Immunotherapy keeps some advanced head and neck cancer patients alive for over three years
A new immunotherapy can greatly extend the lives of a proportion of people with advanced head and neck cancer, with some living for three years...
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Researchers alleviate Schizophrenia symptoms in new mouse models
Restoring brain cell receptors helps restore normal behaviorCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Despite extensive research efforts, schizophrenia remains one of the least...
App helps breast cancer survivors improve health after treatment
Study patients achieved goals with real-time access to dietitians and physiciansCredit: Houston Methodist Breast cancer survivors who used a smartphone app created at Houston Methodist...
Towards a treatment for gluten intolerance
While mutations of the ion-channel CFTR cause cystic fibrosis, its inhibition may serve as a target for addressing celiac disease Heidelberg, 30 November 2018 -...
CAR-T cell update: Therapy improves outcomes for patients with B-cell lymphoma
Forty percent of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma had a complete response, most of which were durable In their phase-2 study of tisagenlecleucel (marketed...
Global trial shows CAR T therapy can lead to durable remissions in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Updated data on JULIET trial presented at ASH Annual Meeting PHILADELPHIA - In an update to a global clinical trial stretching from Philadelphia to four...
Sickle cell anemia treatment safely lowers disease burden in African children
Daily hydroxyurea pill helps kids batting disease lead healthier livesCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - A daily hydroxyurea pill may finally bring some relief for young...
Breast cancers enhance their growth by recruiting cells from bone marrow
Credit: Raz et al., 2018 Researchers in Israel have discovered that breast tumors can boost their growth by recruiting stromal cells originally formed in the...
ISS microbes should be monitored to avoid threat to astronaut health
Strains of the bacterium Enterobacter, similar to newly found opportunistic infectious organisms seen in a few hospital settings, have been identified on the International Space...
Could an anti-global warming atmospheric spraying program really work?
A program to reduce Earth's heat capture by injecting aerosols into the atmosphere from high-altitude aircraft is possible, but unreasonably costly with current technology, and...
Early human ancestors not to blame for extinctions of giant African mammals
Credit: John Rowan Africa harbors the greatest diversity of large-bodied mammals today, though this was not always the case. As recently as 50,000 years ago,...
For ants, unity is strength — and health
Credit: Timothée Brütsch When a pathogen enters their colony, ants change their behavior to avoid the outbreak of disease. In this way, they protect the...
Elephant-sized triassic creature sheds new light on old theories
The recent discovery of the gargantuan four-legged creature Lisowicia bojani, from the Late Triassic period of Poland, has overturned established beliefs that the only giant...
Environmental change, not hominin hunters, drove the demise of African megaherbivores
Environmental changes, not the often-blamed ancestors of modern humans, led to the several-million-year decline of east African megaherbivores -- large-bodied mammals like elephants, rhinos and...
Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa
Credit: Lisa Potter New research disputes a long-held view that our earliest tool-bearing ancestors contributed to the demise of large mammals in Africa over the...
