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Study sheds light on how impaired autophagy can play a role in causing heart failure

A new study sheds light on how autophagy, the body's process for removing damaged cell parts, when impaired, can play a role in causing heart failure.

11 Jan 2024

Extended liver preservation technique shows promise for daytime transplants

Phase II clinical trial evaluates the safety and feasibility of prolonged DHOPE for extending human donor liver preservation to 20 hours, showing potential for facilitating daytime liver transplantation.

11 Jan 2024

Radiation and chemo combo tackles advanced non-small cell lung cancer

A new study led by researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that using high doses of radiation while integrating an ablative radiotherapy technique called stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) concurrently with chemotherapy is safe and effective in treating people with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer that is not suitable for surgery.

11 Jan 2024

Glioblastoma tumor cells mimic neurons to evade treatment

Certain cancers are more difficult to treat because they contain cells that are highly skilled at evading drugs or our immune systems by disguising themselves as healthy cells.

11 Jan 2024

€1.6M project aims to crack the code of degradation-resistant tumors

An international research project on the subject of "Understanding and targeting degradation-resistant tumors" has been granted funding of 1.655 million euros through the German-Israeli Project Cooperation (DIP) program.

11 Jan 2024

Revolutionary blood test monitors gene expression dynamics in the brain

The brain is the most protected organ in the body, sheathed in a complex and nearly impenetrable barrier of specialized blood vessels.

11 Jan 2024

Enhanced mental wellbeing linked to workplace interventions on physical activity and sedentariness

The effects of six months of multi-level workplace interventions aimed at decreasing sedentary behavior.

11 Jan 2024

New hope for stroke patients: University of Cincinnati trial tests unique tongue exercise device

The Gardner Neuroscience Institute, supported by a $660,000 NIH grant, is launching a trial to test an at-home tongue endurance exercise aimed at improving swallowing function in stroke survivors.

11 Jan 2024

Non-smokers' lung cancer among top five global cancer-related deaths in 2023

The development of lung cancer in individuals who have never smoked.

11 Jan 2024

Study shows engineered antibodies significantly boost Omicron neutralization

Researchers engineered IgA antibodies from IgG monoclonals, enhancing neutralization against Omicron by up to 75-fold and offering protection in mice models.

10 Jan 2024

mRNA therapy shows promise for curing children's rare liver disease

By exploiting the technology used in Covid-19 vaccines, a team led by UCL, King's College London and Moderna scientists has created an effective therapy for a rare disease, in a study in mice, demonstrating the technology's potential therapeutic use in people.

10 Jan 2024

Research discovers fibronectin's role in BRAF-mutant thyroid cancer resistance

New research overseen by University of Colorado Cancer Center member Rebecca Schweppe, PhD, could lead to improved treatment for people with thyroid cancer characterized by a mutation in the BRAF gene - a mutation also responsible for some types of melanoma, colorectal cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, and ovarian cancer.

10 Jan 2024

Widespread pain makes exercise a challenge for some patients with multiple sclerosis

For patients with multiple sclerosis, a regular exercise routine is important for managing symptoms. Due to different causes of chronic pain though, physical exercise can be more difficult for some.

10 Jan 2024

New study finds maternal vaccine and monoclonal antibody effective against RSV in infants

The impact and cost-effectiveness of maternal vaccination (MV) to long-acting monoclonal antibody (la-mAB) therapy.

10 Jan 2024

MedUni Vienna researchers discover possible trigger of chronic inflammatory bowel disease

As the cause of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis is not yet known, treatment for sufferers is currently aimed at alleviating the often agonizing symptoms.

10 Jan 2024

Study identifies hormonal and reproductive factors for rheumatoid arthritis in women

Early menopause - before the age of 45 - taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and having 4 or more children are among several hormonal and reproductive factors linked to a heightened risk of rheumatoid arthritis in women, finds a large long term study published in the open access journal RMD Open.

9 Jan 2024

Carvedilol improves heart health marker in childhood cancer survivors

Physicians at City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, in cooperation with the Children's Oncology Group (COG), have conducted the largest clinical trial to date seeking to reduce the risk of people who have survived childhood cancer from developing heart failure.

9 Jan 2024

Injectable hydrogel paves the way for painless defibrillation and arrhythmia prevention

A breakthrough study led by Dr. Mehdi Razavi at The Texas Heart Institute (THI), in collaboration with a biomedical engineering team of The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) Cockrell School of Engineering led by Dr. Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, sets the foundation of a ground-breaking treatment regimen for treating ventricular arrhythmia.

9 Jan 2024

Smartphone app offers relief for debilitating tinnitus

An international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of tinnitus can be effectively reduced in just weeks by a training course and sound therapy delivered via a smartphone app.

9 Jan 2024

Dresden makes waves in cancer treatment with pioneering MRI-guided proton therapy

On January 9th, 2024, a scientific prototype for MRI-guided proton therapy was inaugurated in Dresden.

9 Jan 2024

Therapy News and Research

Study sheds light on how impaired autophagy can play a role in causing heart failure

Extended liver preservation technique shows promise for daytime transplants

Radiation and chemo combo tackles advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Glioblastoma tumor cells mimic neurons to evade treatment

€1.6M project aims to crack the code of degradation-resistant tumors

Revolutionary blood test monitors gene expression dynamics in the brain

Enhanced mental wellbeing linked to workplace interventions on physical activity and sedentariness

New hope for stroke patients: University of Cincinnati trial tests unique tongue exercise device

Non-smokers' lung cancer among top five global cancer-related deaths in 2023

Study shows engineered antibodies significantly boost Omicron neutralization

mRNA therapy shows promise for curing children's rare liver disease

Research discovers fibronectin's role in BRAF-mutant thyroid cancer resistance

Widespread pain makes exercise a challenge for some patients with multiple sclerosis

New study finds maternal vaccine and monoclonal antibody effective against RSV in infants

MedUni Vienna researchers discover possible trigger of chronic inflammatory bowel disease

Study identifies hormonal and reproductive factors for rheumatoid arthritis in women

Carvedilol improves heart health marker in childhood cancer survivors

Injectable hydrogel paves the way for painless defibrillation and arrhythmia prevention

Smartphone app offers relief for debilitating tinnitus

Dresden makes waves in cancer treatment with pioneering MRI-guided proton therapy

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