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Study identifies gene mutations that impact radiation resistance and sensitivity

A new Northwestern Medicine study identifies common and rare gene mutations that impact radiation resistance and sensitivity, an important step toward providing more individualized and effective radiotherapy for patients with cancer.

20 Oct 2022

Low aerobic fitness is not a risk factor for metabolic syndrome in children

A study conducted in collaboration between the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Eastern Finland found that high aerobic fitness does not protect children from metabolic syndrome.

20 Oct 2022

Researchers circumvent a key mechanism in castration-resistant prostate cancer

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that they can circumvent a key mechanism in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and possibly make immunotherapies more effective.

20 Oct 2022

Review of characteristics of human monkeypox

Researchers conducted a scoping review of available literature on monkeypox (MPX), in a new study.

20 Oct 2022

Breakthrough infection risk and immune responses to vaccines associated with human leukocyte antigen alleles

Researchers from the U.K. used data from clinical trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 to understand the genetic factors contributing to the individual variations in the antibody responses to the vaccine.

20 Oct 2022

Depression risk increases with number of hours worked in stressful jobs

The more hours someone works each week in a stressful job, the more their risk of depression rises, a study in new doctors finds.

20 Oct 2022

Link between shorter sleep in later life and multiple diseases

Human physiological processes rely heavily on sleep for proper functioning. A recent PLOS Medicine journal study determined the relationship between sleep duration of older people, i.e., 50, 60, and 70 years of age, and the incidence of multimorbidity. Significantly, the study utilized follow-up data for twenty-five years for the analysis.

19 Oct 2022

Licorice root extract shows potential as a COVID-19 treatment

A recent study explores the activity of glycyrrhizin against SARS-CoV-2.

19 Oct 2022

Study shows how brain's sensitivity to regret may be altered in mood disorders

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have learned that the way the brain processes the complex emotion of regret may be linked to an individual's ability to cope with stress, and altered in psychiatric disorders like depression.

19 Oct 2022

IU researchers build virtual environment to help people recover from substance use disorders

Indiana University researchers are combining psychological principles with innovative virtual reality technology to create a new immersive therapy for people with substance use disorders.

19 Oct 2022

Immune-suppressing drug reverses symptoms of delirium in mice

Investigators from the departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences at Cedars-Sinai have shown that an immune-suppressing drug similar to one used to treat severe COVID-19 reversed symptoms of delirium in mice whose lungs were injured during mechanical breathing assistance.

19 Oct 2022

Scientists develop new tool to monitor brain plasticity

Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a new tool to monitor brain plasticity - the way our brains remodel and physically adapt as we learn and experience things, from watching a movie to learning a new song or language.

19 Oct 2022

Rapid antigen test for COVID-19 can be used to triage healthcare workers for returning to work

About 60% of healthcare workers participating in an optional rapid antigen testing program at UCLA tested positive at day five, and about 50% were positive at day seven after initially testing positive for COVID-19 with a PCR test.

19 Oct 2022

Study provides unique picture of blood sugar dynamics and autoimmunity in early childhood

When and why does type 1 diabetes manifest in children? For the first time, researchers conducted a long-term study on infants and young children with increased genetic risk of type 1 diabetes.

19 Oct 2022

Study develops a strategy to noninvasively track tumor-associated macrophages

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has developed a strategy to noninvasively track immune cells known as macrophages within brain and breast tumors in living mice.

19 Oct 2022

Mass General Brigham sites announce participation in phase 3 trial of monkeypox treatment

Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, the founding members of Mass General Brigham, today announced their participation in STOMP (Study of Tecovirimat for Human Monkeypox Virus), a phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of tecovirimat (TPOXX) for the treatment of human monkeypox.

19 Oct 2022

ACR TI-RADS, deep learning algorithm offer alternative strategies for evaluating thyroid nodules

According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), ACR TI-RADS and a deep learning algorithm trained on adult populations offer alternative strategies for evaluating thyroid nodules in children and younger adults, including guiding decisions to perform fine-needle aspiration.

19 Oct 2022

Newly identified gene may provide a therapeutic target for deadly glioblastoma multiforme

Research led by doctors and scientists at UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the UCLA Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior have identified a gene that may provide a therapeutic target for the deadly, treatment-resistant brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

19 Oct 2022

Study examines the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in children

New research from pediatricians at UT Southwestern and Children's Health reveals the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in children.

19 Oct 2022

Researchers explore how stress may increase appetite in obese and lean adults

In a series of experiments using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity across networks in the brain, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers looked at how stress might increase appetite in obese and lean adults.

19 Oct 2022

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Study identifies gene mutations that impact radiation resistance and sensitivity

Low aerobic fitness is not a risk factor for metabolic syndrome in children

Researchers circumvent a key mechanism in castration-resistant prostate cancer

Review of characteristics of human monkeypox

Breakthrough infection risk and immune responses to vaccines associated with human leukocyte antigen alleles

Depression risk increases with number of hours worked in stressful jobs

Link between shorter sleep in later life and multiple diseases

Licorice root extract shows potential as a COVID-19 treatment

Study shows how brain's sensitivity to regret may be altered in mood disorders

IU researchers build virtual environment to help people recover from substance use disorders

Immune-suppressing drug reverses symptoms of delirium in mice

Scientists develop new tool to monitor brain plasticity

Rapid antigen test for COVID-19 can be used to triage healthcare workers for returning to work

Study provides unique picture of blood sugar dynamics and autoimmunity in early childhood

Study develops a strategy to noninvasively track tumor-associated macrophages

Mass General Brigham sites announce participation in phase 3 trial of monkeypox treatment

ACR TI-RADS, deep learning algorithm offer alternative strategies for evaluating thyroid nodules

Newly identified gene may provide a therapeutic target for deadly glioblastoma multiforme

Study examines the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in children

Researchers explore how stress may increase appetite in obese and lean adults

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