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Scientists discover why this deadly lung cancer keeps coming back

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is among the most aggressive types of lung cancer, with a five-year survival rate of…

3 days ago

Men are losing a key chromosome with age and it may be deadly

As men grow older, some of their cells gradually lose the Y chromosome. For a long time, scientists assumed this…

1 week ago

Finally explained: Why kidney disease is so deadly for the heart

Scientists have uncovered a key reason why more than half of people with chronic kidney disease eventually die from heart-related…

2 months ago

Ancient DNA reveals the deadly diseases behind Napoleon’s defeat

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have conducted a genetic analysis of the remains of soldiers who retreated from Russia in…

5 months ago

Black mamba venom has a deadly hidden second strike

A breakthrough study at The University of Queensland has discovered a hidden dangerous feature in the Black Mamba one of…

6 months ago

A $2 gold nanotech test that detects deadly diseases in minutes

Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a breakthrough diagnostic tool that could transform how quickly and reliably we detect…

7 months ago

A deadly virus no one talks about — and the HIV drugs that might stop it

Around 10 million people globally live with the life-threatening virus HTLV-1. Yet it remains a poorly understood disease that currently…

8 months ago

AI spots deadly heart risk most doctors can’t see

A new AI model is much better than doctors at identifying patients likely to experience cardiac arrest. The linchpin is…

9 months ago

Smoke from wildland-urban interface fires more deadly than remote wildfires

The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has far greater health impacts than smoke from wildfires…

1 year ago

Giant viruses infect deadly parasite

The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers around Matthias Horn and Patrick Arthofer from the…

2 years ago