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Researchers examine link between tumor mutational burden and response to immune checkpoint therapy

Predicting how patients will respond to anti-cancer therapies can be vital in informing clinical decisions and improving treatment outcome.

15 Dec 2017

Medicare fails to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in lab overcharges

Five years ago, Companion DX Reference Lab hoped to cash in on cutting-edge genetic tests paid for by Medicare.

15 Dec 2017

Researchers team up to identify vulnerabilities of lethal parasite

An estimated 100 million people around the world are infected with Strongyloides stercoralis, a parasitic nematode, yet it's likely that many don't know it.

15 Dec 2017

Exascale supercomputers may discover new, cheaper drugs in future

Can you imagine a future where an exascale computer discovers new drugs faster, cheaper and with lower failure rates than today?

14 Dec 2017

People diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder may actually have treatable condition

Researchers at Houston Methodist believe that a significant number of people diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder may actually have a treatable immune system condition.

14 Dec 2017

Study finds social stigma as barrier to successful treatment of children with HIV in Ethiopia

The social stigma surrounding HIV is still strong in many parts of the world. Children living with HIV in Ethiopia are at high risk of receiving inadequate treatment - or no treatment at all - on account of deeply rooted prejudice.

14 Dec 2017

Telemedicine for addiction treatment? Picture remains fuzzy

When President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, it came with a regulatory change intended to make it easier for people to get care. The declaration allows for doctors to prescribe addiction medicine virtually, without ever seeing the patient in person.

14 Dec 2017

FDA announces new approach for sharing updates on antibiotics, antifungal drugs to physicians

Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing a new approach to get critical updates regarding antibiotics and antifungal drugs to health care professionals as part of an overall effort to combat antimicrobial resistance.

14 Dec 2017

Steroid study provides new insights into medicines' side effects

Fresh insights into key hormones found in commonly prescribed medicines have been discovered, providing further understanding of the medicines' side effects.

13 Dec 2017

Protein structure could pave way for effective drugs to treat cystic fibrosis

Biochemists at the University of Zurich have used cryo-electron microscopy to determine the detailed architecture of the chloride channel TMEM16A. This protein is a promising target for the development of effective drugs to treat cystic fibrosis.

13 Dec 2017

Researchers use RNA nanotechnology to program exosomes for delivering effective cancer therapies

A new study shows that attaching antibody-like RNA nanoparticles to microvesicles can deliver effective RNA therapeutics such as small interfering RNA specifically to cancer cells.

13 Dec 2017

Study provides new insights into development of Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma

Medulloblastoma is the most common type of solid brain tumor in children. Current treatments offer limited success and may leave patients with severe neurological side effects, including psychiatric disorders, growth retardation and cognitive impairment.

13 Dec 2017

Researchers adopt new approach to treating advanced prostate cancer

Scientists have proposed a new approach to preventing the proliferation of prostate tumor cells that are no longer responding to treatment. Prostate cancer can usually be cured via surgical removal of the tumor and/or the use of radiotherapy, but in one-fifth of cases, patients also require treatment with drugs to continue removing tumor cells. However, these drugs are only effective for up to three years, after which the cancer continues to develop.

13 Dec 2017

Researchers discover new way to attack drug-resistant prostate cancer cells

In most cases, prostate cancer is cured by surgical removal of the tumor and/or by radiotherapy. However, 20% of patients will need treatment to remove tumor cells but this treatment ceases to be effective after two or three years and the cancer develops further.

13 Dec 2017

New treatments may soon transform lives of people with hearing loss

Charity Action on Hearing Loss has released its latest update on the progress that it is making to accelerate the development of technology and treatments for people living with deafness, tinnitus and hearing loss.

13 Dec 2017

Study reveals novel molecular targets to improve chemotherapy’s efficiency against leukemia

Researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes have found a mechanism through which certain types of leukemia resist chemotherapy, thus revealing novel molecular targets that may be used to improve the efficiency of this type of treatment.

12 Dec 2017

Chemical found in marijuana could help HIV patients maintain their mental function

A chemical found in marijuana, known as tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, has been found to potentially slow the process in which mental decline can occur in up to 50 percent of HIV patients, says a new Michigan State University study.

12 Dec 2017

Study reveals how the body clock and time of day may influence autoimmune conditions

Insights into how the body clock and time of day influence immune responses are revealed today in a study published in leading international journal Nature Communications.

12 Dec 2017

Pitting pathogens against each other could prevent drug resistance emerging

Limiting the nutrient resources that pathogens depend on for replication could prevent the emergence of drug resistance, according to research findings. In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists have taken advantage of the competition that occurs between host pathogens to achieve successful treatment of infection with existing drugs, even when drug-resistant pathogens were present.

12 Dec 2017

New scientific yardstick released to help early detection of Alzheimer's disease

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre released a new scientific yardstick, in the form of a certified reference material, to help early detection of Alzheimer's disease.

12 Dec 2017

Drugs News and Research

Researchers examine link between tumor mutational burden and response to immune checkpoint therapy

Medicare fails to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in lab overcharges

Researchers team up to identify vulnerabilities of lethal parasite

Exascale supercomputers may discover new, cheaper drugs in future

People diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder may actually have treatable condition

Study finds social stigma as barrier to successful treatment of children with HIV in Ethiopia

Telemedicine for addiction treatment? Picture remains fuzzy

FDA announces new approach for sharing updates on antibiotics, antifungal drugs to physicians

Steroid study provides new insights into medicines' side effects

Protein structure could pave way for effective drugs to treat cystic fibrosis

Researchers use RNA nanotechnology to program exosomes for delivering effective cancer therapies

Study provides new insights into development of Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma

Researchers adopt new approach to treating advanced prostate cancer

Researchers discover new way to attack drug-resistant prostate cancer cells

New treatments may soon transform lives of people with hearing loss

Study reveals novel molecular targets to improve chemotherapy’s efficiency against leukemia

Chemical found in marijuana could help HIV patients maintain their mental function

Study reveals how the body clock and time of day may influence autoimmune conditions

Pitting pathogens against each other could prevent drug resistance emerging

New scientific yardstick released to help early detection of Alzheimer's disease

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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