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Researchers develop new method to reduce toxicity of gluten for people with celiac disease

A team of researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro along with other research institutions have developed a method that will allow us to reduce the toxicity of gluten for people who suffer from celiac disease.

3 Jun 2019

Georgetown University Medical Center announces launch of clinical trial for Lewy body dementia

Georgetown University Medical Center announces the launch of the only known therapeutic (disease modifying) clinical trial for Lewy body dementia, a neurological disorder that affects a million people in the United States for which there are no approved medications that modify the disease.

3 Jun 2019

Churches wipe out millions in medical debt for others

The leaders of Pathway Church on the outskirts of Wichita, Kan., had no clue that the $22,000 they already had on hand for Easter would have such impact.

3 Jun 2019

International clinical study of new drug to treat advanced prostate cancers yields promising results

Today the New England Journal of Medicine published the first results of a phase III international clinical study called TITAN (National Clinical Trials Number 02489318), which evaluated the effectiveness and safety of a new drug, apalutamide, to treat advanced prostate cancers.

3 Jun 2019

Immunotherapy increases five-year survival rate of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

In a study led by UCLA investigators, treatment with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab helped more than 15% of people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer live for at least five years - and 25% of patients whose tumor cells had a specific protein lived at least that long.

3 Jun 2019

Targeted therapy plus hormone therapy improves survival in premenopausal patients with advanced HR+ breast cancer

Adding the targeted therapy ribociclib to hormone therapy significantly improved overall survival (OS) in premenopausal patients with advanced hormone receptor-positive (HR+) breast cancer, according to results of the MONALEESA-7 Phase III clinical trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

3 Jun 2019

Oral androgen receptor inhibitor improves outcomes for men with mHSPC

Enzalutamide, an oral androgen receptor inhibitor, can improve outcomes for men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, according to a large study presented by Christopher Sweeney, MBBS of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, during the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.

3 Jun 2019

New targeted therapy using radio waves blocks growth of liver cancer cells, study shows

A new targeted therapy using non-thermal radio waves has been shown to block the growth of liver cancer cells anywhere in the body without damaging healthy cells, according to a study conducted by scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health.

31 May 2019

Young eczema sufferers infected with common skin bacterium are at higher risk of food allergy

In a new study published today in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, scientists from King's College London have found that young children with severe eczema infected with Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, are at a higher risk of developing a food allergy.

31 May 2019

Food News and Research

Researchers develop new method to reduce toxicity of gluten for people with celiac disease

Georgetown University Medical Center announces launch of clinical trial for Lewy body dementia

Churches wipe out millions in medical debt for others

International clinical study of new drug to treat advanced prostate cancers yields promising results

Immunotherapy increases five-year survival rate of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Targeted therapy plus hormone therapy improves survival in premenopausal patients with advanced HR+ breast cancer

Oral androgen receptor inhibitor improves outcomes for men with mHSPC

New targeted therapy using radio waves blocks growth of liver cancer cells, study shows

Young eczema sufferers infected with common skin bacterium are at higher risk of food allergy

Treatment guidelines for managing anaphylaxis in children need to be reassessed

Study confirms gut-brain link in autism

Eating blueberries daily reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease

Bedfont named as Technology category finalist for 2019 National Family Business Awards

Study highlights the need to educate oncologists about molecular profiling

Understanding social psychological connections between people and physical environment

Lab-grown insect meat could be a superior green alternative for meat farming

New studies from UCI shine light on circadian clocks

More than half of surgical stapler malfunctions went to hidden FDA database

Study links heartburn drugs to fatal cases of heart, kidney disease and gastrointestinal cancer

The unexpected perk of my group pregnancy care: New friends

The future is bioengineered: Synthetic biology and global sustainability eBook

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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