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Broadly expressed metabolic approach could make sarcoma susceptible to targeted therapies

Soft tissue sarcoma cells stop a key metabolic process which allows them to multiply and spread, and so restarting that process could leave these cancers vulnerable to a variety of treatments.

26 Nov 2019

Study finds increase in overall rate of exposure to natural psychoactive substances

Natural substances with psychoactive effects have been used by people for religious, medicinal and recreational purposes for millennia.

26 Nov 2019

New way to thwart HIV infection at early stages

1.7 million. That's how many people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) each year worldwide. 1.7 million people who are condemned to lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) or risk developing fatal AIDS . Out of the 37.9 million people living with HIV (PLWH), 22.3 million have access to ART, allowing them to have an almost normal lifespan.

26 Nov 2019

Children's deaths from choking on small objects drop by 75% in US

Children's deaths from choking on small objects dropped by 75 percent from 1968 to 2017, according to a report published in JAMA. Various choking hazard regulations enacted during the past 50 years may have played a role in the large decline in choking deaths, although the study design cannot establish a direct causal link. However, despite warning label legislation and other regulations, 184 children in the U.S. died from choking in 2017.

26 Nov 2019

Key mechanism identified for how antiviral immune responses reprogram liver metabolism

Researchers at the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences identified a key mechanism for how antiviral immune responses reprogram liver metabolism. Their recent study, which was published in the renowned scientific journal Immunity, investigated the communication between inflammation and liver metabolism during chronic viral infection.

26 Nov 2019

Newly developed personalized vaccine system could delay onset of pancreatic cancer

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Zhengzhou University have developed a personalized vaccine system that could ultimately delay the onset of pancreatic cancer. The study provides strong proof-of-concept for the creation of a vaccine for cancer prevention in individuals at high risk of developing this disease and to slow down tumor growth in patients who are affected by it.

26 Nov 2019

Researchers trace the origins and global spread of S. aureus lineages

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen prone to developing antibiotic resistance, causing 120,000 cases of bloodstream infections every year in the United States and over 5000 in Australia; the mortality rate is around 25 per cent from each case.

26 Nov 2019

New method for correcting hypoxic conditions of the central nervous system

Hypoxia is a key factor that accompanies most brain pathologies, including ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases.

26 Nov 2019

Researchers find new way to protect against disease in MS model

Researchers have found a new and unexpected way of preventing disease in a preclinical model of multiple sclerosis (MS).

26 Nov 2019

A young immigrant has mental illness, and that’s raising his risk of deportation

When José moved his family to the United States from Mexico nearly two decades ago, he had hopes of giving his children a better life.

26 Nov 2019

Tandem radiation therapy effective in prostate cancer patients with no treatment options

Reports of new cancer treatments often raise high hopes and expectations, particularly, of course, among cancer patients and their families.

26 Nov 2019

Researchers discover cellular origins of pediatric brain tumors

A research team led by Dr. Claudia Kleinman, an investigator at the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, together with Dr. Nada Jabado, of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, and Dr. Michael Taylor, of The Hospital for Sick Children, discovered that several types of highly aggressive and, ultimately, fatal pediatric brain tumors originate during brain development.

25 Nov 2019

Opioid use during pregnancy alters the baby's brain

During pregnancy, everything taken in by the mother crosses the placenta. Opioid use during pregnancy is tied to changes in the baby’s brain, a new study found.

25 Nov 2019

BB guns dangerous for kids as they increase risk of eye injuries

Often marketed as toys, non-powder firearms like BB guns, pellet guns, airsoft, and paintball guns are dangerous for children and teenagers due to a high risk of eye injury.

25 Nov 2019

Women may be preferentially underdiagnosed for obstructive sleep apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been considered a predominantly male disease. While more women have been diagnosed with OSA in recent years, the numbers remain disproportionate, with 3-to-5 times more men than women receiving an OSA diagnosis.

25 Nov 2019

Suspended animation in humans successfully tried for the first time

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, for the first time have put a patient in “suspended animation” successfully. Using this method, they lowered the body temperature of the human patient for the first time. This would help surgeons to prolong the time of surgery to correct traumatic injuries. The plan of their feat was published in the latest issue of the New Scientist last week.

25 Nov 2019

Discovery in C. difficile biology opens new window to developing treatments for dangerous infections

A process called sporulation that helps the dangerous bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) to survive inhospitable conditions and spread is regulated by epigenetics, factors that affect gene expression beyond the DNA genetic code, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report.

25 Nov 2019

New hospital technology disrupts working practices, forces improvisation to deliver safe patient care

Doctors and nurses must adapt their routines and improvise their actions to ensure continued patient safety, and for their roles to be effective and to matter as new technology disrupts their working practices.

25 Nov 2019

Women treated for early-stage breast cancer may develop invasive breast cancer

New research in the November 2019 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network examines the implications of invasive breast cancer after breast-conserving treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (aka DCIS, a form of non-invasive breast cancer) and which factors could impact overall survival.

25 Nov 2019

Scientists discover new approach to treating incurable leukemia in children

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a form of blood cancer that primarily affects children and young people.

25 Nov 2019

Hospital News and Research

Broadly expressed metabolic approach could make sarcoma susceptible to targeted therapies

Study finds increase in overall rate of exposure to natural psychoactive substances

New way to thwart HIV infection at early stages

Children's deaths from choking on small objects drop by 75% in US

Key mechanism identified for how antiviral immune responses reprogram liver metabolism

Newly developed personalized vaccine system could delay onset of pancreatic cancer

Researchers trace the origins and global spread of S. aureus lineages

New method for correcting hypoxic conditions of the central nervous system

Researchers find new way to protect against disease in MS model

A young immigrant has mental illness, and that’s raising his risk of deportation

Tandem radiation therapy effective in prostate cancer patients with no treatment options

Researchers discover cellular origins of pediatric brain tumors

Opioid use during pregnancy alters the baby's brain

BB guns dangerous for kids as they increase risk of eye injuries

Women may be preferentially underdiagnosed for obstructive sleep apnea

Suspended animation in humans successfully tried for the first time

Discovery in C. difficile biology opens new window to developing treatments for dangerous infections

New hospital technology disrupts working practices, forces improvisation to deliver safe patient care

Women treated for early-stage breast cancer may develop invasive breast cancer

Scientists discover new approach to treating incurable leukemia in children

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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