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Unrelated mutations can lead to false-positive results in men with advanced prostate cancer

Unrelated mutations, when present in the blood, can lead to false-positive results in men with advanced prostate cancer who are undergoing liquid biopsies.

5 Nov 2020

Study reveals new therapeutic approach for superbug infections

A research team led by Professor Hongzhe SUN, Chair Professor from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, in collaboration with Dr Pak-Leung HO, Director of the HKU Carol Yu Centre for Infection from the Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine.

5 Nov 2020

Llama antibodies could be a potent nanoweapon against COVID-19

Today in Science, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine describe a new method to extract tiny but extremely powerful SARS-CoV-2 antibody fragments from llamas, which could be fashioned into inhalable therapeutics with the potential to prevent and treat COVID-19.

5 Nov 2020

Researchers pioneer new approach to treating life-threatening snake bites

A new approach of treating life-threatening snake bites responsible for around 100,000 deaths globally each year is being pioneered by an international research consortium led by University of Bristol scientists.

5 Nov 2020

Antiangiogenic drugs increase the aggressiveness of some kidney tumors

Angiogenesis is the process by which tumors create new blood vessels that will provide them the nutrients to continue growing.

5 Nov 2020

Scientists use gene therapy to regenerate damaged optic nerve fibers

Scientists have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged nerve fibers in the eye, in a discovery that could aid the development of new treatments for glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide.

5 Nov 2020

Providing the best psychiatric care within a safe environment during COVID-19 pandemic

The very heart of inpatient care for psychiatric patients is socialization, group therapy, shared meals, and a standard two people per room. Then COVID-19 hit with the accompanying public health warnings to isolate, socially distance, and wear masks.

4 Nov 2020

UH professor is developing a Chinese herbal medicine formula to improve cancer therapy

University of Houston professor of pharmaceutics Ming Hu is developing and testing an ancient Chinese herbal medicine formula, first described in 280 A.D., to improve cancer therapy.

4 Nov 2020

Researchers to use new app data to prevent anxiety, improve wellbeing in young people

Young people across Europe are being recruited to a trial to put their smartphone addiction to good use, via an app designed to prevent anxiety and depression and improve wellbeing.

4 Nov 2020

Evidence of robust and persistent antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

A team of researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, have worked in collaboration to try and answer one of the most baffling questions surrounding the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic: do antibodies against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) last after a primary infection?

3 Nov 2020

Study finds new clues for disarming antibiotic-resistant bacteria

A virus can stop bacteria from sharing genes for antibiotic resistance among themselves, Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have discovered. The results hint at new ways to treat infections and describe a new feature of a highly diverse, largely unexplored part of the biosphere.

3 Nov 2020

Biomarkers that are predictive of clinical benefit in Trop-2-expressing triple-negative breast cancer

Oncotarget recently published "Predictive biomarkers for sacituzumab govitecan efficacy in Trop-2-expressing triple-negative breast cancer" which reported that the authors investigated whether Trop-2-expression and homologous recombination repair of SN-38-mediated double-strand DNA breaks play a role in the sensitivity of triple-negative breast cancer to SG.

3 Nov 2020

Researchers identify a novel vulnerability in advanced prostate cancer

Researchers at the University of Bern led an international team that has identified a novel vulnerability in advanced prostate cancer that is no longer responding to hormonal therapy.

3 Nov 2020

Beta-blockers could be used to treat COVID-19, study finds

Beta-blockers could potentially be used to treat COVID-19, according to a new international study by Italian and Australian scientists.

3 Nov 2020

Novel molecules show potential for future cancer therapies

Cancers sometimes escape our immune defenses because of the over-activity of molecular signaling systems, called checkpoint processes. Now we may be able to fight back using a new range of molecules, researchers in China report in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

3 Nov 2020

New study may help improve walking capacity in people with multiple sclerosis

Significant gaps in how walking capacity and performance is assessed for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) could be harming therapy and treatment development according to McGill University researchers.

3 Nov 2020

Scientists identify neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists have discovered the fastest way to identify potent, neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

3 Nov 2020

Researchers reveal mechanisms that help C. difficile pathogen to survive in low oxygen levels

Researchers from ITQB NOVA, in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur in Paris, have shed light on the mechanisms that allow Clostridioides difficile, a pathogen that can only grow in oxygen-free environments, to be able to survive low oxygen levels.

3 Nov 2020

Global collaboration provides a COVID-19 disease map

A collaboration of researchers from 120 different institutes across 30 countries including France, Germany, Australia, Japan, USA, India, Turkey, Brazil, and Canada initiated an effort to develop a COVID-19 Disease Map - a collection of computational models and diagrams of molecular mechanisms implicated in COVID-19.

2 Nov 2020

Drug combo for Type 2 diabetes continues to stay effective after two years of treatment

Patients with Type 2 diabetes often take metformin as first-line therapy to help stabilize their blood glucose.

2 Nov 2020

Therapy News and Research

Unrelated mutations can lead to false-positive results in men with advanced prostate cancer

Study reveals new therapeutic approach for superbug infections

Llama antibodies could be a potent nanoweapon against COVID-19

Researchers pioneer new approach to treating life-threatening snake bites

Antiangiogenic drugs increase the aggressiveness of some kidney tumors

Scientists use gene therapy to regenerate damaged optic nerve fibers

Providing the best psychiatric care within a safe environment during COVID-19 pandemic

UH professor is developing a Chinese herbal medicine formula to improve cancer therapy

Researchers to use new app data to prevent anxiety, improve wellbeing in young people

Evidence of robust and persistent antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

Study finds new clues for disarming antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Biomarkers that are predictive of clinical benefit in Trop-2-expressing triple-negative breast cancer

Researchers identify a novel vulnerability in advanced prostate cancer

Beta-blockers could be used to treat COVID-19, study finds

Novel molecules show potential for future cancer therapies

New study may help improve walking capacity in people with multiple sclerosis

Scientists identify neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers reveal mechanisms that help C. difficile pathogen to survive in low oxygen levels

Global collaboration provides a COVID-19 disease map

Drug combo for Type 2 diabetes continues to stay effective after two years of treatment

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