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New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Wipes Out Tumors and Blocks Drug Resistance in Mouse Model. Human Trials Pending
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 20, 2026 Source:New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Wipes Out Tumors and Blocks Drug Resistance Reference:A targeted combination therapy achieves effective pancreatic cancer regression and prevents tumor resistance
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Cats Genetic Datasets May Hold the Key to Treating Human Breast Cancer Due to Similar Gene Mutation
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 19, 2026 Source:Cats May Hold the Key to Treating Human Cancer Reference:The oncogenome of the domestic cat
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A new mouse model approach to treating osteoarthritis by encouraging cartilage regeneration.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 17, 2026 Source:A hopeful future for Arthritis Treatment
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New rapid five-day protocol application of transcranial magnetic stimulation brain for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression seems to be of equal efficacy of the standard six- week treatment cycle.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 26, 2026 Source:New brain stimulation approach could treat depression in just 5 days Reference:Efficacy of 5 × 5 accelerated versus conventional repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treatment-resistant depression.
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Scientists Find an Early Parkinson’s Signal Hidden in Blood
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 24, 2026 Source:Scientists Find an Early Parkinson’s Signal Hidden in Blood Reference:Longitudinal assessment of DNA repair signature trajectory in prodromal versus established Parkinson’s disease
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Thirteen types of cancer in cats has significant parallels with how the disease plays out in humans and can be used as a model for treatment strategies and studies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 23, 2026 Source:Could insight from cats lead to breast cancer cures? Reference:The oncogenome of the domestic cat
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Mouse model suggests our brains may learn more from rare events than from repetition but wider scope of evaluation required to determine if this applies to only some endeavours and skills.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 20, 2026 Source:Our brains may learn more from rare events than from repetition Reference:Duration between rewards controls the rate of behavioral and dopaminergic learning
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Scientists Develop IV Therapy That Repairs the Brain After Stroke
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 3, 2026 Source:Scientists Develop IV Therapy That Repairs the Brain After Stroke Reference:Toward development of a dynamic supramolecular peptide therapy for acute ischemic stroke
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What cannabis really does for chronic pain
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 30, 2026 Source:What cannabis really does for chronic pain Reference:Cannabis-Based Products for Chronic Pain