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Radiation after surgery in children with ependymoma nearly triples survival rate

Radiation immediately following surgery in children with ependymoma, the third most common pediatric brain tumor, can nearly triple survival.

5 Mar 2019

New combinational drug therapy may effectively combat pancreatic cancer

Even among cancers, pancreatic cancer is an especially sinister form of disease. The one-year survival rate is extremely low, and treatment progress has lagged behind that of many other malignancies.

5 Mar 2019

New therapeutic approach offers promise for patients with pancreatic cancer

Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer, strategic partners in the Pancreatic Cancer Collective, offer comments on research published today in the journal Nature Medicine which describes a new therapeutic approach with promise for patients with pancreatic cancer.

5 Mar 2019

FutureNeuro collaborates with UCB to inform improvements in epilepsy treatment

FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases, based at RCSI, has partnered with global biopharmaceutical company, UCB, to unlock the power of healthcare data to inform improvements in clinical care of people with epilepsy.

5 Mar 2019

Mid-Atlantic researchers receive grant to test VibeForward device for Parkinson's patients

A Mid-Atlantic research team with roots at the University of Delaware has received a $440,000 grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to test a device, called VibeForward, that uses vibration therapy to reduce symptoms of freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson's disease.

5 Mar 2019

Research opens door to promising new treatment strategy for deadly brain tumor in children

A study published in Nature Communications found that an inhibitor of an enzyme called ACVR1 slows tumor growth and increases survival in an animal model of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma - the most deadly brain tumor in children.

4 Mar 2019

Virtual support for managing stress works just as well as social support from a real person

If people facing an acute stress situation receive social support from a "human" avatar, behind which there is (or is at least perceived to be) a real person, this works just as well as social support from a real person.

4 Mar 2019

Exercise has potential to improve non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Exercise has potential to improve non-motor as well as motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including cognitive function, report investigators in a review published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease.

4 Mar 2019

Increased muscle mass could save your life

As far back as Ancient Greece, a sculptured physique has been heralded as the pinnacle of physical perfection. But now, researchers from Japan have found that increased muscle mass doesn't just make you look good, it could literally save your life.

4 Mar 2019

EMA recognizes the value of EBMT patient registry for novel CAR T-cell therapies

CAR T-cell immunotherapies are advanced therapy medicinal products manufactured from human primary living cells procured by hospitals or blood banks.

4 Mar 2019

Estrogen can affect surrounding brain cells to promote triple-negative breast cancer metastasis

Triple-negative breast cancers are more likely than other breast cancer types to metastasize and are especially likely to go the brain in younger women. Researchers have tested various hypotheses to explain this danger.

2 Mar 2019

Researchers develop blood test to predict spontaneous preterm birth

Pregnancy can be a time of uncertainty for expecting mothers and their clinical care teams. Nearly 10 percent of births are preterm, taking place before 37 weeks gestation. Preterm birth can result from several conditions, including preterm labor, preterm rupture of the placental membrane, or preeclampsia.

1 Mar 2019

New approach to tackling chronic inflammatory diseases

An EU-funded project has developed new approaches to tackling chronic inflammatory diseases. These will be used to create precise and individualized treatment options, potentially leading to faster diagnosis, more effective treatments and even cures.

1 Mar 2019

Experts provide detailed review of antiplatelet therapy considerations in women

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Women's Cardiovascular Health, Volume 3, Number 4, 2019, Guest Editor Gladys P. Velarde) pp. 363-373(11); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0079 Khadeeja Esmail and Dominick J. Angiolillo from the University of Florida Medical School, Gainesville, FL, USA review antiplatelet therapy considerations in women.

1 Mar 2019

Johns Hopkins study sheds light on resistance to radiation treatment

A new Johns Hopkins study offers promise towards someday being able to non-invasively examine changes in cancerous tumors to determine whether they'll respond to radiation treatment, before treatment even begins.

1 Mar 2019

Protein content of tumors correlates with treatment response and survival in glioma patients

Brain tumors vary widely in how they respond to treatment. However, early assessment of therapy response is essential in order to choose the best possible treatment for the patient.

28 Feb 2019

Research reveals how metabolites can be used to inhibit epigenetic mechanisms and treat MS

Understanding and mitigating the role of epigenetics (environmental influences that trigger changes in gene expression) in disease development is a major goal of researchers.

28 Feb 2019

Pesticides, other environmental pollutants advance progression of ALS

While exact causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remain unknown, new research shows pesticides and other environmental pollutants advance the progression of the neurodegenerative disease.

28 Feb 2019

Researchers reveal promising biomarker for vascular disease relapse

Researchers at Okayama University report in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology that monitoring a particular antigen can be used for predicting relapse of the vascular disease AAV.

28 Feb 2019

11th IAS Conference on HIV Science to take place at Messe Berlin in 2021

Berlin is the host city of the 11th IAS Conference on HIV Science, the International AIDS Society announced today. The city hosted the 9th International AIDS Conference in 1993, but this is the first time that it will host the IAS Conference on HIV Science.

28 Feb 2019

Therapy News and Research

Radiation after surgery in children with ependymoma nearly triples survival rate

New combinational drug therapy may effectively combat pancreatic cancer

New therapeutic approach offers promise for patients with pancreatic cancer

FutureNeuro collaborates with UCB to inform improvements in epilepsy treatment

Mid-Atlantic researchers receive grant to test VibeForward device for Parkinson's patients

Research opens door to promising new treatment strategy for deadly brain tumor in children

Virtual support for managing stress works just as well as social support from a real person

Exercise has potential to improve non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Increased muscle mass could save your life

EMA recognizes the value of EBMT patient registry for novel CAR T-cell therapies

Estrogen can affect surrounding brain cells to promote triple-negative breast cancer metastasis

Researchers develop blood test to predict spontaneous preterm birth

New approach to tackling chronic inflammatory diseases

Experts provide detailed review of antiplatelet therapy considerations in women

Johns Hopkins study sheds light on resistance to radiation treatment

Protein content of tumors correlates with treatment response and survival in glioma patients

Research reveals how metabolites can be used to inhibit epigenetic mechanisms and treat MS

Pesticides, other environmental pollutants advance progression of ALS

Researchers reveal promising biomarker for vascular disease relapse

11th IAS Conference on HIV Science to take place at Messe Berlin in 2021

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