Aug 29, 2023 06:50 PM
Aggressive Cancer Cells Transformed Into Healthy Cells in Breakthrough
https://www.sciencealert.com/aggressive-...eakthrough
INTRO: A particularly aggressive form of childhood cancer that forms in muscle tissue might have a new treatment option on the horizon.
Scientists have successfully induced rhabdomyosarcoma cells to transform into normal, healthy muscle cells. It's a breakthrough that could see the development of new therapies for the cruel disease, and it could lead to similar breakthroughs for other types of human cancers.
"The cells literally turn into muscle," says molecular biologist Christopher Vakoc of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory... (MORE - details)
Is COVID finally like the flu?
https://slate.com/technology/2023/08/cov...-deal.html
EXCERPT: . . . In a COVID wave today, experts advise putting a mask on if you’re somewhere crowded, or testing before seeing elderly family members—not rearranging your life. This is not to say that COVID is not a concern at all. But it is a concern in the way that other illnesses that we deal with all the time are a concern.
We have a special, even impossibly heightened level of awareness around COVID; we have lived through the deadly peaks of a pandemic. This awareness was correct. But these days, we are somewhere a little bit different, and many of us are probably still trying to figure out exactly how much concern is warranted.
To that end, if early observations of COVID being on par with the flu were deadly wrong, it’s now worth revisiting them: Are we finally at the point where we, in our day-to-day lives, can think about COVID like the flu?
A little bit, but not entirely. COVID still stands to kill more people than the flu does... (MORE - missing details)
https://www.sciencealert.com/aggressive-...eakthrough
INTRO: A particularly aggressive form of childhood cancer that forms in muscle tissue might have a new treatment option on the horizon.
Scientists have successfully induced rhabdomyosarcoma cells to transform into normal, healthy muscle cells. It's a breakthrough that could see the development of new therapies for the cruel disease, and it could lead to similar breakthroughs for other types of human cancers.
"The cells literally turn into muscle," says molecular biologist Christopher Vakoc of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory... (MORE - details)
Is COVID finally like the flu?
https://slate.com/technology/2023/08/cov...-deal.html
EXCERPT: . . . In a COVID wave today, experts advise putting a mask on if you’re somewhere crowded, or testing before seeing elderly family members—not rearranging your life. This is not to say that COVID is not a concern at all. But it is a concern in the way that other illnesses that we deal with all the time are a concern.
We have a special, even impossibly heightened level of awareness around COVID; we have lived through the deadly peaks of a pandemic. This awareness was correct. But these days, we are somewhere a little bit different, and many of us are probably still trying to figure out exactly how much concern is warranted.
To that end, if early observations of COVID being on par with the flu were deadly wrong, it’s now worth revisiting them: Are we finally at the point where we, in our day-to-day lives, can think about COVID like the flu?
A little bit, but not entirely. COVID still stands to kill more people than the flu does... (MORE - missing details)