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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Biden health agenda

President Joe Biden wasted no time getting down to work. Among the raft of executive orders he signed on Inauguration Day were several aimed at curtailing the covid crisis, including one requiring mask-wearing by federal employees and anyone on federal property for the next 100 days.

21 Jan 2021

AACR and MPM award three grants to support groundbreaking cancer research projects

Three grants for research that could transform cancer therapies have been awarded by the AACR-MPM Oncology Charitable Foundation Transformative Cancer Research Grants Program, an innovative partnership between the American Association for Cancer Research and the UBS Oncology Impact Fund managed by MPM Capital.

21 Jan 2021

SU2C announces $3.25 million in grants to find new treatments for head and neck cancers

Stand Up To Cancer today announced $3.25 million in grants from four national nonprofits to fund research to find new treatments for head and neck cancers, which are newly diagnosed in about 65,000 Americans every year.

21 Jan 2021

Toward patient-derived models to help personalize cancer care

Cancer is a major, worldwide challenge, and its impact is projected to escalate due to aging and growth of the population.

21 Jan 2021

A single genetic test can identify the presence and cause of mismatch repair deficiency

Researchers have developed a new integrated genetic/epigenetic DNA-sequencing protocol known as MultiMMR that can identify the presence and cause of mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency in a single test from a small sample of DNA in colon, endometrial, and other cancers.

21 Jan 2021

Trained medical personnel can perform safe, effective groin hernia operations

Many Sub-Saharan countries have a desperate shortage of surgeons, and to ensure that as many patients as possible can be treated, some operations are carried out by medical professionals who are not specialists in surgery.

21 Jan 2021

Study examines association between gut mycobiome and Parkinson’s disease

The bacterial gut microbiome is strongly associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), but no studies had previously investigated he role of fungi in the gut.

21 Jan 2021

Surgical robots to incorporate senses comparable or even superior to humans

Surgeons make optimal use of all their senses to master difficult operations. When visibility is poor, they locate anatomy by palpation or they hear the optimal moment to stop drilling.

21 Jan 2021

Study: COVID-19 is dangerous not only for the elderly but for middle-aged adults

COVID-19 has been spreading rapidly over the past several months, and the U.S. death toll has now reached 400,000.

21 Jan 2021

Scientists discover mechanism for transient memory lapse

In a landmark neurobiology study, scientists from Scripps Research have discovered a memory gating system that employs the neurotransmitter dopamine to direct transient forgetting, a temporary lapse of memory which spontaneously returns.

21 Jan 2021

Researchers discover important cause of preeclampsia

Despite being the subject of increasing interest for a whole century, how preeclampsia develops has been unclear - until now.

21 Jan 2021

Using gene therapy to mimic the effects of physical exercise

It sounds too good to be true - and it is. But Jose Bianco Moreira and the CERG research group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are convinced that some of the positive health effects of physical exercise can be achieved using gene therapy and medication.

21 Jan 2021