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New research project aims to slow down the progression of heart failure

A new research project funded by the British Heart Foundation at the University of Manchester aims to find a way to slow down the progression of heart failure.

28 Jan 2020

Methylmercury exposure can attenuate the cardioprotective effects of fish

Higher serum long-chain omega-3 fatty acid concentration, a marker for fish consumption, was beneficially associated with cardiac performance in middle-aged and older men from eastern Finland.

28 Jan 2020

Just one minute of exercise per week can provide health benefits to older people

Just one minute of exercise per week is enough to provide health benefits to people over the age of 65, according to new research.

28 Jan 2020

Avacta demonstrates initial proof-of-concept for TMAC drug conjugates in pre-clinical study

Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has demonstrated initial proof-of-concept for its proprietary new class of drug conjugate, TMAC, in a pre-clinical animal model of cancer.

From Avacta Life Sciences Ltd. 28 Jan 2020

BCG vaccine formulations vary widely in their characteristics, study shows

Each year, more than 100 million newborns around the world receive vaccinations against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or TB, which infects about one-quarter of the world's population.

28 Jan 2020

Scientists 'knock out' gene in myeloid cells to create listeriosis-immune mice

An international research team which includes specialists from ITMO University has conducted a series of experiments with the goal of studying the immune system and identifying the genes and proteins involved in the response to certain harmful bacteria.

28 Jan 2020

Researchers discover a defense mechanism that protects cells from microbial attacks

Human cells have a defense mechanism that protects them from microbial attacks, a Canadian-led team of international researchers has discovered.

28 Jan 2020

Urine protein levels can help identify patients at higher risk for future loss of kidney function

High levels of protein in a patient's urine shortly after an episode of acute kidney injury is associated with increased risk of kidney disease progression, providing a valuable tool in predicting those at highest risk for future loss of kidney function.

28 Jan 2020

Study shows wide variability in cost for orthobiologic therapies

The use of orthobiologics is a hot trend in orthopedics, but new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows wide variability in cost for these therapies.

28 Jan 2020

Bone marrow chip provides new strategy for understanding Shwachman-Diamond syndrome

A new research tool that mimics the behavior of diseased bone marrow provides a new strategy for understanding the bone marrow disease, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome, and hopefully, developing new treatments.

28 Jan 2020

Successful gene therapy trial in patients with X-linked Chronic Septic Granulomatosis

American and British teams led by Drs Kohn (University of California, Los Angeles), Malech (NIH), Williams (Boston Children's) and Trasher (Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) published yesterday in Nature Medicine the conclusive results of a gene therapy trial conducted in the United States and Great Britain in 9 patients with X-linked Chronic Septic Granulomatosis (X-CGD), a rare and severe immune dysfunction. Six of them are free of treatment for complications generated by the disease.

28 Jan 2020

The challenge of new antibiotic discovery

It is important to discover antibiotic drugs and to bring them to clinical use, a task made all the more urgent by the increase in the number of infections that are resistant to existing antibiotics. However, this task is a formidable one.

28 Jan 2020

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England

In the health agency’s report, there were 49,029 diagnoses made in 2018, which is about 8,000 more than the previous year, surpassing breast cancer with 47,476 cases. Lung cancer followed with 38,996 cases. The new data reveals that there were more cancers detected in 2018 in men than in women, with a total of 15,228 cases and 151,452, respectively.

28 Jan 2020

NIU professor gets $372,500 to study link between brain health and exercise

Angela Grippo's New Year's resolution is exercise, exercise, exercise, but the Northern Illinois University psychology professor won't be breaking a sweat or hitting the gym.

28 Jan 2020

Response to nation’s 1st coronavirus case draws on lessons from measles outbreak

When the first U.S. case of a new coronavirus spreading throughout China was confirmed last week in Washington state, public health workers were well prepared to respond, building on lessons learned during the outbreak of measles that sickened 87 people in the state in 2019.

28 Jan 2020

Blood News and Research

New research project aims to slow down the progression of heart failure

Methylmercury exposure can attenuate the cardioprotective effects of fish

Just one minute of exercise per week can provide health benefits to older people

Avacta demonstrates initial proof-of-concept for TMAC drug conjugates in pre-clinical study

BCG vaccine formulations vary widely in their characteristics, study shows

Scientists 'knock out' gene in myeloid cells to create listeriosis-immune mice

Researchers discover a defense mechanism that protects cells from microbial attacks

Urine protein levels can help identify patients at higher risk for future loss of kidney function

Study shows wide variability in cost for orthobiologic therapies

Bone marrow chip provides new strategy for understanding Shwachman-Diamond syndrome

Successful gene therapy trial in patients with X-linked Chronic Septic Granulomatosis

The challenge of new antibiotic discovery

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England

NIU professor gets $372,500 to study link between brain health and exercise

Response to nation’s 1st coronavirus case draws on lessons from measles outbreak

SU2C announces international team for fighting gastric cancer

New AI tool predicts disease progression and evolution in neurodegenerative disorders

Blood clots speed up aneurysm growth and increase rupture risk, warn researchers

Scientists may soon be able to prevent disease-spreading mosquitoes from maturing

AI analysis of blood samples can predict progression of neurodegenerative disease

Industry Focus eBook - Neurology/Neuroscience - 2nd edition eBook

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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