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Molecular cancer expert David Livingston named recipient of Basser Global Prize

The Basser Center for BRCA at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center has announced the recipient of its third annual Basser Global Prize. The honor will go to molecular cancer expert David Livingston, MD, Emil Frei Professor of Genetics and Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and deputy director of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.

10 Jul 2015

Potential molecular link identified between excess fat in the blood and blood vessel recovery in ischemia

The buildup of fat in the blood makes a bad situation worse - it not only raises a person's risk for heart attack or stroke but also impairs the growth of new blood vessels. How excess fat in the blood - a condition known as hyperlipidemia - blocks vessel growth was unclear, but new work by researchers at Temple University School of Medicine shows that a molecule known as caspase-1 plays a central role and that preventing its activity could be the key to building new blood vessels and restoring blood supply to oxygen-starved tissues.

10 Jul 2015

TSRI researchers awarded grant to study how environmental factors trigger autoimmune diseases

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 1.5 million Americans suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and 322,000 have lupus, a chronic and potentially life-threatening disease that can damage skin, joints and organs.

10 Jul 2015

SUNY Downstate Medical Center researchers identify ALPIM syndrome as new spectrum disorder

The relationship between mental and physical health is well established. But when mental and physical illnesses co-occur, patients' accounts of physical illness are sometimes arbitrarily discredited or dismissed by physicians.

10 Jul 2015

Traumatic spinal cord injuries on the rise among older people

Traumatic spinal cord injuries are increasing with the population, and incidence is higher in older individuals, according to a Vanderbilt study that was published in the June 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

10 Jul 2015

Starting anti-HIV treatment early improves survival among patients with newly diagnosed TB

Starting anti-HIV treatment within two weeks of the diagnosis of tuberculosis, or TB, improved survival among patients with both infections who had very low immune-cell counts, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Health.

10 Jul 2015

Trial results show routine oral cholera vaccination programme protects people living in endemic regions

An oral cholera vaccine given as part of routine health services is safe and protects against severe cholera in children and adults in urban Bangladesh where the disease is endemic, according to the first real-life trial of this vaccine published in The Lancet.

10 Jul 2015

UA researchers awarded NIH grant to develop software that lets doctors analyze digitized biomedical data

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.3 million grant to researchers at the University of Arizona to develop open-source software that will enable health care professionals and scientists to manage biomedical big data in digital form.

10 Jul 2015

New guidelines seek to protect athletes from exercise-associated hyponatremia

While the risks of dehydration are well known, new international guidelines seek to protect athletes from the serious health risks associated with drinking too many fluids while exercising.

10 Jul 2015

Retrosplenial cortex serves as 'conjunction junction' for brain's navigation function

Ever wake at night needing a drink of water and then find your way to the kitchen in the dark without stubbing your toe?

10 Jul 2015

Patient sues doctors for defamation, medical malpractice

On June 23, 2015 the Washington Post ran a story titled Anesthesiologist trashes sedated patient — and it ends up costing her. While preparing for a colonoscopy, a patient hit "record" on his smartphone to make sure he heard the instructions his doctor would give him after the procedure.

10 Jul 2015

Stroke accelerates cognitive decline

A study of cognitive trajectories before and after stroke shows that patients experience an acute reduction, but also an accelerated long-term decline.

9 Jul 2015

Tillotts Pharma to purchase global rights for AstraZeneca’s Entocort excluding the U.S.

Tillotts Pharma AG, part of the Zeria Group, announced today that it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of the global rights for Entocort (budesonide) from AstraZeneca, excluding the U.S., which will remain with AstraZeneca.

9 Jul 2015

Elsevier, NCI implement two-way linking between research articles on ScienceDirect and datasets in caNanoLab

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and the US National Cancer Institute, a world-leading institute for cancer research, today announced that they have implemented two-way linking between research articles on ScienceDirect and datasets stored in NCI's cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory (caNanoLab) data portal.

