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Adherence to Mediterranean lifestyle habits around adequate rest, exercise, and socialization was most strongly associated with lower risk of all-cause and cancer mortality. (Source: free licensed)
Not Just About the Food

Mediterranean Lifestyle Linked to Reduced Mortality in UK Study

In a study of adults in the United Kingdom, those who adhered closely to a Mediterranean lifestyle — including eating a healthy, plant-based diet with limited added salts and sugars and getting adequate rest, exercise, and socialization — were found to have a 29 % lower risk of all-cause mortality and a 28 % lower risk of cancer mortality compared to those who were nonadherent to the lifestyle.

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Tumors are known to disperse, or shed, their DNA into the environments surrounding them. (Source: free licensed)
Biosensor Leverages CRISPR

Researchers Engineer Bacteria that Can Detect Tumor DNA

Researchers from the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with Australian colleagues, have developed bacteria that can detect tumor DNA within a live organism. This breakthrough showed the potential of using the newly designed “Cellular Assay for Targeted CRISPR-discriminated Horizontal gene transfer” system to identify the presence of cancer in the colons of mice.

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