Mayo Clinic scientists are exploring an unusual but promising strategy to treat one of the deadliest bile duct cancers by turning milk into a microscopic delivery system for gene therapy. Their work ...

Microplastics are small particles that are a byproduct of plastics that are used in everyday life. Be it for food storage or making water portable in a vessel, people tend to underestimate where the ...

If you’ve watched medical dramas like Grey's Anatomy or House MD, you’ve likely heard doctors casually mention an “aneurysm” during high-stakes diagnoses. But beyond the medical jargon, what does the ...

When patients develop a narrowing or blockage in the bile ducts—the tubes connecting the liver, gallbladder and intestines—physicians must determine whether the cause is cancer or a benign condition.

Centenarians often live to 100+ due to a combination of protective genetic factors, which account for up to 50%, and healthy lifestyles, such as plant-forward diets, regular, natural movement and ...

When patients develop a narrowing or blockage in the bile ducts - the tubes connecting the liver, gallbladder and intestines - physicians must determine whether the cause is cancer or a benign ...

In July 2024, Molly Chiang (not her real name) went to the hospital. She'd been having a bad headache. A few scans later, she learnt that she had five aneurysms in her brain. She was 43 years old. A ...

When patients develop a narrowing or blockage in the bile ducts—the tubes connecting the liver, gallbladder and intestines—physicians must determine whether the cause is cancer or a benign condition.

Scientists at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine developed BiliSeq, a molecular test that detected bile duct cancer with twice the sensitivity of the ...

When patients develop a narrowing or blockage in the bile ducts – the tubes connecting the liver, gallbladder and intestines – physicians must determine whether the cause is cancer or a benign ...