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Novel Einstein-developed strategy successfully suppresses HIV infections in mice

Armed with a novel strategy they developed for bolstering the body's immune response, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have successfully suppressed HIV infections in mice - offering a path to a functional cure for HIV and other chronic viral infections.

21 Oct 2021

CAR-T cell treatment's efficacy in hematological malignancies predicted by epigenetics

One in five cancers affects blood cells and lymph nodes, causing leukemias and lymphomas, respectively. Although their treatment with drugs has led to a great advance in their cure, there are cases where there is no clinical response or resistance to them is generated.

21 Oct 2021

EKF Diagnostics to showcase at Medica 2021 STAT-Site® WB β-ketone and glucose handheld analyzer live & in person

KF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that it will be exhibiting live & in person at Medica 2021 (Hall 3 Stand B71) for the first time in mainland Europe in two years.

21 Oct 2021

Worn-out nurses hit the road for better pay, stressing hospital budgets — and morale

In parts of the country where covid-19 continues to fill hospitals, a rotating cast of traveling nurses helps keep intensive care units fully staffed. Hospitals have to pay handsomely to get that temporary help, and those higher wages are tempting some staff nurses to hit the road, too.

21 Oct 2021

Yale Cancer Center receives $6.5 million NIH grant for cellular senescence research

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to fund cellular senescence research in lymphoid organs at Yale Cancer Center.

21 Oct 2021

People's eyes widen in response to interest and engagement, finds study

As busy people, we juggle many tasks, keep many balls in the air, and try to avoid letting anything drop. In class, instructors toss out ideas; sometimes they go over our heads, but other times we grasp them quickly.

21 Oct 2021

Pitt researchers to contribute to building an atlas of cellular senescence

Most cells throughout the body can divide and multiply to replace old cells and repair damaged tissue, but in response to certain stresses, cells can lose their ability to proliferate. These so-called senescent cells accumulate with age and may contribute to cancer and age-related disorders, such as chronic lung disease, cardiovascular disease, frailty and dementia, by pumping out signals that damage neighboring tissues.

21 Oct 2021

Researchers employ novel algorithm to identify candidate cancer drugs for pulmonary hypertension

By combining computational and experimental approaches, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Prairie View A&M University researchers identified cancer drugs that show promise for treating pulmonary hypertension, or PH, a rare and incurable lung disease.

21 Oct 2021

Drug company pipelines are filling up with new molecules to help people lose weight

Drugs that promise to help people lose weight have had a checkered past, such as the infamous fen-phen that was pulled from the market in 1997 after reports of heart valve damage. But now, drug company pipelines are filling up with new molecules that aim to help people safely shed extra pounds, according to a cover story in Chemical & Engineering News, an independent news outlet of the American Chemical Society.

21 Oct 2021

Research reveals the mechanisms of cardiac sex disparities at an early stage

Males and females differ in prevalence, treatment responses, and survival rates for a variety of diseases. For cardiac disease, women almost uniformly fare far worse than men. There are likely many reasons for this, and scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Princeton University seemed to have found one deep inside cells before we're even born.

21 Oct 2021

Interferon treatment coupled with bone marrow transplant reduces risk of leukemia recurrence

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have identified a drug that, when given along with a bone marrow transplant, drops the risk of leukemia recurring by 20% among the high-risk patients.

21 Oct 2021

Kidney cancer study provides new insights into tumor invasion and metastatic competence

How cancers metastasize remains poorly understood. The process begins when cancer cells break off from a tumor and invade blood and lymphatic vessels, the body's alleyways. But studying invasion - typically a microscopic process - is challenging.

20 Oct 2021

New discovery can pave the way to better diagnostics and therapeutics for asthma and COPD

Rutgers researchers have discovered that people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a protein in their lungs that leaks a small molecule into their bloodstream that restricts their breathing instead of relaxing their airways.

20 Oct 2021

Personalized clotting profiles could benefit people at risk from strokes and heart attacks

People at risk from strokes and heart attacks could benefit from personalized clotting profiles to help clinicians prescribe more precise treatments, thanks to new research.

20 Oct 2021

Discovery could lead to new treatments for axial spondyloarthritis

In a paper published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers at the Schroeder Arthritis Institute, part of University Health Network in Toronto, have made a discovery that could lead to new treatments for axial spondyloarthritis (SpA), a painful and debilitating form of arthritis which affects 1-2% of Canadians and causes inflammation in the spine, joints, eyes, gut and skin.

20 Oct 2021

University of Ottawa launches Canada's first Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health

The University of Ottawa is launching Canada's first academic research center dedicated to studying the health of Black communities, creating an interdisciplinary center examining biological, social, economic, and cultural determinants.

20 Oct 2021

Depression, anxiety in pregnant women may increase the likelihood of cesarean deliveries

Depression and anxiety in pregnant women may be connected to the type of delivery they have, new research suggests.

20 Oct 2021

Washington University receives $7.5 million to support NIH's research on senescent cells

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is joining the National Institutes of Health's new research network focused on the study of senescent cells, a rare and important population of cells that is difficult to study but vital for understanding aging and the diseases of aging, including cancer and neurodegeneration.

20 Oct 2021

Children show lower seroconversion rates than adults with mild COVID-19

A new study finds that following mild COVID-19, children are more likely to remain seronegative than adults, irrespective of the viral load or symptom severity.

20 Oct 2021

Red blood cells play a much larger role in the immune system than previously thought

New research has revealed that red blood cells function as critical immune sensors by binding cell-free DNA, called nucleic acid, present in the body's circulation during sepsis and COVID-19, and that this DNA-binding capability triggers their removal from circulation, driving inflammation and anemia during severe illness and playing a much larger role in the immune system than previously thought.

20 Oct 2021

Blood News and Research

Novel Einstein-developed strategy successfully suppresses HIV infections in mice

CAR-T cell treatment's efficacy in hematological malignancies predicted by epigenetics

EKF Diagnostics to showcase at Medica 2021 STAT-Site® WB β-ketone and glucose handheld analyzer live & in person

Worn-out nurses hit the road for better pay, stressing hospital budgets — and morale

Yale Cancer Center receives $6.5 million NIH grant for cellular senescence research

People's eyes widen in response to interest and engagement, finds study

Pitt researchers to contribute to building an atlas of cellular senescence

Researchers employ novel algorithm to identify candidate cancer drugs for pulmonary hypertension

Drug company pipelines are filling up with new molecules to help people lose weight

Research reveals the mechanisms of cardiac sex disparities at an early stage

Interferon treatment coupled with bone marrow transplant reduces risk of leukemia recurrence

Kidney cancer study provides new insights into tumor invasion and metastatic competence

New discovery can pave the way to better diagnostics and therapeutics for asthma and COPD

Personalized clotting profiles could benefit people at risk from strokes and heart attacks

Discovery could lead to new treatments for axial spondyloarthritis

University of Ottawa launches Canada's first Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health

Depression, anxiety in pregnant women may increase the likelihood of cesarean deliveries

Washington University receives $7.5 million to support NIH's research on senescent cells

Children show lower seroconversion rates than adults with mild COVID-19

Red blood cells play a much larger role in the immune system than previously thought

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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