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Cardiac Fibroblast Activation May Precede Myocardial Tissue Remodeling in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

New HCM research: radionuclide-labeled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) imaging detects cardiac fibroblast activation before CMR-identified myocardial remodeling. Early detection may offer new insights into HCM.

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Inflammation, Limbic White Matter Microstructure, and Clinical Symptoms in Retired American Football Players With Repetitive Head Impacts

Background and ObjectivesThe link between repetitive head impact (RHI) exposure, later-life cognitive decline, and neurobehavioral dysregulation (NBD) is not well understood. Recent work has implicated inflammation and limbic dysfunction as relevant RHI…

12 (Every) Plague That Wiped Out Humanity in Sci-Fi Movies — Explored

Humans think they can conquer everything in this world, like they have a solution for every problem, but this is where people get greedy, overambitious and most importantly, desperate. For example, in most of the science fiction and survival thrillers, people dig their own grave by creating deadly viruses in the labs, sometimes for political reasons and sometimes to create a medical miracle. These movies show how these man-made viruses wipe out humanity and make the world a living hell for a few immune survivors. Now, this has been a widely explored trope in every survival thriller, but deep beneath this layer, these films talk about something really ominous about our future.

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AI finally tests a century old theory about how cancer begins

Cancer often begins when the genetic instructions that guide our cells become scrambled, allowing cells to grow uncontrollably. Now, scientists at EMBL have developed an AI-powered system called MAGIC that can automatically spot and tag cells showing early signs of chromosomal trouble—tiny DNA-filled structures known as micronuclei that are linked to future cancer development.

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