Health
Understanding how COVID-19 affects children vital to slowing pandemic, doctors say
Credit: Sanjay Suchak | UVA Communications Though COVID-19 so far appears to be largely sparing children, researchers are cautioning that...
Pembrolizumab shows promise for some advanced, hard-to-treat rare cancers
Open-label Phase II study at MD Anderson reports on four cancer typesCredit: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center...
Special issue of ‘Neurochemical Research’ honors Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D.
Credit: Children's National Hospital At a pivotal moment early in his career, Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., was accepted to work with...
New technology helps in hunt for new cancer drug combinations
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia A revolutionary new technology has been applied to reveal the inner workings of...
Radiation drugs with longer shelf life brings hope for cancer patients globally
Cost effective radiation technique targetedCredit: Image: IMCRC People with hard-to-reach cancers in the kidney, gut and prostate will have improved...
AFAR Webinar: COVID-19: Can the Science of Aging Move Us Forward?
Leading Experts to Discuss How Geroscience Insights and Promising Therapeutics Could Lessen the Severity of Pandemics, Age-Related DiseasesCredit: AFAR March...
Patient navigators cut ER visits, hospitalization for high risk health care users
TTUHSC investigators use DSRIP guidelines to improve outcomes, reduce costsCredit: TTUHSC Texas is one of a handful of states operating...
Patients with exercise-related hyponatremia advised to ‘drink to thirst’
New updated Wilderness Medical Society guidelines on management of exercise-related hyponatremia published in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine highlight the importance...
Viewpoint: Could disease pathogens be the dark matter behind Alzheimer’s disease?
Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University For researchers investigating Alzheimer's Disease (AD), a...
Oncotarget Targeting PI3Kβ alone and in combination with chemotherapy or immunotherapy
The cover for issue 11 of Oncotarget features Figure 6, "Effects of AZD8186 in combination with anti-PD1 on syngeneic models,"...
Kidney injury risks higher for hospitalized pregnant women
Awareness and detection could lead to interventions reducing the disease burden on those womenCredit: Colleen Kelley, University of Cincinnati Creative...
Once overlooked cellular messengers could combat antibiotic resistance
Credit: Children's National Hospital Children's National Hospital researchers for the first time have isolated bacterial extracellular vesicles from the blood...
How does an intersex bee behave?
Credit: Chelsey Ritner In the neotropical forest of Barro Colorado Island in Panama, an unusual bee hatched: half male and...
Tracking adeno-associated virus capsid evolution
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 18, 2020--Researchers have used high-throughput screening of adeno-associated viral (AAV)...
JNCCN: How to manage cancer care during COVID-19 pandemic
Experts from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance share lessons learned from early experiences treating people with cancer during COVID-19 outbreak via...
Researcher receives $3.9 million grant to study how cannabis chemicals can help with pain
Credit: UCLA Health Ziva Cooper, research director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative, has been awarded a $3.9 million grant...
Alzheimer’s disease: Inflammation triggers fatal cycle
University of Bonn study proves disastrous contribution of an ancient immune mechanismCredit: (c) Dario Tejera/Uni Bonn An immune reaction in...
MAFLD: A new name and definition brings hope for patients with fatty liver disease
An international consensus panel, led by WIMR researchers, has highlighted the need to redefine non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseCredit: The Westmead...
Three-drug combination reduces COPD patient mortality
Credit: ATS March 18, 2020--Once-daily treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with an inhaler combining fluticasone furoate...
UMass Amherst biostatistician lends expertise to white house coronavirus task force
New research calculates median incubation period for COVID-19Credit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician who directs the UMass-based...
