Study shows fewer kids enrolling in cancer clinical trials
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Historically, pediatric cancer patients have been much more likely than adult cancer patients to ...
Tag: Hematology
Discovered the physiological mechanisms underlying the most common pediatric Leukemia
Credit: Óscar Molina B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is characterized by the accumulation of abnormal immature B-cell precursors (BCP) in ...
Finding leukemia’s weakness using genome-wide CRISPR technology
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences A team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and ...
Death rates from prostate cancer predicted to decline overall in EU but rise in Poland
Lung and pancreatic cancer death rates continue to rise in womenCredit: Annals of Oncology Death rates from prostate cancer are ...
New nanocarrier drug delivery technology crosses the blood-brain barrier
Credit: Professor Sumio Ohtsuki A Japanese research team has developed a cyclic peptide (a chain of amino acids bonded circularly) ...
Houston Methodist ramps up plasma therapy as FDA approves clinical trial
Credit: Houston Methodist The FDA's announcement Friday to approve convalescent serum therapy as a large-scale clinical trial opened the door ...
Blood test detects wide range of cancers, available to at risk individuals in clinical study
Test proved able to detect and indicate site of dozens of types of cancer with high accuracy according to recent ...
Blood test accurately detects over 50 types of cancer, often before symptoms show
Test also identifies where in the body the cancer has originatedCredit: Allen McCrodden, Associate Director, Creative Group of ProEd Communications ...
FDA approves first plasma therapy for Houston Methodist COVID-19 patient
Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(March 28, 2020) - Houston Methodist received FDA approval Saturday to become the first academic medical center ...
The pros and cons of radiotherapy: Will it work for you?
Women are more likely to be cured of cancer but the side effects are worseCredit: Image by Mark Kostich Women ...
New device quickly detects harmful bacteria in blood
Tiny device could help professionals diagnose and fight deadly infectionsCredit: Wenrong He/Rochester Institute of Technology. Engineers have created a tiny ...
Patients with exercise-related hyponatremia advised to ‘drink to thirst’
New updated Wilderness Medical Society guidelines on management of exercise-related hyponatremia published in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine highlight the importance ...
New findings boost understanding of arterial aneurysm
Credit: Photo by University of Gothenburg Abdominal arterial (or aortic) aneurysm in older men is associated with levels of certain ...
Novel blood test points to risk of weight gain and diabetes
The blood test method makes use of machine learning and can be used to predict whether patients will put on ...
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