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Pre-operative immunotherapy can elicit an immune response that shrinks oral cancers

A new clinical trial suggests that immunotherapy given before other treatments for oral cavity cancers can elicit an immune response that shrinks tumors, which could provide long-term benefit for patients.

27 Feb 2020

Drug used for breast, renal cancers may provide survival benefit for patients with head and neck cancers

A targeted therapy drug used for breast and kidney cancers may also extend progression-free survival for patients with advanced head and neck cancer who are at high risk for recurrence after standard treatment.

27 Feb 2020

NTHU research team develops new treatment for cancer

A research team led by Dr. Yunching Chen and Tsai-Te Lu of National Tsing Hua University have recently developed a new treatment for cancer, in which blood vessels within malignant tumors are normalized by injecting a specially developed nanodelivery system for nitric oxide (NanoNO), which also facilitates the delivery of cancer drugs and immunocytes into the tumor.

27 Feb 2020

New European collaboration to accelerate lifesaving cancer research

Cancer Research UK and its European partners, Fondazione AIRC and Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC), will invest £27.4 million into seven new international projects to accelerate lifesaving cancer research, announced today (Friday).

27 Feb 2020

Renishaw completes main part of Phase 1-2 clinical trial along with Herantis Pharma for treatment of Parkinson’s disease

Global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, announces that its award-winning intraparenchymal drug delivery device, has played a critical role in a joint Phase 1-2 clinical study with Herantis Pharma plc, for the investigation of cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor (CDNF)as a treatment for Parkinson's disease.

27 Feb 2020

Anthony Nolan’s Scientific Director honored with prestigious lifetime achievement award

Blood cancer charity, Anthony Nolan, is pleased to announce that their Scientific Director Professor Alejandro Madrigal, has been conferred with Honorary Membership of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and to the EBMT.

27 Feb 2020

They fell in love helping drug users. But fear kept him from helping himself.

She was in medical school. He was just out of prison.

27 Feb 2020

Brain imaging may help predict when liquid biopsy will benefit individual glioblastoma patients

Tracking brain cancer with a blood test instead of a surgical biopsy may greatly improve quality of life for glioblastoma (GBM) patients and provide critical information for their care, but it is not feasible in all cases.

27 Feb 2020

Low fruit and vegetable consumption, increased body fat associated with anxiety disorders

New research from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging shows that adults who have low fruit and vegetable intakes have a higher likelihood of being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.

27 Feb 2020

Your school assignment for the day: Spelling and specs

Daisy Leon struggles to sit still and read the letters on the eye chart. Her responses tumble out in a quiet, confused garble.

27 Feb 2020

A retrospective review of 5,000 non-surgical rhinoplasties performed to date

As patients continue to seek non-invasive treatments across the cosmetic spectrum, "liquid rhinoplasty" is emerging as the non-surgical alternative to the traditional nose job.

27 Feb 2020

Advion’s parent company Bohui Innovation Biotechnology will acquire Interchim group

Advion Inc. today announces parent company Beijing Bohui Innovation Biotechnology Co., Ltd., has filed its intention to acquire Adchim SAS, the parent company of the Interchim group companies.

From Advion 27 Feb 2020

New method to detect phenols in smoked food samples using vitamin B4

Today, phenols are used to produce medicines, paints, and inexpensive furniture made of chipboard or MDF panels and also to process food. Some of them are capable of imparting a pleasant smoky aroma to food, so they are often added to sausage or fish.

26 Feb 2020

First human vaginal non-redundant gene catalog released

University of Maryland School of Medicine's Institute for Genome Sciences researchers have created the first catalog of genes that comprise the community of microbes, which inhabit the human vagina.

26 Feb 2020

Optimal preoperative definition of malnutrition varies by cancer type

The best approach for surgeons to identify malnourished cancer patients before they have a cancer operation may be specifically related to the type of cancer the patient has, according to researchers who found that common definitions of malnutrition do not apply equally to all cancers in assessment of preoperative risk.

26 Feb 2020

Exploring the intersection of immigration and aging

A new special issue of the journal The Gerontologist from The Gerontological Society of America explores how contemporary trends in immigration, migration, and refugee movement affect how people age and how societies care for aging people.

26 Feb 2020

New compounds may help stop the spread of the coronavirus

Amid the global health crisis of the coronavirus (COVID-19), scientists from around the world are racing to find a treatment to stop the deadly virus. The sudden acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread across 46 countries, infecting more than 82,000 and killing more than 2,800 people.

26 Feb 2020

Transverse arch may play an important role in stiffness of the human foot

Walking and running subjects our feet to forces in excess of body weight. The longitudinal arch of the feet was thought to be the reason the feet do not deform under such load.

26 Feb 2020

Mount Sinai physicians first in the U.S. to analyze chest CT scans of patients with COVID-19

Mount Sinai Health System physicians--the first experts in the country to analyze chest computed tomography (CT) scans of patients from China with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)--have identified specific patterns in the lungs as markers of the disease as it develops over the course of a week and a half.

26 Feb 2020

APEIRON Biologics launches clinical trial of respiratory drug to treat coronavirus infection

APEIRON Biologics AG, a biotechnology company with an approved product on the market as well as a broad preclinical and clinical pipeline, today announced the launch of a Pilot investigator-initiated clinical trial with APN01, a recombinant human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, to treat patients with severe coronavirus infection in the People's Republic of China.

26 Feb 2020

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Pre-operative immunotherapy can elicit an immune response that shrinks oral cancers

Drug used for breast, renal cancers may provide survival benefit for patients with head and neck cancers

NTHU research team develops new treatment for cancer

New European collaboration to accelerate lifesaving cancer research

Renishaw completes main part of Phase 1-2 clinical trial along with Herantis Pharma for treatment of Parkinson’s disease

Anthony Nolan’s Scientific Director honored with prestigious lifetime achievement award

They fell in love helping drug users. But fear kept him from helping himself.

Brain imaging may help predict when liquid biopsy will benefit individual glioblastoma patients

Low fruit and vegetable consumption, increased body fat associated with anxiety disorders

Your school assignment for the day: Spelling and specs

A retrospective review of 5,000 non-surgical rhinoplasties performed to date

Advion’s parent company Bohui Innovation Biotechnology will acquire Interchim group

New method to detect phenols in smoked food samples using vitamin B4

First human vaginal non-redundant gene catalog released

Optimal preoperative definition of malnutrition varies by cancer type

Exploring the intersection of immigration and aging

New compounds may help stop the spread of the coronavirus

Transverse arch may play an important role in stiffness of the human foot

Mount Sinai physicians first in the U.S. to analyze chest CT scans of patients with COVID-19

APEIRON Biologics launches clinical trial of respiratory drug to treat coronavirus infection

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