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COVID-19 pandemic fails to deter osteoporosis treatment initiation: New study reveals steady rates

Whether patients with newly diagnosed osteoporosis received delayed pharmacologic treatment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

18 Sep 2023

MDMA-assisted therapy reduces PTSD symptoms dramatically

New study shows MDMA-assisted therapy significantly reduces symptoms in individuals with moderate to severe PTSD, outperforming traditional therapy and medications. The study, covering multiple sites in the U.S. and Israel, indicates that while effective, further research is needed to explore potential side effects and effectiveness across diverse groups.

17 Sep 2023

Stuart Orkin receives the third Elaine Redding Brinster Prize for development of sickle cell disease therapy

For his work discovering the basis for hemoglobin gene switching and applying those insights to develop a therapy for sickle cell disease and other blood diseases, the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania awarded Stuart Orkin, MD the third Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine.

15 Sep 2023

Purdue researcher receives $1.38 million to fight against drug-resistant malaria in developing countries

A Purdue researcher is taking a giant leap forward in the fight against drug-resistant strains of malaria in developing countries.

15 Sep 2023

Oto and Lindus Health launch a remote trial to increase patient access to tinnitus therapy

Digital health company Oto and clinical trial start-up Lindus Health today announced the launch of a fully remote, digital trial to increase patient access to life-changing tinnitus therapy.

15 Sep 2023

How does Helicobacter pylori infection influence rheumatoid arthritis?

The association between Helicobacter pylori infection and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

15 Sep 2023

New genetic test reveals a person’s predisposition to happiness

Your happiness levels aren't only based on external events. Genome testing can reveal how happy and optimistic you are predisposed to be. A leading testing expert reveals how variations of a key gene, CNR1, may have a significant impact on your level of happiness.

15 Sep 2023

Is there an association between waist-calf circumference ratio and all-cause and cause-specific mortality?

How anthropometric measures like WCR are associated with cause-specific and all-cause mortality in elderly adults.

15 Sep 2023

N-acetylglucosamine reduces multiple inflammation and neurodegeneration markers in MS patients

UCI researchers have found that a simple sugar, N-acetylglucosamine, reduces multiple inflammation and neurodegeneration markers in people who suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS).

14 Sep 2023

Combination immunotherapy outperforms durvalumab monotherapy in neoadjuvant NSCLC

Combination immunotherapy with the anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody durvalumab and other novel agents outperforms durvalumab alone in the neoadjuvant (pre-surgical) setting for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

14 Sep 2023

Specialized gut immune cells could be new biomarker for IBD progression

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust have characterised a specialised type of immune cell, which plays a key role in protecting and repairing the cells in the healthy human gut.

14 Sep 2023

MIT study reveals why immunotherapy doesn't work for all cancer patients

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14 Sep 2023

NIH awards $3.2 million to study how unique DNA circles drive deadly pediatric brain tumors

Lukas Chavez, Ph.D., has received $3.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how unique DNA circles found in cancer cells drive deadly pediatric brain tumors.

14 Sep 2023

New trial shows promise of combination neoadjuvant immunotherapy for lung cancer

Patients with stage 1–3 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) given a combination immunotherapy prior to surgery (neoadjuvant) had a better major pathological response (10% or less residual cancer) when the cancer was removed than those who took a single immunotherapy agent alone, according to results of a novel multicenter phase 2 NeoCOAST platform trial that included two investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

14 Sep 2023

Reviving reservoirs: new findings shake up HIV treatment understanding

Researchers provide insight into the interaction between T lymphocytes and persisting reservoirs of HIV, with repercussions for harnessing effective, long-lasting responses to HIV eradication.

14 Sep 2023

MRI innovation to unveil iron homeostasis in the human brain

Researchers demonstrated a MRI method sensitive to the live brain's iron homeostasis (the r1-r2 extent of relaxation or relaxivity).

14 Sep 2023

Results from a nested randomized controlled trial for BCG vaccination against recurrent herpes labialis

Researchers examined the effect of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination on attenuating herpes labialis (cold sore) recurrences.

14 Sep 2023

AACR Cancer Progress Report provides latest statistics on cancer research and treatment

Today, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) released the 13th edition of its annual Cancer Progress Report, which chronicles how basic, translational, and clinical cancer research and cancer-related population sciences - primarily supported by federal investments in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) - remain vitally important to improving health and saving lives.

13 Sep 2023

International experts discuss recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation

Recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation, and what they mean for patients, were considered by a group of around 75 international experts at a three-day meeting that began on Monday.

13 Sep 2023

Dormant HIV reservoirs can spontaneously produce RNA and proteins, study finds

HIV anti-retroviral therapy is considered a treatment and not a cure because patients usually carry a reservoir of HIV-infected cells that can re-emerge if treatment stops.

13 Sep 2023

Therapy News and Research

COVID-19 pandemic fails to deter osteoporosis treatment initiation: New study reveals steady rates

MDMA-assisted therapy reduces PTSD symptoms dramatically

Stuart Orkin receives the third Elaine Redding Brinster Prize for development of sickle cell disease therapy

Purdue researcher receives $1.38 million to fight against drug-resistant malaria in developing countries

Oto and Lindus Health launch a remote trial to increase patient access to tinnitus therapy

How does Helicobacter pylori infection influence rheumatoid arthritis?

New genetic test reveals a person’s predisposition to happiness

Is there an association between waist-calf circumference ratio and all-cause and cause-specific mortality?

N-acetylglucosamine reduces multiple inflammation and neurodegeneration markers in MS patients

Combination immunotherapy outperforms durvalumab monotherapy in neoadjuvant NSCLC

Specialized gut immune cells could be new biomarker for IBD progression

MIT study reveals why immunotherapy doesn't work for all cancer patients

NIH awards $3.2 million to study how unique DNA circles drive deadly pediatric brain tumors

New trial shows promise of combination neoadjuvant immunotherapy for lung cancer

Reviving reservoirs: new findings shake up HIV treatment understanding

MRI innovation to unveil iron homeostasis in the human brain

Results from a nested randomized controlled trial for BCG vaccination against recurrent herpes labialis

AACR Cancer Progress Report provides latest statistics on cancer research and treatment

International experts discuss recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation

Dormant HIV reservoirs can spontaneously produce RNA and proteins, study finds

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