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Study evaluates first tumor-uninformed ctDNA assay to detect residual cancer cells after treatment

After patients with cancer undergo surgery to remove a tumor and sometimes additional chemotherapy, tools are used to identify patients at highest risk of recurrence.

30 Apr 2021

BrainMap analysis strongly affirms 'network degeneration hypothesis' theory

The brain possesses a complex architecture of functional networks as its information-processing machinery. Is the brain's network architecture itself a target of disease? If so, which networks are associated with which diseases? What can this tell us about the underlying causes of brain disorders?

29 Apr 2021

Guidance on diagnosis and management of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis after a COVID-19 vaccine

Last Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration lifted the pause in administration of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.

29 Apr 2021

Primary care practitioners overestimate disease risks leading to over-diagnosis and overtreatment

Primary care practitioners often over-estimate the likelihood of a patient having a medical condition based on reported symptoms and laboratory test results.

29 Apr 2021

Researchers create new, open-access tool for assessing infant brain health

Researchers have created a new, open-access tool that allows doctors and scientists to evaluate infant brain health by assessing the concentration of various chemical markers, called metabolites, in the brain. The tool compiled data from 140 infants to determine normal ranges for these metabolites.

29 Apr 2021

Study finds higher risk of overdose in patients treated with opioids to reduce dental pain

When they go to the dentist to get a tooth pulled or another procedure, patients might not think that the prescription they receive to ease their pain could put them or their family at risk of an opioid overdose.

29 Apr 2021

Researchers address the importance of increasing efforts to limit indoor tanning among minors

There is substantial evidence that indoor tanning is associated with increased risk of skin cancer – the most common type of cancer nationwide according to the American Cancer Society. Public health officials and researchers have become increasingly concerned about the health risks posed by indoor tanning.

29 Apr 2021

New exosome-based therapeutic strategy to potentially treat late-stage colorectal cancer

In a recent discovery by University of Minnesota Medical School, researchers uncovered a new way to potentially target and treat late-stage colorectal cancer - a disease that kills more than 50,000 people each year in the United States.

29 Apr 2021

Study: Failure to combat second-dose vaccine attrition could prolong the pandemic

Though more than 131 million Americans have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to date, public confusion and uncertainty about the importance of second doses and continued public health precautions threaten to delay a U.S. return to normalcy, according to Cornell-led research published April 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

29 Apr 2021

Algorithm interprets data from electronic medical records to diagnose kidney disease

Diagnosing chronic kidney disease, which is often undetected until it causes irreversible damage, may soon become automated with a new algorithm that interprets data from electronic medical records.

29 Apr 2021

Researchers develop first 3D organoid models of the pancreas from human stem cells

This year, more than 60,000 adults in the United States will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and, statistically, as few as 10 percent will survive five years after diagnosis, according to the American Cancer Society.

28 Apr 2021

First-of-its-kind method cryopreserves fruit fly embryos in liquid nitrogen

Cryopreservation, or the long-term storage of biomaterials at ultralow temperatures, has been used across cell types and species.

28 Apr 2021

Regular exercise improves vascular function in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases

The risk of developing atherosclerosis - a narrowing of the arteries as cholesterol plaque builds up, leading to obstruction of blood flow - is higher for people with autoimmune rheumatic diseases than for the general population.

27 Apr 2021

Scientists identify many genes that are important in fruit flies' neuron development

Neurons result from a highly complex and unique series of cell divisions. For example, in fruit flies, the process starts with stem cells that divide into mother cells (progenitor cells), that then divide into precursor cells that eventually become neurons.

27 Apr 2021

New study looks at the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on UK healthcare

Just one third of people in the UK managed to access the hospital care they needed at the peak of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

27 Apr 2021

Corticosteroids not recommended to treat smell loss due to Covid-19, study shows

Steroids should not be used to treat smell loss caused by Covid-19 according to an international group of smell experts, including Prof Carl Philpott from the University of East Anglia.

27 Apr 2021

Doctoral students recommend changing the protocols around use of tear gas on crowds

A new study by five doctoral students in neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School calls attention to a lack of regulation and unknown long-term health effects of tear gas. Based on their research, the group recommends changing the protocols around the use of tear gas as a crowd control measure at both the local and national level.

27 Apr 2021

Medical School News and Research

Study evaluates first tumor-uninformed ctDNA assay to detect residual cancer cells after treatment

BrainMap analysis strongly affirms 'network degeneration hypothesis' theory

Guidance on diagnosis and management of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis after a COVID-19 vaccine

Primary care practitioners overestimate disease risks leading to over-diagnosis and overtreatment

Researchers create new, open-access tool for assessing infant brain health

Study finds higher risk of overdose in patients treated with opioids to reduce dental pain

Researchers address the importance of increasing efforts to limit indoor tanning among minors

New exosome-based therapeutic strategy to potentially treat late-stage colorectal cancer

Study: Failure to combat second-dose vaccine attrition could prolong the pandemic

Algorithm interprets data from electronic medical records to diagnose kidney disease

Researchers develop first 3D organoid models of the pancreas from human stem cells

First-of-its-kind method cryopreserves fruit fly embryos in liquid nitrogen

Regular exercise improves vascular function in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Scientists identify many genes that are important in fruit flies' neuron development

New study looks at the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on UK healthcare

Corticosteroids not recommended to treat smell loss due to Covid-19, study shows

Doctoral students recommend changing the protocols around use of tear gas on crowds

New urine test for prostate cancer shows aggressiveness of the disease

Researchers discover elusive cell type in fish sensory organs

Preoperative sarcopenia and exercise intolerance predict outcomes following lung cancer surgery

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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