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Study yields therapeutic clues to combat drug resistance in rare aggressive cancer

Stephen Elledge, PhD, and his team did not set out to find therapies that could render tumors less resistant to therapy or make existing drugs more potent against a rare form of cancer. But these are precisely the clinical insights that their most recent study has yielded.

29 Aug 2018

For nursing home patients, breast cancer surgery may do more harm than good

Surgery is a mainstay of breast cancer treatment, offering most women a good chance of cure.

29 Aug 2018

New study reports key steps towards development of acne vaccine

A new study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology reports important steps that have been taken towards the development of an acne vaccine.

29 Aug 2018

Novel tests to better assess earlier stages of AMD

The European MACUSTAR consortium is conducting a multi-country clinical study on age-related macular degeneration coordinated by the University of Bonn.

29 Aug 2018

Boys with undescended testes may have increased risk for testicular cancer, infertility in adulthood

Led by the University of Sydney researchers and published today in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, this is the first population-based cohort study to assess both adult fertility and cancer risk after surgical correction (orchidopexy) for undescended testes in early childhood.

29 Aug 2018

Using novel gene therapy to cure infants born with severe combined immunodeficiency

Out of every 60,000 births, a baby arrives to face the world without a fully functioning immune system leaving them unequipped to fight even the most common infections.

29 Aug 2018

Scientists demonstrate how medical test results can be remotely modified

A team of physicians and computer scientists at the University of California has shown that it is easy to modify medical test results remotely by attacking the connection between hospital laboratory devices and medical record systems.

29 Aug 2018

USPTO awards two more patent allowances to Glytec for its insulin optimization system

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Glytec two more patent allowances acknowledging the unique characteristics of its disruptive innovations.

29 Aug 2018

Fertility preservation bill allows cancer patients to have their own biological children

Illinois cancer patients no longer have to choose between costly life-saving treatments and preserving their ability to one day have their own biological children, thanks to a fertility preservation bill signed Aug. 27 by Gov. Bruce Rauner at Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women's Hospital.

29 Aug 2018

Researchers uncover why some cancers grow faster than others

University of Toronto researchers have uncovered why some cancers grow faster than others. The team led by Liliana Attisano, Professor in U of T's Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, has identified a protein called NUAK2, which is produced by cancer cells to boost their proliferation and whose presence in tumors is associated with poor disease prognosis.

29 Aug 2018

Researchers develop new software to improve success rates for image guided CRT

A team of specialists from King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital, and Siemens Healthineers have recently published details of a novel approach to lead placement during image guided cardiac resynchronization therapy.

29 Aug 2018

New rapid imaging protocol quickly and cheaply detects heart ailments for people in Peru

A newly developed rapid imaging protocol quickly and cheaply diagnosed heart ailments in patients in Peru, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

29 Aug 2018

Researchers discover reason why many bladder cancer patients do not respond to immunotherapy

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that a particular type of cell present in bladder cancer may be the reason why so many patients do not respond to the groundbreaking class of drugs known as PD-1 and PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors, which enable the immune system to attack tumors.

29 Aug 2018

Study suggests new strategies for using cell metabolism to treat cancer

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have discovered that cell metabolism plays an important role in the ability of cells to start a survival program called autophagy, an unwanted side effect of some anti-cancer drugs that helps some tumor cells dodge treatment and eventually regrow into new tumors.

29 Aug 2018

Clinical trials needed to inform doctors, parents on prescribing cannabinoids for Canadian children

Canadian parents use unregulated cannabinoids for seizure control in children with neurologic conditions like epilepsy, and clinical trials are needed to inform doctors and parents on prescribing, according to a commentary in CMAJ.

29 Aug 2018

Change in type of breathing tube used for resuscitation can improve odds of survival

A new study showed that a change in the type of breathing tube paramedics use to resuscitate patients with sudden cardiac arrest can significantly improve the odds of survival and save thousands of lives.

29 Aug 2018

Philips acquires Air Force mobile technology to improve real-time patient monitoring

Philips Healthcare, a global leader in the health technology market, has signed a non-exclusive patent license agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for a mobile software application that provides integrated, real-time patient monitoring.

29 Aug 2018

Hospital News and Research

Study yields therapeutic clues to combat drug resistance in rare aggressive cancer

For nursing home patients, breast cancer surgery may do more harm than good

New study reports key steps towards development of acne vaccine

Novel tests to better assess earlier stages of AMD

Boys with undescended testes may have increased risk for testicular cancer, infertility in adulthood

Using novel gene therapy to cure infants born with severe combined immunodeficiency

Scientists demonstrate how medical test results can be remotely modified

USPTO awards two more patent allowances to Glytec for its insulin optimization system

Fertility preservation bill allows cancer patients to have their own biological children

Researchers uncover why some cancers grow faster than others

Researchers develop new software to improve success rates for image guided CRT

New rapid imaging protocol quickly and cheaply detects heart ailments for people in Peru

Researchers discover reason why many bladder cancer patients do not respond to immunotherapy

Study suggests new strategies for using cell metabolism to treat cancer

Clinical trials needed to inform doctors, parents on prescribing cannabinoids for Canadian children

Change in type of breathing tube used for resuscitation can improve odds of survival

Philips acquires Air Force mobile technology to improve real-time patient monitoring

The connection between brain anatomy, genes and obesity

Cardiac arrest patients resuscitated with new breathing tube more likely to survive, finds study

Study shows that clinical diagnosis is not best predictor of avoidable hospitalization

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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