Most cancer treatments – from chemotherapies to engineered immune cells – have a host of side effects, in large part because they affect healthy cells in the body at the same time as targeting tumor cells. For the same reason, designing new cancer drugs can be challenging due to the molecular similarities between tumor cells and healthy cells.  

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New study by researchers from the University of Bergen (Norway) and the University of Zambia be published on Nov. 14, 2024. Many young girls in low- and middle-income countries become pregnant early, which can be dangerous for them and for their babies. This new large study conducted in Zambia found that two years of financial support combined with comprehensive sexuality education and community dialogue meetings, moderately reduced adolescent pregnancies during the support period, but not after the financial support ended. As a result, the overall effect on births before age 18 was limited over the 4.5 years study period even though more girls completed junior secondary school. Longer-term efforts to make high school more affordable are likely to be important to keep girls in school and more clearly reduce adolescent pregnancies in low- and middle-income countries.