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Genetic test identifies invasive lobular carcinomas that are at high risk of recurring

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Credit: Breast Unit of the Champalimaud Clinical Centre in Lisbon, Portugal New results to be presented at the 12th European Breast Cancer Conference show that a test, which looks at the activity of 70 genes in breast cancer tissue, is possible to use in the clinic to identify patients with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) that […].

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Study suggests scientists may need to rethink which genes control aging

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NIH scientists discover that bacteria may drive activity of many hallmark aging genes in flies Credit: Courtesy of the Giniger lab NIH/NINDS.

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The mode of detection of high-risk breast cancers is linked to patient prognosis

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Breast cancers that are detected in the interval between national screening programme mammograms have a worse prognosis than those detected at the time of a screening, even if they have the same biology, according to research presented at the 12th European Breast Cancer Conference on Saturday.

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Method to derive blood vessel cells from skin cells suggests ways to slow aging

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Salk study is the first to reveal ways cells from the human circulatory system change with age and age-related diseases Credit: Bersini, Schulte et al.

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Researchers identify promising model for studying human aging

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There are many components to aging, both mental and physical. When it comes to the infrastructure of the human body – the musculoskeletal system that includes muscles, bones, tendons and cartilage – age-associated decline is inevitable, and the rate of that decline increases the older we get.