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New four-year initiative targets cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome

About 1 in 3 U.S. adults have at least three risk factors for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, a health disorder related to the strong connections among cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and metabolic disease (such as Type 2 diabetes and obesity).

18 Jul 2024

Research highlights green tea's potential role in improving ovarian cancer outcomes

The association between pre-diagnosis tea and coffee consumption and survival rates in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

18 Jul 2024

$Novel therapy can improve the prognosis of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia$

Novel therapy can improve the prognosis of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a so-called blood cancer, has an extremely poor prognosis because of resistance to anti-cancer drugs and frailty of the patient's organ functions.

18 Jul 2024

Harnessing ctDNA measurements for response assessment in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer

A new editorial paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on July 2, 2024, entitled, "Using early on-treatment circulating tumor DNA measurements as response assessment in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer."

18 Jul 2024

Breakthrough gene therapy offers hope for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy shows promise of not only arresting the decline of the muscles of those affected by this inherited genetic disease, but perhaps, in the future, repairing those muscles.

18 Jul 2024

Study identifies a new way to make opioids safer

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences identified a new way to make opioids safer, increasing the pain-relieving properties of opioids while decreasing unwanted side effects through the spinal inhibition of a Heat shock protein 90 isoform.

17 Jul 2024

Her hearing implant was preapproved. Nonetheless, she got $139,000 bills for months.

Caitlyn Mai woke up one morning in middle school so dizzy she couldn't stand and deaf in one ear, the result of an infection that affected one of her cranial nerves.

17 Jul 2024

Heart of the Matter: Early Diagnosis and Intervention in Heart Failure with Prof. Martin Cowie & Dr. Lisa Anderson

The future of heart failure treatment with AstraZeneca's Prof. Martin Cowie and Heart Failure Specialist and Consultant Cardiologist at St George’s Hospital Dr. Lisa Anderson.

17 Jul 2024

Breakthrough interactive atlas offers pathway to precision medicine for TBI patients

Researchers at Phoenix's Barrow Neurological Institute and the University of Pittsburgh have created a vast interactive atlas that may eventually help doctors use precision medicine to target treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients – and could replace the existing uniform treatment model.

16 Jul 2024

UIC researchers explore digital tools to personalize depression treatment

New research at the University of Illinois Chicago is testing whether digital tools can help predict which patients with depression will benefit from specific treatments and help deliver those treatments to them on demand.

16 Jul 2024

Hormone modulating therapy may lower dementia risk in breast cancer survivors

Hormone modulating therapy (HMT) used for the treatment of breast cancer was associated with a 7% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias later in life, according to a new study published today in JAMA Network Open.

16 Jul 2024

CePA: Novel nanomedicine for alleviating MASH via mTOR repression

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is one of the most common chronic liver diseases, primarily caused by metabolic disorders and systemic inflammatory responses.

16 Jul 2024

Understanding the impact of tobacco smoking and smoking cessation on life expectancy of HIV patients in South Africa

Krishna Reddy, MD, MS, a physician-investigator at the Medical Practice Evaluation Center and the Tobacco Research and Treatment Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, is the senior author of a recently published paper in Journal of the International AIDS Society: Tobacco Smoking, Smoking Cessation and Life Expectancy Among People with HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa: A Simulation Modelling Study.

16 Jul 2024

Navigating adjuvant therapy options in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most prevalent malignancies globally and is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths.

16 Jul 2024

New approaches for repairing the function of mutated proteins that cause stroke

Cerebral autosomal recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CARASIL) is a rare, severe, and deadly genetic disorder characterized by damage to small blood vessels in the brain and which triggers strokes.

16 Jul 2024

Cellular Origins appoints Geoffrey Hodge as Non-Executive Director

Appointment brings additional significant strategic, technical and commercial experience to the Board.

From Cellular Origins 16 Jul 2024

Study shows oral semaglutide matches DPP-4i in adherence and persistence for type 2 diabetes

Researchers found that adherence and persistence in T2D patients using oral semaglutide is similar to DPP-4i, but semaglutide users required fewer concurrent medications, indicating higher long-term efficacy.

16 Jul 2024

Discovery of "unconventional" immune response opens new avenue in TB vaccine development

An "unconventional" immune response now identified by scientists from the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) is a potential new pathway for developing new vaccines for tuberculosis (TB), according to a new publication.

15 Jul 2024

Researchers discover key functions of IRF1 in cancer progression and treatment response

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered new details about the role of a protein called interferon regulatory factor (IRF1) in cancer progression and treatment response, offering new insight that can potentially help improve the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy.

15 Jul 2024

Children in deprived areas face higher risk of severe tooth decay requiring hospital extraction

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have found that children living in areas with high levels of deprivation are three times more likely to have severe tooth decay that requires a dental extraction in hospital, compared with children living in more affluent areas.

15 Jul 2024

Therapy News and Research

New four-year initiative targets cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome

Research highlights green tea's potential role in improving ovarian cancer outcomes

Novel therapy can improve the prognosis of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Harnessing ctDNA measurements for response assessment in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer

Breakthrough gene therapy offers hope for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Study identifies a new way to make opioids safer

Her hearing implant was preapproved. Nonetheless, she got $139,000 bills for months.

Heart of the Matter: Early Diagnosis and Intervention in Heart Failure with Prof. Martin Cowie & Dr. Lisa Anderson

Breakthrough interactive atlas offers pathway to precision medicine for TBI patients

UIC researchers explore digital tools to personalize depression treatment

Hormone modulating therapy may lower dementia risk in breast cancer survivors

CePA: Novel nanomedicine for alleviating MASH via mTOR repression

Understanding the impact of tobacco smoking and smoking cessation on life expectancy of HIV patients in South Africa

Navigating adjuvant therapy options in hepatocellular carcinoma

New approaches for repairing the function of mutated proteins that cause stroke

Cellular Origins appoints Geoffrey Hodge as Non-Executive Director

Study shows oral semaglutide matches DPP-4i in adherence and persistence for type 2 diabetes

Discovery of "unconventional" immune response opens new avenue in TB vaccine development

Researchers discover key functions of IRF1 in cancer progression and treatment response

Children in deprived areas face higher risk of severe tooth decay requiring hospital extraction

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