Immunotherapy in combination points to paradigm shift in the treatment of cervical cancer
CHECKMATE 358: Immunotherapy in combination points to paradigm shift in the treatment of cervical cancerCredit: VHIO With an estimated 570,000...
Novel treatment combination for patients with BRAF-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer
Triple combination of BRAF, MEK y EGFR inhibitors extends overall survival from 5.4 months with standard of care to 9...
Artificial intelligence improves biomedical imaging
Credit: ETH Zurich / Daniel Razansky Scientists at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich have used machine learning methods...
Johns Hopkins researchers advance search for safer, easier way to deliver vision-saving gene therapy
Credit: Peter Campochiaro In experiments with rats, pigs and monkeys, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed a way to deliver...
Women with asthma appear more likely to have lower levels of testosterone
Credit: ATS Sept. 30, 2019--Women with asthma appear more likely to have lower levels of "free" (not attached to proteins)...
Towards safer, more effective cancer radiation therapy using X-rays and nanoparticles
X-rays could be tuned to deliver a more effective punch that destroys cancer cells and not harm the bodyCredit: Illustration...
Sleeping pills reduce suicidal thoughts in patients with severe insomnia
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 30 2019) - Insomnia is a driver of suicide, and...
Novel strategy using microRNA biomarkers can distinguish melanomas from nevi
Scientists report in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology about a new highly reliable approach for overcoming the challenges of diagnosing...
How newly found tension sensor plays integral role in aligned chromosome partitioning
Credit: Terada Laboratory, Waseda University A Waseda University-led research uncovered the molecular mechanism of how a particular cancer-causing oncogene could...
Nintedanib slows progression for broad range of scarring lung diseases
Findings suggest all progressive, scarring lung diseases may share similar mechanismsCredit: National Jewish Health Nintedanib, a medication approved for the...
US government backs Sydney spinout company Kinoxis Therapeutics to fight opioid addiction
Funding to support development of a potential treatment for opioid withdrawalCredit: Stefanie Zingsheim/University of Sydney Kinoxis Therapeutics has been awarded...
Wrist-worn step trackers accurate in predicting patient health outcomes
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Determining how far patients with pulmonary disease can walk in six minutes has long been an effective...
Additional heart artery stenting reduces risk of future heart attacks
Credit: The University of Sheffield Research shows that patients requiring emergency heart attack treatment also benefit from further intervention to...
PARP inhibitor plus chemotherapy improves progression-free survival for advanced ovarian cancer patients
Phase III trial validates the benefit of veliparib for patients without a BRCA mutationCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers from...
New treatment improves survival in women newly diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer
An international study shows that administering niraparib after chemotherapy reduces by nearly 40% the risk of relapse or death from...
New blood test capable of detecting multiple types of cancer
In study, test proved able to detect and localize more than 20 types of cancer with a high degree of...
UTA testing method to build temperature, heat-flux sensors for hypersonic vehicles
Reliable sensors for hypersonic flightCredit: UT Arlington Harsh environmental conditions--such as surface temperatures reaching thousands of degrees Fahrenheit--make it challenging...
Extra amino acid could work wonders
Rice University chemist uses designer amino acids in search for new curesCredit: Rice University Rice U. chemist uses designer amino...
African American children respond differently to asthma medications
BARD trial suggests shortcomings in treatment guidelines and demonstrates need for trials of specific subgroupsCredit: National Jewish Health African Americans...
For this ocean dweller, ability to respond to warming waters is about location
Credit: Matthew Sasaki It's common knowledge that, through the process of natural selection, organisms adapt to their environments. But what...
