Tumors backfire on chemotherapy
Credit: C. Cianciaruso/I. Keklikoglou/EPFL Some patients with breast cancer receive chemotherapy before the tumor is removed with surgery. This approach, ...
Tag: Clinical Trials
Frontiers in Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery
Volume 9 Frontiers in Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery is a book series devoted to publishing the latest advances in anti-cancer drug ...
Moderate drinking not harmful for older patients with heart failure
Patients should check with doctors, but daily glass of wine doesn't appear harmful A new study suggests that people over ...
Multicenter trial supports use of topical antibiotics in NICU babies
Researchers tested the effectiveness of a topical antibiotic in eliminating Staphylococcus aureus colonization in hospitalized infants BALTIMORE, MD, Dec. 26, ...
Synodos does it again: Breaking barriers to solve the 'impossible' problems
Children's Tumor Foundation research advances understanding of brain tumorsCredit: CTF Beakers Treatment for low-grade gliomas in patients living with neurofibromatosis ...
Yale experts treat severe, disfiguring sarcoidosis with novel therapy
New Haven, Conn. -- An all-Yale team of researchers successfully treated a patient with disfiguring sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that ...
Pediatric leukemia 'super drug' could be developed in the coming years
Fourth study published over two-year span that analyzes key leukemia proteinCredit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered ...
Cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce brown adipose tissue
A certain proportion of the adult population has not only white adipose (or fatty) tissue, but also the brown kind. ...
Yale Cancer Center scientists advise caution in immunotherapy research
New Haven, Conn. -- In a new study, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) scientists suggest that as the number of clinical ...
Anticancer vaccines gain new lease of life with personalisation techniques
ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, 13-16 December, Geneva, Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland, 19 December 2018 - Anticancer vaccines have gained a new lease ...
Studies aim to improve cognition, reduce weight gain in schizophrenia
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 19, 2018) - Aerobic exercise can improve the size and ...
C-Path encouraged by FDA to move forward on type 1 diabetes biomarker initiative
Biomarker potentially could identify individuals at risk of developing T1D TUCSON, Ariz., December 18, 2018 -- Critical Path Institute (C-Path) ...
The CNIO and Hospital 12 de Octubre find a potential new combination therapy against a rare disease
Credit: CNIO Myelofibrosis is a severe and very rare haematological disease for which treatment has only been partially effective to ...
Childhood blindness therapy shows 'very promising' results
A new therapy aimed at improving the sight of people with one of the most common forms of childhood blindness, ...