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Religion, Science, and Technology in Dialogue

This session features Diana Schaub (Loyola University) on “Lincoln Reads the Bible: Science and Morality in the ‘Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions'”, and Bill Hurlbut...

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Science and Technology

Scientists Neutralize Reactive Nitrogen Molecules to Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy — harnessing T-cells to attack cancer cells in the body — has given hope to patients who endure round after round of treatment, including chemotherapy, to little...

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Health and Society

Notre Dame Researchers to Study Cancer Immunotherapy and the Dengue Virus Vaccine

Two postdoctoral scholars from the University of Notre Dame have received Postdoctoral Training Awards in Translational Research from the Indiana Clinical and Translational...

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Science and Technology

Study Uncovers New Hurdle for Developing Immunotherapies

The body’s immune system is a valiant weapon against disease, and harnessing its power through a technique called immunotherapy is at the forefront of current research to treat...

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Health and Society

Scientists Take Aim at Illicit Supply Chain Networks of Fake Medications

For many people in developing countries, the struggle for access to health care comes with a risk. Those patients can fall victim to falsified medications that fail to treat their...

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Health and Society

New Study Contradicts Notion That Electronic Health Records Are Driving Doctors to Quit

Prominent journalists including the late Pulitzer Prize-winner Charles Krauthammer, have written that doctors are leaving the practice of medicine because adopting and using...

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Health and Society

Will Heart Cells Help Solve Our Most Complex Problems?

As part of a new study, researchers at the University of Notre Dame aim to create a more optimal computer network for solving complex problems — using heart cells. Real-world...

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Science and Technology

Developing an ‘on and off’ Switch for Breast Cancer Treatment

T-cells play an important role in the body’s immune system, and one of their tasks is to find and destroy infection. However, T-cells struggle to identify solid, cancerous...

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Health and Society

Extreme Price Competition in Pharmaceutical Industry May Put Patients at Serious Health Risk, Study Shows

Amid intense pressure to lower drug prices, policymakers in the pharmaceutical industry have leveraged regulations to increase product competition and lower prices by creating an...

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Science and Technology

Cancer Cells Thrive in Stiff Tissue, According to New Study

Stiffer breast tissue creates an environment more prone to cancer by enabling the disease to interfere with the surrounding healthy cells, according to a recent study published...

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Science and Technology

Study Reveals How Bacteria Communicate in Groups to Avoid Antibiotics

In a new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found...

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Science and Technology

Survival Strategy: How One Enzyme Helps Bacteria Recover from Exposure to Antibiotics

Beta-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, are one of the most widely used classes of antibiotics in the world. Though they’ve been in use since the 1940s, scientists still...

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