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UC Davis pioneers advanced PET imaging to monitor lung cancer treatment

Lung cancer can advance quickly. Once a person starts treatment, it is vital to know if that treatment is working or if the patient should be switched to a different treatment.

10 Jun 2024

Discovery could accelerate efforts to produce new antibiotics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

A discovery made by scientists at King's College London could speed up efforts to produce new antibiotics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.

10 Jun 2024

Precision-guided treatment boosts outcomes in children with high-risk cancers

Study reveals that precision-guided treatment (PGT) improves outcomes in high-risk pediatric cancer patients, but clinical adoption remains low due to physician uncertainty and lack of long-term survival data.

10 Jun 2024

Genome sequencing identifies genetic disorders missed by exome analysis

Genetic mutations in human DNA can prevent proteins that perform important functions in the body from being formed correctly.

10 Jun 2024

Teprotumumab shows long-lasting benefits for thyroid eye disease patients

Most patients with thyroid eye disease treated with teprotumumab didn't require additional treatments nearly 2 years later, according to industry-supported research being presented Sunday at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Boston, Mass., and published in the journal Thyroid.

10 Jun 2024

Innovative FAP-targeted radioligand therapy controls disease progression in sarcoma

Fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-targeted radioligand therapy is safe and effective for treating patients with progressive metastatic tumors, specifically advanced sarcomas, according to research presented at the 2024 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting.

10 Jun 2024

Johns Hopkins researchers discover how epilepsy drug modulates brain activity

By super cooling a molecule on the surface of brain cells down to about minus 180 degrees Celsius - nearly twice as cold as the coldest places in Antarctica - scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have determined how a widely-used epilepsy drug works to dampen the excitability of brain cells and help to control, although not cure, seizures.

10 Jun 2024

New PREVENT risk equations could reduce statin use by 40%, study finds

If national guidelines are revised to incorporate a new risk equation, about 40% fewer people could meet criteria for cholesterol-lowering statins to prevent heart disease, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and University of Michigan.

10 Jun 2024

New research dispels myths about anesthesia-related cognitive decline

General anesthesia makes it possible for millions of patients each year to undergo lifesaving surgeries while unconscious and free of pain.

10 Jun 2024

Transplanted gut microbes from aged mice trigger inflammation in young germ-free mice

When scientists transplanted the gut microbes of aged mice into young "germ-free" mice - raised to have no gut microbes of their own - the recipient mice experienced an increase in inflammation that parallels inflammatory processes associated with aging in humans.

10 Jun 2024

Clinical trial demonstrates efficacy of two-drug therapy for methamphetamine addiction

A clinical trial on a two-drug therapy for methamphetamine use disorder reduced use of the highly addictive drug for up to 12 weeks after initiation of treatment, UCLA-led research suggests.

10 Jun 2024

Efficient whole-gene insertions can be achieved with improved gene-editing technology

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have improved a gene-editing technology that is now capable of inserting or substituting entire genes in the genome in human cells efficiently enough to be potentially useful for therapeutic applications.

10 Jun 2024

Abnormal aortic blood in the aorta flow linked to vessel wall inflammation and breakdown

Abnormal blood flow in the aorta is linked to inflammation and breakdown of the vessel wall in conditions where the aorta is dilated.

10 Jun 2024

Evening exercise most effective in reducing blood sugar levels for overweight and obese adults

New research reveals that moderate to vigorous physical activity in the evening for sedentary adults with overweight and obesity is most beneficial in lowering daily blood sugar levels, according to a study published in Obesity, The Obesity Society's (TOS) flagship journal.

10 Jun 2024

Multiple general anesthesia exposure does not compromise brain function in young children, study finds

A University of Queensland-led study has found multiple doses of anesthetics do not compromise brain function in young children.

10 Jun 2024

Glowing marker dye gives medics a 'second pair of eyes' during prostate cancer surgery

A glowing marker dye that sticks to prostate cancer cells could help surgeons to remove them in real-time, according to a study funded by Cancer Research UK.

10 Jun 2024

Nursing homes are left in the dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires

When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, Colorado, the state's largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses — including Frasier, an assisted living and skilled nursing facility.

10 Jun 2024

Does the menstrual cycle affect attention, anticipation, and spatial cognition in female athletes?

Researchers investigate whether cognitive performance fluctuates during the menstrual cycle and its potential impact athletic involvement and skill.

10 Jun 2024

New study reveals gut microbiome's critical role in aging and heart disease

Researchers in China discovered that gut microbiome diversity, influenced by metabolic health and age, significantly impacts cardiovascular disease risk.

9 Jun 2024

Berotralstat: A promising oral treatment for hereditary angioedema with normal C1-inhibitor

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced new real-world evidence showing that patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE) who have normal C1-inhibitor (HAE-nC1-INH) level and function had a reduction in monthly attack rates after starting oral, once-daily berotralstat.

8 Jun 2024

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UC Davis pioneers advanced PET imaging to monitor lung cancer treatment

Discovery could accelerate efforts to produce new antibiotics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

Precision-guided treatment boosts outcomes in children with high-risk cancers

Genome sequencing identifies genetic disorders missed by exome analysis

Teprotumumab shows long-lasting benefits for thyroid eye disease patients

Innovative FAP-targeted radioligand therapy controls disease progression in sarcoma

Johns Hopkins researchers discover how epilepsy drug modulates brain activity

New PREVENT risk equations could reduce statin use by 40%, study finds

New research dispels myths about anesthesia-related cognitive decline

Transplanted gut microbes from aged mice trigger inflammation in young germ-free mice

Clinical trial demonstrates efficacy of two-drug therapy for methamphetamine addiction

Efficient whole-gene insertions can be achieved with improved gene-editing technology

Abnormal aortic blood in the aorta flow linked to vessel wall inflammation and breakdown

Evening exercise most effective in reducing blood sugar levels for overweight and obese adults

Multiple general anesthesia exposure does not compromise brain function in young children, study finds

Glowing marker dye gives medics a 'second pair of eyes' during prostate cancer surgery

Nursing homes are left in the dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires

Does the menstrual cycle affect attention, anticipation, and spatial cognition in female athletes?

New study reveals gut microbiome's critical role in aging and heart disease

Berotralstat: A promising oral treatment for hereditary angioedema with normal C1-inhibitor

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