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High blood pressure can be treated without causing erectile dysfunction, shows study

Men with untreated high blood pressure have poorer penile blood flow than those with normal blood pressure, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2020.1 The differences disappeared with blood pressure medication.

28 Aug 2020

Manipulating 3D Printed Organoid Microenvironments

Organoids are 3-dimensional (3D) clusters of stem cells that come together and emulate the microenvironment within individual organs, whether that be liver, kidney, heart, gut or other specific organs.

From Manchester BIOGEL 28 Aug 2020

New brain study may lead to optimal treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

New research could improve the odds that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will receive a therapy that really works for them - something that eludes more than a third of those who currently get OCD treatment.

28 Aug 2020

Study may lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how the enteric nervous system forms, which could pave the way for new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.

28 Aug 2020

New breast cancer drug is safe and effective, can halt disease progression

A new type of breast cancer drug developed by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago can help halt progression of disease and is not toxic, according to phase 1 clinical trials. The drug is specifically designed for women whose cancer has stopped responding to hormone therapy.

28 Aug 2020

UC San Diego Health offers new treatment to provide relief for patients with chronic low back pain

UC San Diego Health is now offering a new minimally invasive approach to provide relief for patients suffering from chronic low back pain (CLBP).

27 Aug 2020

Black pediatric cancer patients less likely to receive proton therapy than white children

A deep concern among pediatric oncologists has been confirmed by the data: Black children enrolled in national clinical trials have been found to be three times less likely to receive proton radiotherapy than their white counterparts.

27 Aug 2020

Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 model helps advance the development of COVID-19 vaccines

A new COVID-19 mouse model developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill captures many of the features of human disease and has helped advance a COVID-19 vaccine candidate to clinical trial.

27 Aug 2020

Study identifies three clinical course variations in patients with acute decompensated cirrhosis

When the body can no longer compensate the gradual failure of the liver caused by liver cirrhosis, there is a high risk of acute decompensated liver cirrhosis.

27 Aug 2020

New diagnostic tool can predict cancer patients' response to immunotherapy

A new diagnostic tool that can predict whether a cancer patient would respond to immunotherapy treatment has been developed by scientists at the University of Bath.

27 Aug 2020

Vaping-related lung injuries have suggestive patterns on CT scans

Injuries to the lungs from vaping have suggestive patterns on CT scans that could help physicians make accurate diagnoses and reduce unnecessary biopsies, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

27 Aug 2020

Patients from BAME communities are underrepresented in HIV research

People with HIV from BAME communities, women and heterosexual men are underrepresented in HIV studies – according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Western Sydney University.

27 Aug 2020

New discovery could help protect the liver from fructose-induced diseases

A team of international researchers including Monash University academics has discovered that, contrary to previous belief, fructose causes liver toxicity by changing the barrier function of the intestine.

27 Aug 2020

AstraZeneca partners with World Heart Federation to reduce the global burden of heart failure

AstraZeneca today announced a new partnership with the leading voice in cardiovascular (CV) health, the World Heart Federation, to drive global action to prevent, control and reduce the burden of CV disease and its associated risks and complications.

From AstraZeneca 27 Aug 2020

A powerful tool for separation and sizing of virus mixtures

Postnova Analytics has published an applications report that presents data from a collaboration with the Analytical Development group at Biogen Inc. on separation of a virus mixture using Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation and measurement of their radius of gyration.

From Postnova Analytics 27 Aug 2020

Anticoagulation therapy associated with improved survival among COVID-19 patients

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Mount Sinai researchers were among the first to show that anticoagulation therapy was associated with improved survival among hospitalized COVID-19 patients

27 Aug 2020

Targeted therapy achieves durable objective responses Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial

For patients with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) marked by RET gene fusions, the targeted therapy selpercatinib was well tolerated and achieved durable objective responses, or tumor shrinkage, in the majority of participants in the Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial, according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

27 Aug 2020

Therapy News and Research

High blood pressure can be treated without causing erectile dysfunction, shows study

Manipulating 3D Printed Organoid Microenvironments

New brain study may lead to optimal treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Study may lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

New breast cancer drug is safe and effective, can halt disease progression

UC San Diego Health offers new treatment to provide relief for patients with chronic low back pain

Black pediatric cancer patients less likely to receive proton therapy than white children

Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 model helps advance the development of COVID-19 vaccines

Study identifies three clinical course variations in patients with acute decompensated cirrhosis

New diagnostic tool can predict cancer patients' response to immunotherapy

Vaping-related lung injuries have suggestive patterns on CT scans

Patients from BAME communities are underrepresented in HIV research

New discovery could help protect the liver from fructose-induced diseases

AstraZeneca partners with World Heart Federation to reduce the global burden of heart failure

A powerful tool for separation and sizing of virus mixtures

Anticoagulation therapy associated with improved survival among COVID-19 patients

Targeted therapy achieves durable objective responses Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial

New approach to combination drug design could be applied to disease therapies beyond diabetes

Researchers urge healthcare systems to develop ways to support people recovering from COVID-19

Study offers hope for treatment of Krabbe disease

Industry Focus eBook - Cell & Gene Therapy (1st Edition) eBook

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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