9 Jul 2015

Isis Innovation, Ludwig Cancer Research announce launch of new cancer immunotherapy spinout

Isis Innovation, the University of Oxford's technology commercialisation company, and Ludwig Cancer Research are proud to announce the launch of a new spinout company, iOx Therapeutics. iOx Therapeutics will develop a novel cancer immunotherapy discovered through a collaboration between Ludwig Cancer Research and Professor Vincenzo Cerundolo, the director of the MRC Human Immunology Unit within the University of Oxford's Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine.

9 Jul 2015

Silicone ankle sleeves and lace-up ankle braces can improve neuromuscular control among athletes

An athlete's use of silicone ankle sleeves (SAS) and lace-up ankle braces (LAB) during sports participation can improve neuromuscular control, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.

9 Jul 2015

Bone-tendon-bone grafts and hamstring autografts equally viable options for healing injured ACL

Surgeons making reconstruction choices for an injured ACL can consider both bone-tendon-bone grafts and hamstring autografts as equally viable options in regards to healing, as reported in research today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.

9 Jul 2015

Sorrento, NantBioScience form joint venture to develop targeted therapies against cancer

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. and NantBioScience, Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of NantWorks, LLC, announced today that they have established a joint venture to focus on the development of 'first-in-class' small molecules against targets that have eluded the pharmaceutical industry to date and which may address important drivers of cancer growth including cancer stem cells.

9 Jul 2015

Janssen-sponsored Phase 2b trial shows guselkumab effective in treating moderate to severe plaque psoriasis

Results published today in The New England Journal of Medicine from a Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen)-sponsored Phase 2b trial showed up to 86 percent of patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis receiving guselkumab (CNTO 1959) achieved a Physician's Global Assessment (PGA) score of cleared psoriasis or minimal psoriasis at week 16, the study's primary endpoint.

9 Jul 2015

Up-to-date treatment and diagnostic guidelines for diabetic retinal degeneration

Around 600,000 Austrians suffer from diabetes. This condition is frequently associated with serious retinal disorders. Along with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinal degeneration is one of the most common causes of blindness. The Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry at MedUni Vienna was chosen by the European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA) to coordinate the development of up-to-date treatment and diagnostic guidelines.

9 Jul 2015

Medicine News and Research

Molecular cancer expert David Livingston named recipient of Basser Global Prize

Potential molecular link identified between excess fat in the blood and blood vessel recovery in ischemia

TSRI researchers awarded grant to study how environmental factors trigger autoimmune diseases

SUNY Downstate Medical Center researchers identify ALPIM syndrome as new spectrum disorder

Traumatic spinal cord injuries on the rise among older people

Starting anti-HIV treatment early improves survival among patients with newly diagnosed TB

Trial results show routine oral cholera vaccination programme protects people living in endemic regions

UA researchers awarded NIH grant to develop software that lets doctors analyze digitized biomedical data

New guidelines seek to protect athletes from exercise-associated hyponatremia

Retrosplenial cortex serves as 'conjunction junction' for brain's navigation function

Patient sues doctors for defamation, medical malpractice

Stroke accelerates cognitive decline

Tillotts Pharma to purchase global rights for AstraZeneca’s Entocort excluding the U.S.

Elsevier, NCI implement two-way linking between research articles on ScienceDirect and datasets in caNanoLab

Isis Innovation, Ludwig Cancer Research announce launch of new cancer immunotherapy spinout

Silicone ankle sleeves and lace-up ankle braces can improve neuromuscular control among athletes

Bone-tendon-bone grafts and hamstring autografts equally viable options for healing injured ACL

Sorrento, NantBioScience form joint venture to develop targeted therapies against cancer

Janssen-sponsored Phase 2b trial shows guselkumab effective in treating moderate to severe plaque psoriasis

Up-to-date treatment and diagnostic guidelines for diabetic retinal degeneration

Everything there is to know about biosimilars eBook

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

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