Inadequate pollination has led to a three to five percent loss of fruit, vegetable, and nut production and an estimated 427,000 excess deaths annually from lost healthy food consumption and associated diseases, according to research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a deep learning algorithm which can identify lung cancer tumors on a computed tomography scan within seconds. This will help radiation oncologists to work quickly and achieve greater consistency in segmenting tumors.

Tosoh’s 2.5D Cell Culture System is capable of simplifying the culturing of large quantities of uniformly sized cell masses by making use of an adhesion area to which only uniform spherical cells attach. The system proves beneficial for the purpose of drug discovery as well as regenerative medicine.

Researchers have developed a new ultrasensitive biosensor which has the potential to detect minute amounts of tumor-derived materials, such as nucleic acids, proteins and lipids. Molecular profiles are then generated for each sample and analyzed to detect a brain tumor and define its type, as well as predict its location within the brain.

Researchers at the University of Bern and Inselspital have collaborated to provide an insight into the latest precision oncology technologies. To use these innovative technologies in the clinic is still a major hurdle as it still needs to be standardized and will also require new infrastructures in the clinics.

A new study in Cancer Causes and Control suggests a link between eating fish and skin cancer. However, Harvard Medical School warns that it’s too soon to make definitive conclusions about the relationship between fish in our diets and melanoma.

Doctors often advise patients undergoing muscle pain associated with the intake of statins to take vitamin D supplements, however, a new study by scientists at the Northwestern University, Harvard University and Stanford University have revealed that the supplements do not help to improve the patients’ problem.

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg have recently published an article in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances which shows that old toys and dress-up items may contain toxic chemicals that can cause cancer, damage DNA or disrupt the future reproductive capacities of children.

Researchers are analyzing the role of a protein which is expected to prevent cell death. If the study proves successful, it can have a significant impact on the development of cancer therapy and also help researchers understand how the cell cycle is regulated.

Consumption of ultraprocessed foods containing little or no whole foods in their ingredients contributed to 57,000 premature deaths in Brazil in 2019, investigators report in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.