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Researchers receive $2 million grant from PCORI to study effective treatment for children with KD

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an uncommon illness that affects blood vessels in the hearts of children

2 Feb 2017

UW-Madison scientists discover bone marrow proteins that regulate bone-building cells

The prospect of regenerating bone lost to cancer or trauma is a step closer to the clinic as University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have identified two proteins found in bone marrow as key regulators of the master cells responsible for making new bone.

2 Feb 2017

Increased growth factor protects retinal blood vessels in animal models with diabetes

Researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear have shown that a slight increase in transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), which is present in preclinical animal models with diabetic eye disease, protects retinal blood vessels from damage that commonly occurs in the early stages of the disease.

2 Feb 2017

Conventional therapies do not sufficiently treat psoriasis patients, study suggests

A substantial part of people, one in five, undergoing systemic treatment for psoriasis till have considerable problems with their disease.

2 Feb 2017

Researchers identify new mechanism that protects from bacterial infections

An international team led by the University if Barcelona has identified a new antibacterial mechanism that protects macrophages - defense cells in the immune system- from the infection of the bacteria Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, a pathogen associated with several gastrointestinal diseases.

2 Feb 2017

Sphere Medical study finds high variability in glycaemic control practices across northwest European ICUs

Sphere Medical, an innovative company in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, has recently presented at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art Meeting and published a scientific poster discussing, “A comparative survey of glycaemic control practice in the UK, Germany and BeNeLux”.

2 Feb 2017

Blood test that spots tumor DNA predicts survival of advanced breast cancer patients

Results of a multicenter study of 129 women with advanced breast cancer show that a blood test that spots cancer-linked DNA correctly predicted that most of those patients with higher levels of the tumor markers died significantly earlier than those with lower levels.

2 Feb 2017

People with autism see interests as possible fields of study and career paths

Adults on the autism spectrum see their interests as possible fields of study and career paths, as well as ways to mitigate anxiety, finds a study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

2 Feb 2017

Autologous hematopoietic cell transplant may induce sustained remission of multiple sclerosis

New clinical trial results provide evidence that high-dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by transplantation of a person's own blood-forming stem cells can induce sustained remission of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system.

2 Feb 2017

UT Southwestern scientists discover gene that protects gut from IBD

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a gene that protects the gut from inflammatory bowel disease.

2 Feb 2017

Mayo Clinic to test vaccine for providing lifelong immunity against precancerous breast lesions

Only about 35 percent of precancerous breast lesions morph into cancer if untreated, but physicians cannot identify which lesions are potentially dangerous.

2 Feb 2017

Oral dose of phage cocktail prevents infection and cholera-like symptoms in animal model

Oral administration of a cocktail of three viruses, all of which specifically kill cholera bacteria, prevents infection and cholera-like symptoms in animal model experiments, report scientists from Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts in Nature Communications on Feb. 1.

1 Feb 2017

Taking multiple medications linked to frailty in older adults

As we age, we tend to develop a number of chronic health conditions and concerns. Often, managing health problems can mean that older adults may take many different medications. When older adults take five or more medicines (a scenario called "polypharmacy" by health experts), it can increase the risk for harmful side effects.

1 Feb 2017

Therapy News and Research

Researchers receive $2 million grant from PCORI to study effective treatment for children with KD

UW-Madison scientists discover bone marrow proteins that regulate bone-building cells

Increased growth factor protects retinal blood vessels in animal models with diabetes

Conventional therapies do not sufficiently treat psoriasis patients, study suggests

Researchers identify new mechanism that protects from bacterial infections

Sphere Medical study finds high variability in glycaemic control practices across northwest European ICUs

Blood test that spots tumor DNA predicts survival of advanced breast cancer patients

People with autism see interests as possible fields of study and career paths

Autologous hematopoietic cell transplant may induce sustained remission of multiple sclerosis

UT Southwestern scientists discover gene that protects gut from IBD

Mayo Clinic to test vaccine for providing lifelong immunity against precancerous breast lesions

Oral dose of phage cocktail prevents infection and cholera-like symptoms in animal model

Taking multiple medications linked to frailty in older adults

Study shows decreased incidence of radiation esophagitis in elderly NSCLC patients

Habitual e-cigarette use may be linked to long-term cardiac risks, study finds

Blocking new genetic marker could alleviate pain from serious burns

New PET radiotracer effectively detects early and advanced stages of prostate cancer

Sleep problems can interfere with woman's level of sexual satisfaction, study shows

UTSW researchers support EBM approach to prevent overtreatment of type 2 diabetes

UTHealth and Children's Memorial Hermann begin two new clinical trials for pediatric brain cancer

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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