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Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, thanks to its ability to rapidly spread to other organs. Brazilian researchers have now developed a peptide that seems to slow the growth and spread of melanoma, improving the survival rates of test mice.Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer, and although melanoma is only responsible for about one percent of those cases, it causes the majority of skin cancer deaths. That’s because it’s especially prone to metastasizing.Previous studies have linked a protein called…

Being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes today means a lifetime of insulin injections – as of yet, we don't have a simple one-time fix on hand.To date, each breakthrough promising a diabetes cure has encountered significant hurdles, making it not viable for the vast majority of people. Now, researchers in the US have improved upon one type of transplant-based treatment, potentially giving hope to the 9 million people around the world with this condition.  "The immune system is a tightly controlled defense mechanism that…

After skipping the X70 model in India last year, Vivo has decided to launch the new X80 here in 2022. This phone has launched alongside the flagship Vivo X80 Pro, and debuts new and interesting hardware that should help it stand out in the sub-Rs. 60,000 price segment. In terms of positioning, the Vivo X80 is actually a successor to the Vivo X70 Pro and not the X70, as its name might have you believe. The X80 may be missing certain features of the X70 Pro such as a periscopic telephoto camera, but at a starting price of…

Biopharmaceutical company MindMed has announced the first topline data from a novel Phase 2 trial testing high doses of LSD as a treatment for anxiety. The results indicate one to two LSD sessions can generate rapid and sustained reductions to anxiety, however, significantly larger trials will be needed to validate these findings.A small but landmark study published in 2014 is the only modern research to date investigating the potential use of LSD as a treatment for anxiety. That pilot trial looked at the safety and…

The recently launched OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G is a good mid-range smartphone, priced below Rs. 25,000. It offers good software, solid battery life, and performance, to appeal to those who want a proper all-rounder. The phone also made it to our list of the best smartphones to buy under Rs. 25,000. OnePlus has now launched the Nord CE 2 Lite 5G, which as its name suggests, is a watered-down version. Has OnePlus managed to maintain the same balance of features, or has the cost-cutting gone a bit too far? I got to spend some…

AMD has announced new details of its Ryzen Pro 6000 Series laptop CPUs as well as refreshed Ryzen Pro 5000 series models, all of which are aimed at business users. This follows their initial introduction at CES 2022, along with the standard Ryzen 6000 CPUs for consumer laptops . The new Ryzen Pro 6000 series CPUs are based on the 'Zen 3+' architecture and feature integrated GPUs built using the RDNA2 architecture. Efficiency is a big push with this generation, which is manufactured on a 6nm process. AMD is touting all-day…