New guidelines on clinical trial design for patients with brain…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical trials of new anti-cancer therapies have often excluded patients whose disease has spread to the brain or central...
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SLU surgeons study ‘awake aneurysm surgery’ for better…
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS — In a first time study published in the August edition of the Journal of Neurosurgery, Saint Louis University...
Discovered in plants a mechanism that corrects defects in protein…
Credit: Ernesto Llamas Various human nervous system diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases, are associated with the ..
Researchers develop spectroscopic ‘science camera’ system…
Credit: Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The latest versions of most smartphones contain at least two and sometimes three built-in cameras....
NIH launches initiative to develop long-acting HIV treatment and prevention tools
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, launched a major initiative to advance novel approaches to...
FDA approves personalized cellular therapy for advanced leukemia developed by University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – In a landmark decision for the field of cancer immunotherapy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved a...
Sensor sees nerve action as it happens
DURHAM, N.C. – Researchers at Duke and Stanford Universities have devised a way to watch the details of neurons at work, pretty much in real...
UTMB researchers find first direct evidence that A. aegypti mosquito transmits Zika virus
GALVESTON, Texas – In collaboration with colleagues from Mexico, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers were the first to directly connect the Aedes...
Multimodal intervention can reduce PIVC insertion in the emergency department
Credit: Kirsty Challen, BSc, MBChB, MRes, PhD, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom. DES PLAINES, IL–Peripheral intravenous cannula (PIVC) insertion in the emergency department can be...
PCORI Board approves $97.9 million to Support Patient-Centered…
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $97.9 million to fund 11 studies comparing different approaches to improving care for a...
Computational method identifies existing drugs with virus-fighting potential
Credit: Isabel Odriozola, Flickr A new, computer-based screening method could reveal the virus-fighting potential of drugs originally developed to treat other conditions, reports a study...
Potential treatment for pregnant women who suffer from preeclampsia found in a vitamin
Credit: None Scientists in Japan and the US have found that vitamin B3 nicotinamide may help treat pregnant women who suffer from preeclampsia by preventing...
Advanced MRI can detect placental perfusion abnormalities in pregnancies complicated by fetal CHD
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – (Jan. 4, 2018) – In pregnancies complicated by fetal congenital heart disease (CHD), global placental perfusion was significantly...
Surprising health changes among postmenopausal women who marry or…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 6, 2017–Contrary to previous data, a new study finds that some health measures in postmenopausal...
UChicago studies ranked 1 & 2 in Clinical Research Forum’s Top 10
Credit: Carole Ober, University of Chicago The Clinical Research Forum, a national organization of senior researchers and thought leaders from the nation's leading academic health...
