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Favorable aspects of childhood experience linked to people living longer

After years of generalized theories and hypothesis, research has finally pinpointed certain aspects of childhood experience linked to people living longer.

18 Sep 2019

Cannabidiol may alleviate seizures and normalize brain rhythms in Angelman syndrome

A marijuana plant extract, also known as cannabidiol, is being commonly used to improve anxiety, sleep problems, pain, and many other neurological conditions.

18 Sep 2019

Roswell Park moving three-pronged immunotherapy strategy forward with support from DoD grant

A team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is moving a new three-part strategy for treating advanced cancers forward with support from a U.S. Department of Defense grant to Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD, Vice Chair for Translational Research and Rustum Family Professor for Molecular Therapeutics and Translational Research at the Buffalo, N.Y.-based cancer center.

18 Sep 2019

Researchers create first protein-engineered hydrogel

Imagine a perfectly biocompatible, protein-based drug delivery system durable enough to survive in the body for more than two weeks and capable of providing sustained medication release.

18 Sep 2019

Compound could play a novel role in halting spread of pancreatic cancer

In early test tube and mouse studies, investigators at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have found that nonmuscle myosin IIC (MYH14), a protein activated in response to mechanical stress, helps promote metastatic behavior in pancreatic cancer cells, and that the compound 4-hydroxyacetophenone (4-HAP), known to stiffen myosin IIC-containing cells, can send it into overdrive, overwhelming the ability of cells to invade nearby tissue.

18 Sep 2019

Genetic mutation appears to help people fight off MRSA

Researchers have discovered that people who carry a certain genetic mutation may have a greater chance of fighting off MRSA infections.

18 Sep 2019

Alarming number of life-threatening heart infections related to drug abuse

As the nationwide opioid epidemic continues, more young people are developing a life-threatening heart infection that can result from drug abuse.

18 Sep 2019

A vegan diet could boost gut microbes that aid weight loss

Switching to a vegan diet could help people lose nearly one pound in weight every week and significantly reduce their risk for diabetes, say researchers.

18 Sep 2019

Sleep studies may be an unreliable predictor for treatment of children with sleep apnea

Pediatricians routinely advise parents of children who snore regularly and have sleepiness, fatigue or other symptoms consistent with sleep disordered breathing, to get a sleep study; this can help determine whether their child has obstructive sleep apnea, which is often treated with surgery to remove the tonsils and adenoids (adenotonsillectomy).

18 Sep 2019

Gut microbiome may play a role in mechanisms linked to muscle strength in older adults

A novel new study suggests that the gut microbiome has a role in mechanisms related to muscle strength in older adults.

18 Sep 2019

Study examines racial disparities in survival outcomes of pediatric patients with Hodgkin lymphoma

In what is believed to be the largest dataset study to date examining the role of race on survival outcome for pediatric patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey have found that black patients have significantly worse overall survival at five years than white patients when accounting for all available clinical variables.

18 Sep 2019

Quanterix Serum Nf-L assay powers key trial and study results presented at ECTRIMS 2019

Quanterix, announce that its Simoa technology and Nf-L assays were used in many of the groundbreaking research and treatment developments.

From Quanterix 18 Sep 2019

Low BMI with abdominal obesity linked to poor outcomes among Asian patients with heart failure

Having a lower body-mass index, but also with having a higher waist-to-height ratio, is associated with worse outcomes among Asian patients with heart failure, according to a study published September 24 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Carolyn Lam of the National Heart Centre Singapore, and colleagues.

From PLOS ONE 18 Sep 2019

Study looks at outcomes of birth options after a previous cesarean section

A large cohort study of women who have had one or more previous cesarean sections suggests that attempting a vaginal birth in a subsequent pregnancy is associated with higher health risks to both the mother and the infant than electing for another cesarean.

From PLOS ONE 18 Sep 2019

New grant to improve use of bDMARDS through a consortium approach

A new grant to improve the use of biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) will see NPS MedicineWise and consortium partners support specialist prescribers and help consumers get the most benefit from these complex medicines.

18 Sep 2019

Patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma may benefit from radiation, experience reduced side effects

Treating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients with radiation therapy as an additional treatment while they wait for their CAR T cells to be manufactured may reduce the risk of CAR T therapy side effects once it is administered, according to a new study from researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

18 Sep 2019

Researchers receive $12 million grant to develop flu vaccine against many viral strains

Patrick Wilson, PhD, professor of medicine and rheumatology at the University of Chicago, and a group of researchers from three other institutions have received a Grand Challenge for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development grant – a $12 million initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Flu Lab.

18 Sep 2019

Medicine News and Research

Favorable aspects of childhood experience linked to people living longer

Cannabidiol may alleviate seizures and normalize brain rhythms in Angelman syndrome

Roswell Park moving three-pronged immunotherapy strategy forward with support from DoD grant

Researchers create first protein-engineered hydrogel

Compound could play a novel role in halting spread of pancreatic cancer

Genetic mutation appears to help people fight off MRSA

Alarming number of life-threatening heart infections related to drug abuse

A vegan diet could boost gut microbes that aid weight loss

Sleep studies may be an unreliable predictor for treatment of children with sleep apnea

Gut microbiome may play a role in mechanisms linked to muscle strength in older adults

Study examines racial disparities in survival outcomes of pediatric patients with Hodgkin lymphoma

Quanterix Serum Nf-L assay powers key trial and study results presented at ECTRIMS 2019

Low BMI with abdominal obesity linked to poor outcomes among Asian patients with heart failure

Study looks at outcomes of birth options after a previous cesarean section

New grant to improve use of bDMARDS through a consortium approach

Patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma may benefit from radiation, experience reduced side effects

Researchers receive $12 million grant to develop flu vaccine against many viral strains

Exercise may delay brain deterioration in people at high risk for Alzheimer's

New book shows how marginalized urban communities address environmental health disparities

Text messaging, electric pill bottles not enough to drive down blood pressure levels

Industry Focus eBook - Cell & Gene Therapy (1st Edition) eBook

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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