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Study findings can guide personalized breast cancer therapies based on melatonin

A Brazilian study published in the Journal of Pineal Research describes a group of genes potentially regulated by the hormone melatonin in some types of cancer, especially breast cancer.

8 Dec 2020

COVID-19 has been reported to trigger Guillain–Barré syndrome

Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have reported the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a recurrence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome - a rare disorder where the body's immune system attacks nerves and can lead to respiratory failure and death.

8 Dec 2020

In Becerra, an HHS nominee with political skill but no front-line health experience

Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden's choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, is set to be a pandemic-era secretary with no public health experience. Whether that matters depends on whom you ask.

8 Dec 2020

Study examines effect of low-dose vancomycin to treat clostridium difficile infection

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is inflammation of the colon caused by a bacteria called clostridium difficile and is the most common cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitalized patients.

8 Dec 2020

Degenerative process can be reversed by practicing regular aerobic exercise, shows study

Adipose tissue is not just a simple reservoir of energy for periods of food scarcity. It contributes significantly to regulation of the metabolism, releasing various molecules into the bloodstream, including microRNAs that modulate the expression of key genes in different parts of the organism, including the liver, pancreas, and muscles.

8 Dec 2020

UCI researchers develop new technology to rapidly hypermutate antibodies

Using the same strain of yeast that ferments wine and makes dough rise, a team led by University of California, Irvine and Harvard Medical School researchers has developed an in vitro technology that can rapidly hypermutate antibodies.

8 Dec 2020

Study reveals low detection of SARS-CoV-2 on environmental surfaces across oncology settings

Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, evaluated the frequency of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, on various environmental surfaces in outpatient and inpatient hematology/oncology settings located within Rutgers Cancer Institute and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility.

7 Dec 2020

Study finds no significant change in preterm or stillbirth rates during COVID-19 pandemic

Despite early reports suggesting a decline in preterm births during the COVID-19 pandemic period, an analysis by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found no change in preterm births or stillbirths at two Philadelphia hospitals in the first four months of the pandemic.

7 Dec 2020

Researchers analyze outcomes in patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma

Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a type of cancer that develops in the brain and or spinal cord.

7 Dec 2020

West Health Policy Center forms CIDSA to provide independent analysis of drug pricing policies

The West Health Policy Center, a nonprofit and nonpartisan policy research and education organization, announced today the formation of the Council for Informed Drug Spending Analysis, a group made up entirely of leading policy experts from the worlds of academia and healthcare.

7 Dec 2020

Research uncovers novel anti-craving mechanism to treat cocaine relapse

Cocaine continues to be one of the most commonly abused illicit drugs in the United States. Pre-clinical literature suggests that targeting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors (GLP-1Rs) in the brain may represent a novel approach to treating cocaine use disorder.

7 Dec 2020

Mount Sinai study shows strong immune response, durability of universal influenza virus vaccine

A vaccine that induces immune responses to a wide spectrum of influenza virus strains and subtypes has produced strong and durable results in early-stage clinical trials in humans, Mount Sinai researchers have found.

7 Dec 2020

Study identifies multiple important genomic differences in BCL malignancies using genomic ancestry

B-cell lymphoma and leukemias (BCL) are a diverse set of malignancies. While the genomic landscape of many BCL subtypes has been described, genomic ancestry has rarely been explored.

6 Dec 2020

COVID-19 pandemic underscores racial inequalities in US: a Michigan case study

A team of researchers has explored how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected Black Americans.

6 Dec 2020

Researchers shed light on the role of antibodies and immune cells in protection against COVID-19

Since the novel coronavirus emerged at the end of last year, scientists around the world -- including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) immunologist Dan Barouch, MD, PhD -- have been developing vaccines to protect against COVID-19 and to put an end to the global pandemic.

5 Dec 2020

Study shows metformin can significantly reduce COVID-19 death risks in women

University of Minnesota Medical School and UnitedHealth Group researchers found that metformin was associated with significantly reduced COVID-19 death risks in women in one of the world's largest observational studies of COVID-19 patients.

3 Dec 2020

Study provides reassurance that patients and providers can use pharmacogenetic testing

A person's genetic make-up can influence whether they might experience side effects from certain medications.

3 Dec 2020

Mortality rates after cancer surgery appear to be improving for Black and White patients

Mortality rates after cancer surgery declined for Black as well as white patients during a recent ten-year period, although the mortality gap between the two groups did not narrow, according to new research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard University investigators.

3 Dec 2020

Genetically engineered T cells can target, attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes

A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments.

3 Dec 2020

Repetitive behaviors and gastrointestinal problems may be connected in children with autism

In children with autism, repetitive behaviors and gastrointestinal problems may be connected, new research has found.

3 Dec 2020

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Study findings can guide personalized breast cancer therapies based on melatonin

COVID-19 has been reported to trigger Guillain–Barré syndrome

In Becerra, an HHS nominee with political skill but no front-line health experience

Study examines effect of low-dose vancomycin to treat clostridium difficile infection

Degenerative process can be reversed by practicing regular aerobic exercise, shows study

UCI researchers develop new technology to rapidly hypermutate antibodies

Study reveals low detection of SARS-CoV-2 on environmental surfaces across oncology settings

Study finds no significant change in preterm or stillbirth rates during COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers analyze outcomes in patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma

West Health Policy Center forms CIDSA to provide independent analysis of drug pricing policies

Research uncovers novel anti-craving mechanism to treat cocaine relapse

Mount Sinai study shows strong immune response, durability of universal influenza virus vaccine

Study identifies multiple important genomic differences in BCL malignancies using genomic ancestry

COVID-19 pandemic underscores racial inequalities in US: a Michigan case study

Researchers shed light on the role of antibodies and immune cells in protection against COVID-19

Study shows metformin can significantly reduce COVID-19 death risks in women

Study provides reassurance that patients and providers can use pharmacogenetic testing

Mortality rates after cancer surgery appear to be improving for Black and White patients

Genetically engineered T cells can target, attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes

Repetitive behaviors and gastrointestinal problems may be connected in children with autism

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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