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Corticosteroids can help in survival of elderly patients with severe COVID-19

A new study group based in France have looked at the rates of survival among elderly patients with COVID-19 who were administered with corticosteroids.

16 Nov 2020

Care pathways for pregnant women with COVID‐19

A recent review published in the journal Global Challenges in October 2020, sums up what is currently known about the treatment of COVID-19 during pregnancy and offers recommendations for how healthcare professions might better manage pregnant COVID-19 patients in the future.

16 Nov 2020

Short, one-month dual anti-platelet treatment is safe and effective after stent placement

A one-month treatment of dual anti-platelet therapy is safe and as effective as a longer duration of therapy at preventing cardiac events in patients one year after stent placement, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.

16 Nov 2020

Potent antiplatelet drug not superior to standard of care in reducing heart attack risk during angioplasty

The use of the more potent antiplatelet medication ticagrelor was not superior to clopidogrel in the reduction of the rate of heart attack or severe complications among people undergoing an elective procedure to open a blocked artery, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.

16 Nov 2020

Omega-3 fatty acids did not reduce risk of cardiac events in elderly heart attack survivors

A daily dose of omega-3 fatty acids did not reduce the risk of cardiac events, including secondary heart attack, stroke, bypass surgery or death, among elderly people who had survived a recent heart attack, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.

16 Nov 2020

Patients' own stem cells can be used to grow new bones, study shows

A new, groundbreaking study from the University of Bergen shows that a patients' own stem cells can be used to grow new bone.

16 Nov 2020

Individuals with high BMI and LDL cholesterol are at increased risk of COVID-19

A new study led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London uses a novel approach to investigate the effects of cardiovascular risk factors on the risk of COVID-19 infection.

16 Nov 2020

New antibody fragment helps reduce Aβ levels in old mice with Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's disease is the most common dementia worldwide and it is characterized by learning impairment, memory loss, disorientation, and anxiety, among other behavioral and psychological symptoms.

16 Nov 2020

New tool predicts which cancer patients will respond positively to immunotherapy

An international group led by Dr Banafshe Larijani, an Ikerbasque researcher seconded to the Biofisika Institute (UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, CSIC), has developed a new diagnostic method making it possible to accurately predict which cancer patients will respond positively to immunotherapy.

16 Nov 2020

Additional imaging tests can detect cause of heart attack in women with no major artery blockage

Diagnostic imaging techniques were able to find the underlying cause of heart attack in many women who had no major artery blockage, according to late- breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.

16 Nov 2020

Antiviral immune response is suppressed in COVID-19 patients compared to flu patients

Rather than life-threatening hyperinflammation, most adults with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 have a suppressed viral immune response when compared to adults with another viral respiratory infection, influenza. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis led research that suggests most COVID-19 patients are not candidates for treatment with steroids such as dexamethasone.

16 Nov 2020

New drug reduces LDL cholesterol in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia

The investigational drug evinacumab reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol--the so-called "bad" cholesterol--by 50 percent in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia whose condition is resistant to standard treatments, a phase 2 study from the Icahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai and other global academic sites has found.

16 Nov 2020

Study confirms link between gut microbiota and Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. Still incurable, it directly affects nearly one million people in Europe, and indirectly millions of family members as well as society as a whole.

16 Nov 2020

Study reveals 3D structure of key phage component in atomic resolution

Given that phages are able to destroy bacteria, they are of particular interest to science. Basic researchers from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) in Berlin are especially interested in the tube used by phages to implant their DNA into bacteria.

16 Nov 2020

Researchers use aerosolized molecules to shut down proteins generated by coronavirus

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have successfully used molecules comprised of small strands of RNA to shut down the production of destructive proteins generated by the COVID-19 virus.

16 Nov 2020

New data highlights safety concerns on rAAV vectors used in gene therapy

New data highlight safety concerns for the replication of recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vectors commonly used in gene therapy.

16 Nov 2020

People taking placebo pills and statins experienced similar side effects, shows study

People taking dummy pills and statins experienced similar side effects in a new study.

15 Nov 2020

MTT procedure improves gastrointestinal, behavioral symptoms in ASD children

According to the Centers for Disease Research, 1 in 54 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) each year, and the number has been rising.

15 Nov 2020

Drugs targeting neutrophils could reduce ARDS in severe COVID-19

Scientists in Taiwan recently published a report on their use of anti-neutrophil strategies to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) – a life-threatening condition that can arise in critical COVID-19 cases – in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics.

15 Nov 2020

Polypill plus aspirin and polypill alone reduced cardiovascular disease risk

A single, daily pill combining blood pressure and cholesterol medications, along with the addition of a daily dose of aspirin, reduced cardiovascular disease events in people at risk for heart disease, according to late-breaking research presented today in a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.

15 Nov 2020

Therapy News and Research

Corticosteroids can help in survival of elderly patients with severe COVID-19

Care pathways for pregnant women with COVID‐19

Short, one-month dual anti-platelet treatment is safe and effective after stent placement

Potent antiplatelet drug not superior to standard of care in reducing heart attack risk during angioplasty

Omega-3 fatty acids did not reduce risk of cardiac events in elderly heart attack survivors

Patients' own stem cells can be used to grow new bones, study shows

Individuals with high BMI and LDL cholesterol are at increased risk of COVID-19

New antibody fragment helps reduce Aβ levels in old mice with Alzheimer’s disease

New tool predicts which cancer patients will respond positively to immunotherapy

Additional imaging tests can detect cause of heart attack in women with no major artery blockage

Antiviral immune response is suppressed in COVID-19 patients compared to flu patients

New drug reduces LDL cholesterol in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia

Study confirms link between gut microbiota and Alzheimer's disease

Study reveals 3D structure of key phage component in atomic resolution

Researchers use aerosolized molecules to shut down proteins generated by coronavirus

New data highlights safety concerns on rAAV vectors used in gene therapy

People taking placebo pills and statins experienced similar side effects, shows study

MTT procedure improves gastrointestinal, behavioral symptoms in ASD children

Drugs targeting neutrophils could reduce ARDS in severe COVID-19

Polypill plus aspirin and polypill alone reduced cardiovascular disease risk

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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