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Arkansas EMT’s head to Florida

Arkansas EMT’s head to Florida

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – First Responders across Arkansas are heading to Florida in anticipation of Hurricane Idalia. Hurricane Idalia is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane on Wednesday. Medic One in Jonesboro sent three crew to Florida ahead of the hurricane. “We typically take most of our administrative personnel, which leaves all of our on-the-ground people here in …

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Nashville Fire to add new EMT units to fleet

Nashville Fire to add new EMT units to fleet

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The Nashville Fire Department is adding new medical units to ensure quicker response times across the city. The new units will also provide new jobs for paramedics and EMTs. The challenge right now is finding people to fill those positions. Nashville Fire is working to staff three new ambulances to their fleet, which would add roughly …

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Cancer drug prevents EMT, metastasis and more

Cancer drug prevents EMT, metastasis and more

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process by which cancer cells detach from their neighbouring cells and acquire invasive properties, plays a key role in the formation of metastases and the development of resistance to anticancer treatments. Researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) have now showed that Netrin-1, a molecule expressed by tumour cells in different types of cancers, stimulates …

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