A small preliminary study suggests people may not be comfortable with AI companions that look and talk too much like real humans.
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Science Saturday: Time tempers anthracyclines into a toxin or treatment for cancer
For the millions of people who could face a cancer diagnosis this year, it's vital to have all therapeutic options available. But in some cases, the drugs used to treat cancer can cause other health problems during treatment or later. One example is a class of drugs called anthracyclines, which are derived from bacteria found in Italian soil decades ago. This group of about six chemotherapy drugs has been used since the 1960s to treat leukemia, lymphoma,…
Manufacturing Stem Cells in Space
Cedars-Sinai Scientists Are Establishing In-Space Production of Stem Cells on the International Space Station to Advance the Next Generation of Cell Therapies
Studies Give Birth to Evidence That COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Pregnant Women, Newborns
Pregnant women continue to have reservations about getting vaccinated against COVID-19 despite research indicating the safety of the vaccines and the protection they may offer their unborn children.
A Broken Spine Gone Undetected
Like many collegiate athletes, Dahlia Fink, 18, was introduced to sports at a young age.
Mayo Clinic researchers load CAR-T cells with oncolytic virus to treat solid cancer tumors
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine have devised an immunotherapy technique that combines chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy, or CAR-T cell therapy, with a cancer-killing virus to more effectively target and treat solid cancer tumors. The combination approach, published in Science Translational Medicine, involves loading CAR-T cells, which are engineered to look for antigens on cancer cells, with an oncolytic virus. Oncolytic viruses are naturally occurring viruses that can infect…
Infectious bacteria force host plants to feed them, study finds
A species of bacteria that infect corn crops compel their hosts to produce a feast of nutrients that keeps the pathogens alive and thriving long before they start to kill the plant’s cells, new research shows.
Newborns’ brains already organized into functional networks
Right from birth, human brains are organized into networks that support mental functions such as vision and attention, a new study shows.
Cell-Derived Therapy May Help Repair Abnormal Heart Rhythm
Vesicles secreted from human heart cells may repair damaged tissue and prevent lethal heart rhythm disorders, according to a new study from investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai.
The one word charities use that turns off donors
People would rather spend their money on a charitable cause than simply give to it, a new study suggests. You may wonder: What’s the difference? The answer is control.
