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Gender, age divide in new bullying study
- EurekAlert
- 20/10/25 05:00
Students' emotional resilience is linked to their chances of being victimised, with less resilient students more likely to suffer from harassment, new research shows.Researchers at Flinders University, Australia and the University of Thessaly in Greece also found that female students display lower emotional resilience, along with older students.
Globalized economy making water, energy and land insecurity worse: Study
- EurekAlert
- 20/10/25 05:00
The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found that globalisation may be decreasing, rather than increasing, the security of global supply chains.
Indian and Pakistani women diagnosed with more aggressive breast cancer at younger age
- EurekAlert
- 20/10/25 05:00
Indian and Pakistani women are diagnosed with breast cancer, including more aggressive forms of the disease, at a younger age, according to Rutgers researchers.
Inhibitor of KRAS gene mutation shows promise in lung, bowel and other solid tumors
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- 20/10/25 05:00
New results from a clinical trial of a drug that targets a cancer-causing mutation in the KRAS gene have shown that it can shrink tumours and is well-tolerated by patients. In two presentations to the 32nd EORTC-NCI-AACR cancer symposium, researchers involved in the KRYSTAL-1 phase I/II clinical trial said that adagrasib (MRTX849) showed clinical activity and manageable adverse side effects in...
Next generation BRAF inhibitor cancer drug shows promise in early patient trial
- EurekAlert
- 20/10/25 05:00
A new drug designed to work on cancers with an altered BRAF gene has shown promise in an early patient trial presented at the 32nd EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, which is taking place online.
Oncotarget: Survival after resection of brain metastases: A matched cohort analysis
- EurekAlert
- 20/10/25 05:00
The cover for issue 32 of Oncotarget features Figure 2, "This figure depicts overall survival and local in-brain recurrence-free survival in the study's subgroups," by Hussein, et al. which reported that the aim of the present study is to assess whether the use of 5-ALA has an impact on local recurrence or survival compared to conventional white light microscopic tumor resection.
Study reveals details behind transplant disparities experienced by black patients
- EurekAlert
- 20/10/25 05:00
In an analysis of information on patients with kidney failure, Black patients are less likely than white patients to be placed on transplant waiting lists. For patients on such lists, Blacks are less likely to receive transplants than whites. Results from the study will be presented online during ASN Kidney Week 2020 Reimagined October 19-October 25.
Targeted inhibitor of mutated KRAS gene shows promise in lung, bowel, & other solid tumors
- EurekAlert
- 20/10/25 05:00
A novel agent that targets a mutated form of the KRAS gene - the most commonly altered oncogene in human cancers and one long considered "undruggable" - shrank tumors in most patients in a clinical trial with manageable side effects, researchers reported today at the 32nd EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Therapeutic, which is taking place online.
The effects of social determinants of health on kidney transplant candidates
- EurekAlert
- 20/10/25 05:00
Social determinants of health are associated with patient-reported outcomes in adults who are eligible to undergo kidney transplantation evaluations. Results from the study will be presented online during ASN Kidney Week 2020 Reimagined October 19-October 25.