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Common biomarker test could be misguiding treatment for some Black women with breast cancer

A common test used to decide whether breast cancer patients should get chemotherapy may be making bad recommendations for some Black women, leading them to forgo chemotherapy when it might have helped, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago.

29 Jan 2024

Study sheds new light on how obesity affects fat cells' mitochondria

The number of people with obesity has nearly tripled since 1975, resulting in a worldwide epidemic. While lifestyle factors like diet and exercise play a role in the development and progression of obesity, scientists have come to understand that obesity is also associated with intrinsic metabolic abnormalities.

29 Jan 2024

Blood chip could offer early insights into cancer treatment effectiveness

Using a chip to process blood samples, doctors can monitor the amount of cancer cells in a patient’s blood to determine how well a treatment is working by the fourth week, according to a new University of Michigan study.

29 Jan 2024

Subcutaneous nivolumab revolutionizes renal cell carcinoma care with faster, easier treatment

Subcutaneous injection of the immunotherapy nivolumab (brand name Opdivo) is noninferior to intravenous delivery and dramatically reduces treatment time in patients with renal cell carcinoma, as seen in the results of a large phase 3 clinical trial reported today at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, California.

29 Jan 2024

Study identifies risk factors for deadly blood clots after lung cancer surgery

In patients who undergo pulmonary resection for lung cancer, a major potential postoperative complication is venous thromboembolism (VTE) - a condition that develops when a blood clot forms in a vein - which can lead to part of the clot breaking off and lodging in the lung, resulting in a pulmonary embolism (PE).

29 Jan 2024

European scientists target high-risk childhood cancer with liquid biopsy

Neuroblastoma mainly affects toddlers and young children - in the EU region there are 1500 new cases per year.

29 Jan 2024

Dr. Chao Ma: Pioneering 'Leukemia-on-a-Chip' for CAR T Cell Therapy at SLAS 2024

NewsMedical speaks with Chao Ma, Ph.D. a Research Assistant Professor at New York University Tandon School of Engineering, ahead of his presentation at SLAS 2024.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 29 Jan 2024

How fringe anti-science views infiltrated mainstream politics — and what it means in 2024

Rates of routine childhood vaccination hit a 10-year low in 2023. That, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, puts about 250,000 kindergartners at risk for measles, which often leads to hospitalization and can cause death.

29 Jan 2024

Hospital size not the only factor in pediatric heart surgery outcomes

A study of pediatric heart surgery centers across the United States has demonstrated that, when it comes to successful surgery, it's not just the size of the program that matters in determining quality outcomes.

29 Jan 2024

Records show Publix opioid sales grew even as addiction crisis prompted other chains’ pullback

An executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals flagged Publix Super Markets in October 2015 after detecting what he called in an email "serious red flags" with the grocery chain's orders of powerful opioids.

29 Jan 2024

AI steps up in healthcare: GPT-3.5 and 4 excel in clinical reasoning

Study explores the use of large language models (LLMs) like GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 in simulating diagnostic clinical reasoning, using diagnostic reasoning prompts to assess their capabilities.

28 Jan 2024

13 new biomarkers could help better predict heart disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes

An international academic consortium has identified 13 biomarkers that significantly improve the ability to accurately predict cardiovascular disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes.

27 Jan 2024

Gene activity plays key role in immune cell production, study shows

As people age or become ill, their immune systems can become exhausted and less capable of fighting off viruses such as the flu or COVID-19.

27 Jan 2024

Immunotherapy drug extends overall survival in kidney cancer patients after surgery

For the first time in fifty years, results from a phase 3 randomized, placebo-controlled trial have shown an overall survival benefit from an adjuvant therapy in patients with kidney cancer.

27 Jan 2024

Research upends understanding of circadian clock in melanoma

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has found that the circadian clock - which synchronizes physiological and cellular activities with the day-night cycle and is generally thought to be tumor suppressive - in fact has a contextually variable role in cancer.

27 Jan 2024

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Common biomarker test could be misguiding treatment for some Black women with breast cancer

Study sheds new light on how obesity affects fat cells' mitochondria

Blood chip could offer early insights into cancer treatment effectiveness

Subcutaneous nivolumab revolutionizes renal cell carcinoma care with faster, easier treatment

Study identifies risk factors for deadly blood clots after lung cancer surgery

European scientists target high-risk childhood cancer with liquid biopsy

Dr. Chao Ma: Pioneering 'Leukemia-on-a-Chip' for CAR T Cell Therapy at SLAS 2024

How fringe anti-science views infiltrated mainstream politics — and what it means in 2024

Hospital size not the only factor in pediatric heart surgery outcomes

Records show Publix opioid sales grew even as addiction crisis prompted other chains’ pullback

AI steps up in healthcare: GPT-3.5 and 4 excel in clinical reasoning

13 new biomarkers could help better predict heart disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes

Gene activity plays key role in immune cell production, study shows

Immunotherapy drug extends overall survival in kidney cancer patients after surgery

Research upends understanding of circadian clock in melanoma

New study of daylight vision using canine model offers critical insight into restoring cone function

Female reproductive characteristics may be overlooked as risk factors for later metabolic dysfunction

Estrogen-positive tumors drive rising breast cancer rates in young women

People with OCD may have higher risk of death than normal population

UK law changes pose a threat to NHS communication, doctors warn

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