NCI
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March 9, 2020
Meat intake and colorectal polyps
Red and processed meat intakes are strongly associated with increased risk of sessile serrated polyps, which are not as well studied as conventional adenomas. -
March 5, 2020
Clues to lung injury in preterm babies
Jennifer Sucre and colleagues have discovered a factor that contributes to the pathological changes of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, the most common complication of preterm birth. -
February 10, 2020
Imaging breast cancer cell size
A noninvasive MRI approach assesses breast tumor cell size and could be a useful way to evaluate early response to neoadjuvant therapy. -
February 6, 2020
Powering H. pylori pathogenesis
Timothy Cover and colleagues report new insights into the sources of energy used by a bacterial “machine” linked to the pathogenesis of stomach cancer. -
February 6, 2020
New tool probes gene regulation
Vanderbilt biochemists got unexpected results when they used their new approach to explore the role of DNA methylation in gene regulation. -
January 23, 2020
HDL-cholesterol and breast cancer risk
Genetic analyses suggest that high circulating HDL-cholesterol levels may increase breast cancer risk — a surprising finding since increased HDL-cholesterol is thought to be healthy. -
October 8, 2019
A new regulator of B cell development
New findings establish a role for the pro-inflammatory molecule IL-33 in the early development of antibody-producing B cells.