Study suggests surgery better than observation for older patients with meniscus tear
BOSTON, MA - Patients over age 50 who underwent an all inside arthroscopic repair technique had lower rates of subsequent total knee surgery than a...
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Mad cow disease: A computational model reveals the mechanism of replication of prions
The study, from the Dulbecco Telethon Institute and the University of Trento in collaboration with the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, will open up...
Drug companies’ sexually explicit ads reaching too many youngsters
Virtually every day, millions of children and adolescents are being bombarded by sexually explicit direct-to-consumer advertising, despite pharmaceutical CEOs' claims to the contrary. Leading business...
Opioid use is reduced in patients treated with NSAIDS
BOSTON, MA - Patients receiving a post-surgery prescription of ibuprofen with a rescue prescription of Percocet used less opioids than a group of similar patients...
Immune system effectiveness appears key to antibiotic success against persistent bacteria
Drug that kills slow-growing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus may be powerful treatmentCredit: Mikkaichi et al. Mathematical modeling suggests that the rate at which a patient's immune...
Nanotechnology delivers hepatitis B vaccine
X-ray imaging shows that nanostructured silica acts as a protective vehicle to deliver intact antigen to the intestine so that it can trigger an immune...
House mouse shapes Toxoplasma gondii distribution
Invasive mammal, introduced by maritime trade, influences parasite populations The humble house mouse has dramatically shaped parasitic Toxoplasma gondii populations in West Africa and around...
New vaccine strategy boosts T-cell therapy
Super-charging a treatment for leukemia also makes it effective on solid tumors A promising new way to treat some types of cancer is to program...
Elicio Therapeutics’ Darrell Irvine co-authors research published in Science
Research conducted at the Irvine Lab at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is being utilized in Elicio's...
Researchers survey immune molecules found inside mycetoma lesions
Credit: Emanuel Siddig (CC BY 4.0) Mycetoma is a common neglected disease caused by either fungi or bacteria which organize themselves into grains--areas of inflammation...
Temple University joins NIH & University of Pitt. in launching nationwide precision medicine effort
(Philadelphia, PA) - Temple University will join the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Pittsburgh to open an enrollment site for the...
AGS commends bipartisan leaders on bringing training legislation closer to law
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society New York (July 11, 2019)--As members of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce move to debate, amend, and...
Greater prevalence of anal cancer precursors for women living with HIV than prior reports
Researchers say new strategies needed for anal cancer prevention in women living with HIV The prevalence of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL), which precede...
NASA selects UMD-led proposal to upgrade lunar instruments placed by Apollo missions
UMD physicist for Apollo experiment gets chance to send next gen version to moonCredit: Doug Currie, University of Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- In 1969,...
Endometrial cancer clinical trial aims to pave the way for practice-changing therapy
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The University of Colorado Cancer Center is leading the way in the development of a new endometrial cancer clinical...
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