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Common heart disease medication may help treat pulmonary arterial hypertension

A team of Cleveland Clinic researchers found that a common heart disease medication, beta blockers, may help treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a debilitating lung disease.

31 Aug 2017

Motorized molecules driven by light to cut into cancer cells

Researchers have developed a novel technique where molecules would be motorized using light and these would be used to drill holes in the membranes of individual cells such as the cancer cells. This could bring the treatment molecule into the cancer cell directly and cause them to die.

31 Aug 2017

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press releases new book on Targeting Cancer

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press announced the release of Targeting Cancer, available on its website in hardcover, paperback, and ebook formats.

31 Aug 2017

PolyU researchers uncover new hyper-resistant, hypervirulent superbug

The Partner State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences at the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University discovered a newly emerged superbug, hyper-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, which may cause untreatable and fatal infections in relatively healthy individuals and will pose enormous threat to human health.

31 Aug 2017

Study shows metabolic, cardiovascular consequences of untreated sleep apnea

Sleep apnea, left untreated for even a few days, can increase blood sugar and fat levels, stress hormones and blood pressure, according to a new study of sleeping subjects.

31 Aug 2017

Beta blockers capable of reducing stress signaling may enhance effectiveness of immunotherapy

While the development of therapies designed to block "checkpoints" within the immune system has been one of the most exciting and noteworthy advances in cancer research in recent years, it's also been one of the most puzzling, leaving researchers to ask: Why don't these new therapies work for more patients, and why is their efficacy in controlling cancerous tumors often short-lived? A research team from Roswell Park Cancer Institute has shown that at least one answer - and an excellent opportunity for unleashing the full potential of these promising immunotherapies - may lie in the body's "fight or flight" reaction to stressors and in drugs already widely used to control and temporarily disable this stress response.

31 Aug 2017

New method of genetic testing leads to successful targeting of MET fusion in lung cancer

There are many ways a gene can be altered and there are many genes that, when altered, can cause cancer. Testing individually for each possible alteration in every cancer-related gene is not feasible as it would require hundreds of individual tests and many, many thousands of dollars.

31 Aug 2017

Musician plays saxophone as surgeons operated on his brain

Music is not only a major part of Dan Fabbio's life, as a music teacher it is his livelihood. So when doctors discovered a tumor located in the part of his brain responsible for music function, he began a long journey that involved a team of physicians, scientists, and a music professor and culminated with him awake and playing a saxophone as surgeons operated on his brain.

31 Aug 2017

New drug shows promise to treat women with estrogen positive metastatic breast cancer

Z-endoxifen, a potent derivative of the drug tamoxifen, could itself be a new treatment for the most common form of breast cancer in women with metastatic disease.

31 Aug 2017

Experimental drug isolated from tick saliva may hold promise for reducing HIV-linked heart disease risk

Scientists may have found a clue to why people living with HIV have double the likelihood of developing heart disease.

30 Aug 2017

New discovery reveals gut bacteria and human cells speak the same chemical language

We have a symbiotic relationship with the trillions of bacteria that live in our bodies--they help us, we help them. It turns out that they even speak the same language.

30 Aug 2017

‘Liquid biopsies’ may help predict prognosis of early-stage lung cancer patients

Cancer cells obtained from a blood test may be able to predict how early-stage lung cancer patients will fare, a team from the University of Michigan has shown.

30 Aug 2017

HHMI scientists expand access to new resource for studying pediatric cancers

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have created an extensive resource for studying pediatric cancers, which they are sharing widely to help accelerate research.

30 Aug 2017

Rugby players take part in major study to develop ground-breaking test for concussion diagnosis

Rugby players from Aviva Premiership Rugby and Greene King IPA Championship are to take part in a major study led by the University of Birmingham as part of its work to develop a ground-breaking pitch-side test to diagnose concussion and brain injury.

30 Aug 2017

Extensive analysis reveals immune system dynamics after stem cell transplantation in leukemia patients

By combining new system-biological analyses and advanced data analysis, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been able to monitor the maturation process of the immune system of leukemia patients who have undergone stem cell transplantation.

29 Aug 2017

Study links psoriasis severity to increased risk of death

The more the surface area of the body is covered by psoriasis, the greater the risk of death for the patient suffering from the condition, according to a new analysis by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

29 Aug 2017

Laboratory News and Research

Common heart disease medication may help treat pulmonary arterial hypertension

Motorized molecules driven by light to cut into cancer cells

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press releases new book on Targeting Cancer

PolyU researchers uncover new hyper-resistant, hypervirulent superbug

Study shows metabolic, cardiovascular consequences of untreated sleep apnea

Beta blockers capable of reducing stress signaling may enhance effectiveness of immunotherapy

New method of genetic testing leads to successful targeting of MET fusion in lung cancer

Musician plays saxophone as surgeons operated on his brain

New drug shows promise to treat women with estrogen positive metastatic breast cancer

Experimental drug isolated from tick saliva may hold promise for reducing HIV-linked heart disease risk

New discovery reveals gut bacteria and human cells speak the same chemical language

‘Liquid biopsies’ may help predict prognosis of early-stage lung cancer patients

HHMI scientists expand access to new resource for studying pediatric cancers

Rugby players take part in major study to develop ground-breaking test for concussion diagnosis

Extensive analysis reveals immune system dynamics after stem cell transplantation in leukemia patients

Study links psoriasis severity to increased risk of death

Boosting blood levels of bone-derived hormone may reverse age-related memory loss

Study: People with shorter LTL have more benefits on cognition following lifestyle intervention

SBP scientist receives DoD award to identify new and efficacious treatments for pancreatic cancer

Research reveals LEGO-like stacking of protein complexes

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