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Study highlights the need for liver cirrhosis patients to be educated on hepatic venous pressure gradient

Just like the hypertension that people develop when their blood pressure increases, the increase of blood pressure in the main vein that supplies blood to the liver, called the portal vein, is also a dangerous situation.

31 May 2022

Study may explain why people with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are prone to tooth decay

People with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are prone to tooth decay, and a new study from Rutgers may explain why: reduced strength and durability of enamel and dentin, the hard substance under enamel that gives structure to teeth.

31 May 2022

Liver4Life research team treated damaged liver in a machine and then implanted the recovered organ

The multidisciplinary Zurich research team Liver4Life has succeeded in doing something during a treatment attempt that had never been achieved in the history of medicine until now: it treated an originally damaged human liver in a machine for three days outside a body and then implanted the recovered organ into a cancer patient.

31 May 2022

Scientists develop new way to attack synovial sarcoma using an investigational drug

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a way to attack synovial sarcoma - a rare tumor of soft tissues, such as ligaments and muscles - using an investigational drug that triggers cell death.

31 May 2022

New digital tool provides effective support for the treatment of pediatric obesity

A mobile app that shows a child's weight development in real-time for children with obesity provides greater weight loss compared to conventional care.

31 May 2022

IRSF’s clinical trial committee launched to support pharmaceutical companies developing Rett syndrome treatments

The International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) announced today that its Clinical Trial Committee (CTC) has launched, having completed its first protocol review, and is available as a resource to drug developers and pharmaceutical companies planning clinical trials to treat and cure Rett syndrome.

31 May 2022

HIV research enables knowledge transfer for improved COVID-19 response

Global virology and immunology networks that were originally developed for HIV vaccine research were rapidly adapted to study COVID-19.

31 May 2022

Non-pharmaceutical help should be offered for pain, fatigue, anxiety at the time of MS diagnosis

Two recently published studies by UW Medicine researchers indicate that clinicians should offer non-pharmaceutical help for pain, fatigue, depression, or anxiety at the time of diagnosis for patients with multiple sclerosis, rather than wait.

30 May 2022

Study highlights clinical features and treatment approaches for human monkeypox in the UK

researchers from the UK unveil the details of imported, household, and hospital transmission of monkeypox and report the first usage of two specific antiviral agents in the treatment of this disease.

30 May 2022

Researchers reveal a possible biological mechanism connecting breast cancer and type 2 diabetes

Breast cancer and type 2 diabetes would seem to be distinctly different diseases, with commonality only in their commonality.

30 May 2022

Researchers evaluate atovaquone as a COVID-19 treatment

Researchers evaluated a drug, atovaquone, for COVID-19 treatment.

30 May 2022

New virtual biopsy could lead to major improvements in care for heart transplant patients

The days of heart transplant survivors undergoing invasive biopsies could soon be over after a new MRI technique has proven to be safe and effective; reducing complications and hospital admissions.

29 May 2022

Oil-based gels could make it easier for children to swallow medicines

For most children and even some adults, swallowing pills or tablets is difficult. To make it easier to give those medicines, researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have created a drug-delivering gel that is much easier to swallow and could be used to administer a variety of different kinds of drugs.

27 May 2022

Caregivers' easy access to produce and flexible resources can lead to improvements in children’s diets

What children eat affects their lifelong health. But influencing their habits can be difficult, especially for underserved families with fewer resources. However, providing caregivers easy access to produce and flexible resources can lead to improvements in kids' diets in a short time, according to a new study from researchers at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.

27 May 2022

New approach could treat brain tumors and also prevent or delay recurrences

Scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center were optimistic when they identified a small molecule that blocked a key pathway in brain tumors.

27 May 2022

Combined treatment approach proves to be beneficial for prostate cancer patients

Practice-changing research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer shows that a combination of androgen deprivation therapy - a commonly used hormone injection - plus pelvic lymph node radiation, kept nearly 90% of clinical trial patients' prostate cancer at bay for five years.

26 May 2022

Children from historically marginalized groups or poor backgrounds less likely to survive neuroblastoma

Children with high-risk neuroblastoma had worse outcomes if they were from certain racial/ethnic groups or were on public rather than private insurance, despite being treated in clinical trials with standardized protocols, according to a study led by investigators from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.

26 May 2022

Clinical Trial News and Research

Study highlights the need for liver cirrhosis patients to be educated on hepatic venous pressure gradient

Study may explain why people with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are prone to tooth decay

Liver4Life research team treated damaged liver in a machine and then implanted the recovered organ

Scientists develop new way to attack synovial sarcoma using an investigational drug

New digital tool provides effective support for the treatment of pediatric obesity

IRSF’s clinical trial committee launched to support pharmaceutical companies developing Rett syndrome treatments

HIV research enables knowledge transfer for improved COVID-19 response

Non-pharmaceutical help should be offered for pain, fatigue, anxiety at the time of MS diagnosis

Study highlights clinical features and treatment approaches for human monkeypox in the UK

Researchers reveal a possible biological mechanism connecting breast cancer and type 2 diabetes

Researchers evaluate atovaquone as a COVID-19 treatment

New virtual biopsy could lead to major improvements in care for heart transplant patients

Oil-based gels could make it easier for children to swallow medicines

Caregivers' easy access to produce and flexible resources can lead to improvements in children’s diets

New approach could treat brain tumors and also prevent or delay recurrences

Combined treatment approach proves to be beneficial for prostate cancer patients

Children from historically marginalized groups or poor backgrounds less likely to survive neuroblastoma

Vitamin D supplements have no clinically meaningful effect in people at high risk of type 2 diabetes

Mucosal COVID vaccine candidate powerfully protective in macaques

FIND to present an overview of disease surveillance status and diagnostics to combat monkeypox

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