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MIT researchers develop wireless system to power devices implanted deep inside human body

MIT researchers, working with scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital, have developed a new way to power and communicate with devices implanted deep within the human body. Such devices could be used to deliver drugs, monitor conditions inside the body, or treat disease by stimulating the brain with electricity or light.

5 Jun 2018

Esophageal cancer risk could be reduced by esomeprazole and low dose aspirin

According to the results of a phase III trial presented at the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting, two simple over-the-counter medicines – high dose esomeprazole and low dose aspirin when taken regularly can moderately lessen the risk of high grade esophageal cancer in patients who are diagnosed with Barrett’s esophagus when taken for at least 7 years.

5 Jun 2018

Breast cancer treated successfully with immune therapy

According to researchers from the US, early breast cancers can be successfully treated with a new form of immune therapy instead of traditional chemotherapy. The details of the treatment and the case is published in the journal Nature Medicine.

5 Jun 2018

Disintegrating brain lesions could predict disease progression in MS patients

For decades, clinicians treating multiple sclerosis have interpreted the appearance of new or expanding brain lesions on magnetic resonance imaging scans as a sign that a patient's disease is getting worse.

5 Jun 2018

Traumatic childhood experiences of parents could negatively impact their own children's health

Trauma experienced by a parent during childhood has long-reaching consequences - maybe even to the point of negatively impacting their own children's health, a new Drexel University study found.

5 Jun 2018

FDA approves first Neulasta biosimilar to help decrease infection risk during cancer treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fulphila (pegfilgrastim-jmdb) as the first biosimilar to Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) to decrease the chance of infection as suggested by febrile neutropenia (fever, often with other signs of infection, associated with an abnormally low number of infection-fighting white blood cells), in patients with non-myeloid (non-bone marrow) cancer who are receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy that has a clinically significant incidence of febrile neutropenia.

4 Jun 2018

Researchers gain new insights into hepatitis B virus

Researchers at the University of Delaware, working with colleagues at Indiana University, have gained new insights into the virus that causes hepatitis B -- a life-threatening and incurable infection that afflicts more than 250 million people worldwide.

4 Jun 2018

Researchers establish versatile, powerful model to analyze human cancer

Fuyuhiko Tamanoi of Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences and colleagues in the US succeeded in establishing a versatile, powerful and convenient model to analyze human cancer.

4 Jun 2018

Researchers use magnets to control tiny DNA-based robots

Researchers have devised a magnetic control system to make tiny DNA-based robots move on demand - and much faster than recently possible.

4 Jun 2018

Researchers identify racial differences in breast cancer immune microenvironment

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified significant differences in the immune microenvironment of breast cancer tumors between African-American and white women, shedding light on the ways in which race can influence cancer development and outcomes.

4 Jun 2018

New research shows hypnosedation to be valuable alternative to general anesthesia

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark shows that hypnosedation is a valuable alternative to conventional general anesthesia

4 Jun 2018

Bubble pop? Brownie batter? Vapes’ added flavors fuel e-cig debate

A heated debate is redrawing alliances in the tobacco control movement as federal officials wrestle with how to regulate the growing e-cigarette market.

4 Jun 2018

Detailed structure of protein pair offers blueprint for new medicines

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have visualized for the first time how the protein SOCS1 'switches off' cell signaling to dampen immune responses and block cancer growth.

4 Jun 2018

Diuretic drug may be just as effective as oral antibiotics to treat acne in female patients

In a finding that suggests the potential for practice change that would reduce the use of antibiotics in dermatology, researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found the diuretic drug spironolactone may be just as effective as antibiotics for the treatment of women's acne.

4 Jun 2018

Novel programmed shape-morphing scaffolds developed to facilitate facile 3D endothelialization

Recently, a research team led by Dr. DU Xuemin at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences created a new shape-morphing scaffold, enabling programmed deformation from a 2D planar cell-laden structure to a well-defined 3D tubular shape, which facilitated the facile 3D endothelialization of small-diameter vascular grafts.

4 Jun 2018

African-American men with prostate cancer show stronger response to hormone therapy

African-American men with advanced prostate cancer might be more responsive than white men to an anti-androgen drug and steroids, according to a study led by Duke Cancer Institute researchers.

4 Jun 2018

Opdivo plus low-dose Yervoy shows promising results in treating renal cell carcinoma patients

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced patient-reported outcomes data from the Phase 3 CheckMate -214 trial in intermediate- and poor-risk patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma treated with the Immuno-Oncology combination Opdivo plus low-dose Yervoy versus sunitinib over a two-year follow-up period.

1 Jun 2018

Drugs News and Research

MIT researchers develop wireless system to power devices implanted deep inside human body

Esophageal cancer risk could be reduced by esomeprazole and low dose aspirin

Breast cancer treated successfully with immune therapy

Disintegrating brain lesions could predict disease progression in MS patients

Traumatic childhood experiences of parents could negatively impact their own children's health

FDA approves first Neulasta biosimilar to help decrease infection risk during cancer treatment

Researchers gain new insights into hepatitis B virus

Researchers establish versatile, powerful model to analyze human cancer

Researchers use magnets to control tiny DNA-based robots

Researchers identify racial differences in breast cancer immune microenvironment

New research shows hypnosedation to be valuable alternative to general anesthesia

Bubble pop? Brownie batter? Vapes’ added flavors fuel e-cig debate

Detailed structure of protein pair offers blueprint for new medicines

Diuretic drug may be just as effective as oral antibiotics to treat acne in female patients

Novel programmed shape-morphing scaffolds developed to facilitate facile 3D endothelialization

African-American men with prostate cancer show stronger response to hormone therapy

Opdivo plus low-dose Yervoy shows promising results in treating renal cell carcinoma patients

Serotonin stimulation may improve patience, mice study shows

Research project offers hope for pediatric patients with thalassemia

Discovering Antibodies with Universal Specificity

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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