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Budesonide add-on therapy improves markers of disease activity but fails to improve histology in patients with primary biliary cholangitis
13 April 2018, Paris, France: The addition of budesonide is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in biochemical markers of disease...
Brief exposure to tiny air pollution particles triggers childhood lung infections
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Even the briefest increase in airborne fine particulate matter PM2.5, pollution-causing particles that are about 3...
Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) fails to extend survival in the SORAMIC study palliative cohort
13 April 2018, Paris, France: The final results of the palliative cohort of the SORAMIC study in patients with unresectable,...
To starve pancreatic tumors, researchers seek to block ‘self-eating,’ other fuel sources
CHAPEL HILL -- To get the extra energy they need to fuel their uncontrolled growth, cancer cells break down some...
First real-world studies report glecaprevir/pibrentasvir to be effective and well tolerated in chronic HCV infection
12 April 2018, Paris, France: The results of the first real-world studies assessing the effectiveness and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P)...
Hepatitis E virus infections can be life threatening and transmitted through blood products
April 12, 2018, Paris, France: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is once again in the spotlight, with two studies presented...
INRS awarded over $1.57 million in funding for new research facilities
INRS will receive over $1.57 million in funding for four new facilities to produce innovative research and train highly qualified...
Inhibiting metabolism found to be effective in treating aggressive form of lung cancer
FINDINGS Researchers from UCLA and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center have found that two targeted therapies could be more effective...
Foodborne disease outbreaks
Is it possible to prepare for a food crisis? How should the severity of the health risk be estimated? When...
Punjab, India: Mass treatment of a population with chronic hepatitis C infection produces high rates of cure
12 April 2018, Paris, France: A large-scale study evaluating the feasibility of decentralized care and the provision of free direct-acting...
Duel of the inflammatory master regulators: Insights for drug discovery
Credit: from Hudson et al Nature Communications 2018 Anti-inflammatory drugs such as dexamethasone can have harmful side effects on the...
A simple tool for doubling down on disease control
Credit: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON -- It's a simple idea: Pair the control of a neglected tropical disease with...
Grad student wins design contest for health App for those considering elective mastectomy
HFES congratulates Marisa Grayson, a master's student in the Integrated Systems Engineering Department at Ohio State University, on taking first...
Personalized T cell therapy shows signs of clinical effectiveness against HBV-related HCC
April 12, 2018, Paris, France: Multiple adoptive transfers of T cells engineered to carry hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific T cell...
Russian-born Research Results in Pharmacology moves to high-tech journal platform ARPHA
Credit: Research Results in Pharmacology and ARPHA Since 2015, Belgorod National Research University's forward-thinking open-access and peer-reviewed scholarly journal Research...
UW’s Kristina Olson wins NSF Waterman Award for studies of children’s social development
Credit: Dennis Wise, University of Washington The National Science Foundation today named Kristina Olson, University of Washington associate professor of...
Cure for fission yeast genes could have bigger things ahead
Credit: OIST Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have taken one step closer towards...
Mediterranean-style diet improves gut microbial diversity and reduces hospitalization
April 12, 2018, Paris, France: A diet that is Mediterranean style, and rich in vegetables and fermented milk products such...
Imagining an object can change how we hear sounds later
Seeing an object at the same time that you hear sound coming from somewhere else can lead to the "ventriloquist...
Peptide-based biogenic dental product may cure cavities
Credit: University of Washington Researchers at the University of Washington have designed a convenient and natural product that uses proteins...
