchymal lineage, such as bone, cartilage and fat ...

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Natural killer (NK) cells are the predominant innate lymphocyte subsets that mediate anti-tumor and anti-viral responses, and therefore possess promising clinical utilization. NK cells do not express ...

Apr. 4, 2025 — New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts could turn a deadly pathogen into ...

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a type of vertigo caused by calcium crystals in the inner ear. These crystals are usually located in two parts of the ear called the utricle and saccule.

Cell therapy practices date back to the 19 th century and continue to expand on investigational and investment grounds. Cell therapy includes stem cell- and non–stem cell-based, unicellular and ...

4 Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan Objective Lung adenocarcinoma is a non-small cell lung cancer, a common cancer in both genders, and has poor clinical outcome.