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How race impacts patients’ response to cancer immunotherapy

The first large scale analysis finds immune checkpoint inhibitors are equally effective in Black and white patients, with Black patients having fewer side effects.
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How breast cancer cells survive in bone marrow after remission

A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of California San Diego has shed light on a previously poorly understood aspect of breast cancer recurrence: how cancer cells survive in bone marrow despite targeted therapies.
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Refining tools that spot risk of violence in young adults in urban ERs may save lives

Half of young adult patients treated in emergency departments in three urban hospitals across the country reported experiencing violence either as a victim or aggressor, including firearm violence, in the six months prior to seeking treatment, according to a University of Michigan study.
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Nerve damage reduced in prediabetic mice with diet, exercise

A low calorie diet and high intensity exercise can reduce nerve damage in prediabetic mice, according to a Michigan Medicine study.
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Enzyme identified as new therapeutic target for “cold” tumors

A study identifies an enzyme as a new therapeutic target for “cold” tumors.
On left, a young boy in a wheelchair has his doctor standing to his left and his parent is standing to his right in a show of support. On the right side of the image, the boy is now an adult and is wondering about the cost of his care and if his questions will be answered.
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Changing the definition of cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy is defined as a childhood disorder, which fails to recognize adults living with the condition and the lack of care they receive once they age out of pediatric clinics.
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Comparing life threatening illness risk between two surgeries for infants with congenital heart disease

Newly presented data suggest that infants who receive a hybrid stage I palliation – a less invasive alternative for initial treatment – more commonly develop necrotizing enterocolitis compared to those who receive the standard Norwood operation, a complex open heart surgery.
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Does your child manage anger well?

One in seven parents think their child gets angrier than peers of the same age and four in 10 say their child has experienced negative consequences when angry, a national poll suggests. 
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Why the bird flu’s jump to pigs is concerning

A Michigan Medicine virologist speaks about the implications of H5N1 influenza, or bird flu, and whether a new pandemic could be on the horizon.
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Grandparents help grandkids in many ways – but the reverse may be true too

A poll shows the many ways (childcare, nutrition, major expenses) that grandparents help their grandchildren, but also suggests a link to older adults’ sense of isolation and their mental health.
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The solution to death from a fentanyl overdose could lie in its chemical structure

University of Michigan researchers may have found that the solution to prevent people from dying from a fentanyl overdose may be found within fentanyl's own chemistry.
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Researchers find metabolic mechanism that blocks immune response, immunotherapy in cancer

New research has discovered why some cancers don’t respond to immunotherapy treatment: A metabolite transporter within the tumor microenvironment blocks a key type of tumor cell death integral to immune response.
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The brain in balance

In a recent study, using network neuroscience, investigators found a way to objectively determine the balance of integration and segregation in fMRI-measured brain signals during wakefulness as well as during sleep and anesthesia.
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A newly developed algorithm shows how a gene is expressed at microscopic resolution

Seeing is believing: A newly developed algorithm allows researchers to see how a gene is expressed at microscopic resolution.
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More research is needed to support physicians' mental health, experts say

A pair of researchers who have studied physician mental health and stress call for more efforts to supports to prevent burnout and support wellbeing.