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WSU chemists develop novel Washington Red dye for bio-imaging
Credit: WSU Washington State University scientists have created an injectable dye that illuminates molecules with near infrared light, making it...
Yeast can be engineered to create protein pharmaceuticals
Credit: Mingtao Huang/Chalmers It took several years, but a research team headed by Professor Jens Nielsen at Chalmers University of...
‘Black box’ recorder puts surgeons’ robotic surgery skills under the microscope
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES - You may know that your surgeon is using the latest minimally invasive technology...
E-cig use increases risk of beginning tobacco cigarette use in young adults
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11, 2017 - Young adults who use electronic cigarettes are more than four times as likely to begin...
Soy, cruciferous vegetables associated with fewer common breast cancer treatment side effects
WASHINGTON -- Consuming soy foods (such as soy milk, tofu and edamame) and cruciferous vegetables (such as cabbages, kale, collard...
Low-dose treatment with Il2 across studies shows benefits in chronic graft-versus host
ATLANTA - Daily low doses of the immune signaling protein interleukin-2 (IL-2) can safely benefit patients who develop chronic graft-versus-host...
Study shows combining chemotherapy with targeted drug boosts response in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
ATLANTA - Among younger patients newly diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), treatment with a combination of chemotherapy and a...
CAR T, immunotherapy bring new hope for multiple myeloma patients
PHILADELPHIA - Two investigational immunotherapy approaches, including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, have shown encouraging results in the...
Global CAR T therapy trial shows high rates of durable remission for NHL
PHILADELPHIA - In a pair of clinical trials stretching from Philadelphia to Tokyo, the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell...
Landmark CAR-T cancer study published in the New England Journal of Medicine
Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola University Medical Center is the only Chicago center that participated in the pivotal...
Sequencing offers clues to progression toward multiple myeloma
ATLANTA -- Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have carried out the largest genomic analysis of patients with smoldering multiple myeloma...
Rapid responses, few adverse effects in targeted agent in Phase1 trial in rare blood disorder
ATLANTA - In a Phase 1 trial, patients with an advanced or aggressive form of systemic mastocytosis (AdvSM), a rare...
Tracking how multiple myeloma evolves by sequencing DNA in the blood
ATLANTA - Although people with multiple myeloma usually respond well to treatment, the blood cancer generally keeps coming back. Following...
Physical activity data, emojis on Apple Watch correlated with patient-reported outcomes
ATLANTA - In findings presented to the American Society of Hematology, Mayo Clinic researchers found that using emojis instead of...
Study explores use of checkpoint inhibitors after relapse from donor stem cell transplant
ATLANTA - Immunotherapy agents known as checkpoint inhibitors have shown considerable promise in patients with hematologic cancers who relapse after...
For leukemia patients, transfusion needs may delay hospice care
Toward the end of life, some leukemia patients depend on blood transfusions to ease their suffering. Unfortunately, the likelihood that...
Immunotherapy drug nearly eliminates severe acute graft-versus-host disease
Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE - Dec. 9, 2017 - Results from a phase 2 clinical trial, presented by Seattle Children's...
Study results offer another boon for PARP inhibitors in treatment of advanced breast cancer
SAN ANTONIO - Patients with certain advanced hereditary breast cancers may have new treatments options on the horizon, according to...
For women with genetic risk, bi-annual MRI beats mammograms
Intensive surveillance including a dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) exam every six months was far more effective in detecting...
Lymph node surgery may raise risk of arm morbidity in younger women
SAN ANTONIO -- Younger breast cancer patients who underwent axillary lymph node dissection were more likely to experience arm swelling...
