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Regular use of fish oil supplements linked to increased heart disease risk in healthy individuals

Regular use of fish oil supplements might increase, rather than lessen, the risk of first time heart disease and stroke among those in good cardiovascular health, but may slow progression of existing poor cardiovascular health and lower the risk of death, suggest the results of a large long term study, published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine.

21 May 2024

Tailored antibody-drug conjugate offers hope for aggressive breast cancer

Scientists have used breast cancer cells' weakness against themselves by linking a tumour-selective antibody with a cell-killing drug to destroy hard-to-treat tumors.

21 May 2024

Understanding the role of oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

The number of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) is expected to reach 100 million by 2050, but there is still no effective therapy.

21 May 2024

Novel therapy reprograms immune cells, shrinks prostate and bladder cancers in animal study

A novel therapy that reprograms immune cells to promote antitumor activity helped shrink hard-to-treat prostate and bladder cancers in mice, according to research from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery.

21 May 2024

Key studies on GLP-1 drugs, alpha-gal syndrome, and liver disease medications to be presented at DDW 2024

Studies examining the risks of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, distinguishing alpha-gal syndrome from other GI disorders, and comparing medications to slow the progression of liver disease in patients with alcohol-use disorder will be presented this week at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2024.

21 May 2024

Hallucinations and nightmares could herald the onset of autoimmune diseases

An increase in nightmares and hallucinations – or 'daymares' – could herald the onset of autoimmune diseases such as lupus, say an international team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and King's College London.

21 May 2024

Transformative $8 million donation fuels pancreatic cancer research at WEHI

An exceptional $8 million, 10-year philanthropic investment will spearhead new treatments for pancreatic cancer and create a new dedicated research centre at WEHI.

21 May 2024

High price of popular diabetes drugs deprives low-income people of effective treatment

For the past year and a half, Tandra Cooper Harris and her husband, Marcus, who both have diabetes, have struggled to fill their prescriptions for the medications they need to control their blood sugar.

21 May 2024

Biden leans into health care, asking voters to trust him over Trump

Angling to tap into strong support for the sweeping health law he helped pass 14 years ago, one of President Joe Biden's latest reelection strategies is to remind voters that former President Donald Trump tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

21 May 2024

Are fish oil supplements associated with cardiovascular disease?

The effects of using fish oil supplements on the clinical progression of cardiovascular disease.

21 May 2024

ERS Genomics and IRBM sign CRISPR/Cas9 license agreement

ERS Genomics Limited (‘ERS’), the CRISPR licensing Company, and IRBM, a leader in the field of drug discovery, today announced a non-exclusive CRISPR/Cas9 license agreement. The agreement grants IRBM access to ERS’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio.

From ERS Genomics 21 May 2024

Impact of CLK kinase inhibitors 1C8 and GPS167 on cancer cell proliferation and metastasis

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on May 16, 2024, entitled, "The anticancer potential of the CLK kinases inhibitors 1C8 and GPS167 revealed by their impact on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the antiviral immune response."

20 May 2024

Study uncovers key biological pathways driving psoriasis inflammation

A certain biological pathway, a set of linked reactions in the body, drives the inflammation seen in the skin disease psoriasis, a new study finds.

20 May 2024

World's first human mini-brain with a fully functional blood-brain barrier developed

In a pioneering achievement, a research team led by experts at Cincinnati Children's have developed the world's first human mini-brain that incorporates a fully functional blood-brain barrier (BBB).

20 May 2024

Transportation of cancer nanomedicines into solid tumors

A new study conducted by the Wilhelm Lab at the University of Oklahoma examines a promising development in biomedical nanoengineering.

20 May 2024

Enhanced tumor treatment using antibody-loaded extracellular vesicles

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have succeeded in delivering targeted cancer treatment via small membrane bubbles that our cells use to communicate.

20 May 2024

Parents struggle to monitor teens' caffeine intake, national poll reveals

A quarter of parents report that caffeine is basically part of their teen's daily life, according to a national poll.

20 May 2024

Best practices in RF ablation yield excellent outcomes for atrial fibrillation patients

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of arrythmia or irregular heartbeat worldwide, impacting millions of people in the U.S. alone.

20 May 2024

Insilico and NVIDIA unveil new LLM transformer for solving biological and chemical tasks

In a new paper, researchers from clinical stage artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company Insilico Medicine ("Insilico"), in collaboration with NVIDIA, present a new large language model (LLM) transformer for solving biological and chemical tasks called nach0.

20 May 2024

AlphaFold2 can be an effective tool in structure-based drug discovery

One of the most consequential advances in artificial intelligence isn't an eerily conversational chatbot-;it's a new way to unpack the unique 3D structures of proteins.

17 May 2024

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Regular use of fish oil supplements linked to increased heart disease risk in healthy individuals

Tailored antibody-drug conjugate offers hope for aggressive breast cancer

Understanding the role of oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

Novel therapy reprograms immune cells, shrinks prostate and bladder cancers in animal study

Key studies on GLP-1 drugs, alpha-gal syndrome, and liver disease medications to be presented at DDW 2024

Hallucinations and nightmares could herald the onset of autoimmune diseases

Transformative $8 million donation fuels pancreatic cancer research at WEHI

High price of popular diabetes drugs deprives low-income people of effective treatment

Biden leans into health care, asking voters to trust him over Trump

Are fish oil supplements associated with cardiovascular disease?

ERS Genomics and IRBM sign CRISPR/Cas9 license agreement

Impact of CLK kinase inhibitors 1C8 and GPS167 on cancer cell proliferation and metastasis

Study uncovers key biological pathways driving psoriasis inflammation

World's first human mini-brain with a fully functional blood-brain barrier developed

Transportation of cancer nanomedicines into solid tumors

Enhanced tumor treatment using antibody-loaded extracellular vesicles

Parents struggle to monitor teens' caffeine intake, national poll reveals

Best practices in RF ablation yield excellent outcomes for atrial fibrillation patients

Insilico and NVIDIA unveil new LLM transformer for solving biological and chemical tasks

AlphaFold2 can be an effective tool in structure-based drug discovery

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