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DetailsScientists have compared fat samples from humans and other primates and found that changes in DNA packaging affected how the human body processes fat. Evolution made humans the ‘fat primate,’ researchers suggest. Our bodies need fat to store energy and protect vital organs. Fat also helps the body absorb some nutrients and produce important hormones.…
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Image President Trump on Friday. “Why should other nations like Canada — why should other nations pay much less than us?” he said of drug prices. CreditErin Schaff/The New York Times President Trump said Friday that the White House was writing an executive order to require pharmaceutical companies to offer the United States government among the lowest…
DetailsNew research overturns the widespread notion that humans, unlike other mammals, process pain more slowly than touch. The findings may have significant implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain. Pain signals may travel just as quickly as touch signals in humans, new research suggests. Until now, the scientific consensus has been that in humans,…
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Image Solitaire rings from Gucci’s first haute jewelry collection, in yellow and white gold with tourmalines of about 10 carats each and, in the center ring, a 14-carat garnet.CreditRoberto Frankenberg for The New York Times PARIS — Gucci’s much-touted inclusivity is not limited to community: It extends to products, too. There is little, it seems,…
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IMAGE: LBA-006 ‘BEACON CRC: a randomized, 3-Arm, phase 3 study of encorafenib and cetuximab with or without binimetinib vs. choice of either irinotecan or FOLFIRI plus cetuximab in BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic… view more Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 6 July 2019 – New data have shown for the first time that a combination…
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IMAGE: Abstract O-026 – ‘Results of REARRANGE trial: A randomized phase 2 study comparing different dosing approaches for regorafenib (REG) during the first cycle of treatment in patients (pts) with metastatic… view more Credit: Courtesy of VHIO Barcelona, Spain, 6 July 2019 – Medical oncologists administer anticancer drug regorafenib to try to improve overall survival in…
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IMAGE: The trial results will be reported at the ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2019 by principal investigator Scott Kopetz, M.D., associate professor of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology. view more Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center BARCELONA — The three-drug combination of encorafenib, binimetinib and cetuximab significantly improved overall survival (OS) in patients with BRAF-mutated metastatic colorectal…
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