Replicating patients’ tumors to test different treatments
UNIGE Researchers have developed in vitro tumor models that incorporate components of the tumor and elements of the patient's immune ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Antibiotics no help for mysterious lung-scarring disease, large trial finds
Doctors have hoped that antibiotics could benefit patients with chronic lung diseases, but a new study has found no benefit ...
Target protein identified for improving heart attack treatment
A new study led by researchers at Washington State University has identified a protein that could be the key to ...
Future Pandemic? Consider Radically Altering Animal Agriculture Practices
FAU Bioethicist Offers Plausible Solutions to Mitigate Zoonotic Risk from Agriculture and Food Production for Public Health As early as ...
$3 million grant aims to prolong life for dialysis patients
Statisticians take deep dive into mortality factors The five-year survival rate for people on dialysis is under 50 percent. University ...
Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare awarded to immigrant cofounders of pre-health dreamers
The Vilcek Foundation and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation have announced Dr. Jirayut 'New' Latthivongskorn and Dr. Denisse Rojas Marquez ...
Optic nerve firing may spark growth of vision-threatening childhood tumor
NIH-funded pre-clinical study supports key role of neural activity in brain cancers In a study of mice, researchers showed how ...
Clinical Trial Evaluating Mixed COVID-19 Vaccine Schedules Begins
NIH Trial to Evaluate Safety, Immunogenicity of Various Vaccine Booster Regimens The National Institutes of Health has started a Phase ...
NIH launches clinical trial of universal influenza vaccine candidate
Nanoparticle vaccine developed by NIAID scientists A first-in-human, Phase 1 trial assessing the safety and immunogenicity of an investigational nanoparticle ...
COVID-19 simulation shows importance of safety efforts during vaccine distribution
Researchers have produced a mathematical simulation that evaluates how many COVID-19 cases could be avoided in North Carolina if more ...
UCI-led study sheds light on mysterious genotype-phenotype associations
New data contributes to knowledge about molecular mechanisms underlying human traits and diseases Irvine, CA - June 1, 2021 - ...
Researchers discover gene linked to bone cancer in children, ID potential novel therapy
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina--Researchers have discovered a gene, OTUD7A, that impacts the development of Ewing sarcoma, a bone cancer that ...
Diet plays critical role in NASH progressing to liver cancer in mouse model
When fed diet high in fat and cholesterol, mice that overate became obese, diabetic and developed NASH, which progressed to ...
Malaria parasite’s partiality for the spleen
The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax may accumulate in the spleen soon after infection to a greater extent than its better-known ...
Self-aware materials build the foundation for living structures
New research in Nano Energy introduces revolutionary scalable material that senses and powers itself From the biggest bridges to the ...
WVU designated as one of only eight ECHO Superhub sites in the US
With the designation, the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute program can now lend resources and expertise to health ...
Tens of thousands of women turn to the ER for fibroid symptoms
Study suggests that many women using emergency care for fibroids may be better served in alternative health care settings ANN ...
Treatabolome project designed to shorten diagnosis-to-treatment time for patients with rare diseases
Experts contribute systematic reviews on rare neurological disorders in this special issue of the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases dedicated to ...
Direct action of SARS-CoV-2 on organs may cause exacerbated immune response in children
Besides common symptoms such as fever, cough and respiratory distress, some children have an atypical form of COVID-19 known as ...
Mini bone marrow model predicts response to blood disorder treatment
Scientists have described a miniature 3D bone marrow model that can both predict the response of patients to a new ...
