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Brain organoids are lab grown clusters of cells that have several of the cell types found in someone’s brain. Cells taken from a person’s blood are coaxed to become stem cells, then differentiate into brain cells. Vasiliki Machairaki, a genetic …

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Medicaid reductions being rolled out this year are poised to dramatically reduce cancer screening for millions, a new study estimates. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, takes a look at the numbers. Nelson: This is …

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Breast cancer screening is associated with false positives, where women are referred for further assessments and procedures that may be unnecessary. Does it help to stratify women based on risk factors like genetics before they have screening? Johns Hopkins Kimmel …

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People who were older and had advanced cancers benefited from a telephone-based intervention designed to regularly assess their symptoms and refer them to expert clinicians, by reducing their visits to emergency departments and need for hospitalization. Kimmel Cancer Center director …

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Seventy percent of people diagnosed with cancer in the United States will still be alive five years later, the American Cancer Society reports. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says yes, and. Nelson: There's still …

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American Cancer Society data find that the majority of people who are diagnosed with cancers of all types will still be alive five years later. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says this is good news indeed. Nelson: …

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