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Phase 1 trial for EBC-129 progresses into dose expansion

The Experimental Drug Development Centre (EDDC), Singapore's national platform for drug discovery and development, is pleased to announce that the Phase 1 trial for EBC-129 has progressed into dose expansion.

24 May 2024

New small molecule offers hope in combating antibiotic resistance

Researchers from the University of Oxford have developed a new small molecule that can suppress the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria and make resistant bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics.

24 May 2024

Soft X-ray microscope captures living mammalian cells

Researchers have developed a new technique to view living mammalian cells.

24 May 2024

Dana-Farber research reveals encouraging pregnancy outcomes for breast cancer survivors

New research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators has encouraging news for young women who have survived breast cancer and want to have children.

23 May 2024

UMSOM receives $3.96 million grant for maternal vaccine against neonatal sepsis

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) have been awarded $3.96 million to develop a maternal vaccine that prevents sepsis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in newborns and infants.

23 May 2024

Prenatal bilingual exposure boosts babies' speech sensitivity, study finds

Researchers found that prenatal exposure to maternal language influences neonatal neural encoding of speech sounds, with bilingual exposure enhancing sensitivity to a broader range of frequencies. This suggests early linguistic environments shape auditory processing capabilities from birth.

23 May 2024

e-QuoL project: Digital tools for young cancer survivors' follow-up care

The "e-QuoL" project will develop a variety of digital tools to assist young cancer survivors manage their health and their follow-up care.

23 May 2024

Study links combined sewer overflows to acute gastrointestinal illness

During extreme rain or rapid snowmelt, the high volume of water that enters sewer systems can cause untreated sewage to flow into waterways in US cities that have combined wastewater and stormwater sewer systems, including the Merrimack River in Massachusetts.

22 May 2024

Study finds 3% of adolescents use CBD for health reasons

Since cannabidiol (CBD), the non-intoxicating component of cannabis, was legalized in the United States by the 2018 Farm Bill, products containing the compound have flooded the consumer health sector.

22 May 2024

Teens using cannabis have 11 times higher risk of developing psychotic disorders

A new study published in the journal Psychological Medicine estimates that teens using cannabis are at 11 times higher risk of developing a psychotic disorder compared to teens not using cannabis.

22 May 2024

Extreme heat and cold linked to increased risk of stroke mortality

Extreme heat and extreme cold are both associated with increased risks of death from ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

22 May 2024

Inflammatory bowel disease associated with slightly increased risk of heart failure

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with a slightly increased risk of heart failure up to 20 years after diagnosis, according to a comprehensive registry study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the European Heart Journal.

22 May 2024

4 ways vaccine skeptics mislead you on measles and more

Measles is on the rise in the United States. So far this year, the number of cases is about 17 times what it was, on average, during the same period in each of the four years before, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

22 May 2024

Are ultraprocessed foods putting your child's heart at risk?

Associations between ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption and cardiometabolic risk factors in young children.

22 May 2024

Sharp-wave ripples shed light on the brain's daydreaming mechanism

Part of what makes us human is our ability to think about people, places, or events that aren't currently present-;but we still don't know exactly how our brains do this.

22 May 2024

Study reveals low adoption of recommended smart inhaler therapy for asthma

Only 14.5 percent of adult patients with moderate or severe asthma are prescribed the recommended SMART combination inhaler regimen and over 40 percent of academic pulmonary and allergy clinicians have not adopted this optimal therapy, according to research published at the ATS 2024 International Conference.

21 May 2024

Eating more potatoes may lower your risk of heart disease and early death, study finds

A Norwegian study found that higher potato consumption moderately reduces the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults.

21 May 2024

Patient characteristics influence AI performance in mammogram interpretation

In a study of nearly 5,000 screening mammograms interpreted by an FDA-approved AI algorithm, patient characteristics such as race and age influenced false positive results.

21 May 2024

Generative AI enhances ER admission predictions with minimal training

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as GPT-4, can help predict whether an emergency room patient needs to be admitted to the hospital even with only minimal training on a limited number of records, according to investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

21 May 2024