Health

October 8, 2025

Novotech selected as CRO for Karyopharm’s COVID-19 clinical study

The Asia-Pacific's largest specialist biotech CRO Novotech has been engaged for a Phase 2 COVID-19 study by biotech sponsor Karyopharm Therapeutics...

Novel method produces life-saving T cells from mesenchymal stromal cells

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - A new study released today in STEM CELLS suggests for the first time that...

Clinicians warn of the dangers of equating COVID-19 with high altitude pulmonary edema

Credit: ATS April 29, 2020 - Early reports of COVID-19 symptoms and the compelling need to quickly identify treatment options...

Reduced obesity for weighted-vest wearers

Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom and Cecilia Hedstrom Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have found a new method...

New STM technique points way to new and purer pharmaceuticals

Credit: University of Warwick Using an ultra-thin and sharp needle tipped with a single carbon monoxide molecule frozen to minus...

A step closer to eradicating malaria

New strategies significantly cut disease in challenging low-transmission settingsCredit: UTSW DALLAS - April 29, 2020 - Strategies that treat households in the broad...

Computational techniques explore ‘the dark side of amyloid aggregation in the brain’

UMass Amherst scientists advance knowledge of neurodegenerative fibril formationCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - As physicians and families know too...

Arthritis drug presents promise as treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia

Clinical trials at UC San Diego Health and elsewhere will assess whether tocilizumab can reduce out-of-control inflammation that damages lungs...

Antibodies from llamas could help in fight against COVID-19

Credit: Tim Coppens The hunt for an effective treatment for COVID-19 has led one team of researchers to find an...

Texas A&M researchers help give robotic arms a steady hand for surgeries

Sending small electrical currents to the fingertips of someone operating a robotic arm can help surgeons during robot-assisted procedures, the...

Support teams key to reducing hospitalizations from nursing homes

Credit: MU Sinclair School of Nursing COLUMBIA, Mo. - Nursing home residents are often cared for by a variety of...

Two Memorial Sloan Kettering scientists elected to esteemed National Academy of Sciences

Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and considered one of the highest honors a scientist can...

Researchers find new insights linking cell division to cancer

Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - To replace aging and worn cells, the body primarily uses a process...

Four UTSW faculty elected to prestigious National Academy of Sciences

Credit: UTSW DALLAS - April 29, 2020 - The National Academy of Sciences today elected four UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists in the fields...

SU2C hails FDA approval Of Encorafenib + Cetuximab for BRAF V600e-Mutant Metastatic CRC

Stand Up To Cancer-Dutch Cancer Society research team focused on DNA-guided personalized cancer treatment contributed to approvalCredit: Stand Up To...

The new smartband iFeel-You is able to read body temperature and enforce social distancing

The prototype originates from the research results at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in the framework of the European-funded project An.Dy....

NIH mobilizes national innovation initiative for COVID-19 diagnostics

Initiative aims to speed delivery of accurate, easy-to-use, scalable tests to all AmericansCredit: NIH The National Institutes of Health today...

A diet of high-iron beans improves health of anemic women in Rwanda

An 18-week diet of high-iron beans improved the physical performance of women at a university in Rwanda. The study shows...

Professor John Shine AC elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

For his scientific leadership and pioneering research in molecular genetics Garvan's Professor John Shine AC, has been elected as Fellow...

Scientists explore links between genetics, gut microbiome and memory