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Study provides valuable insights into the evolutionary dynamics of hepatitis E virus

A combination therapy with multiple drugs is more effective than just one active compound. To begin with, at least.

23 Jan 2024

Study suggests potential overdiagnosis of melanoma in white Americans

More than half of all melanoma diagnoses among white Americans may be overdiagnosed, according to a new study led by a researcher at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.

22 Jan 2024

Study provides new insights into aging process of the human mind

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has demonstrated that communication among memory-coding neurons - nerve cells in the brain responsible for maintaining working memory - is disrupted with aging and that this can begin in middle age.

22 Jan 2024

CRISPR off-switch discovered: Safer gene editing for future therapies

Using CRISPR, an immune system bacteria use to protect themselves from viruses, scientists have harnessed the power to edit genetic information within cells.

19 Jan 2024

Annexin-A1 targeted therapy beats several cancers

A new study published in Nature's cancer journal Oncogene highlights the effectiveness of MDX-124, the first therapeutic drug to target annexin-A1, a protein which is overexpressed in several cancer types and promotes tumour progression.

19 Jan 2024

New device rapidly provides white blood cell count with a single drop of blood

A Rutgers researcher, through his spinoff company, has led a team to design and test a device that quickly counts a person's white blood cells with a single drop of blood, similar to the way glucometers rapidly scan for blood sugar levels.

18 Jan 2024

St. Jude announces $13 million investment to expand the understanding of G-protein coupled receptors

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today announced a nearly $13 million investment toward a new research collaboration with scientists at Columbia University, Duke University and Stanford University to expand the understanding of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR), which are vital proteins that impact human health and disease.

18 Jan 2024

New vaccine turns preexisting flu immunity into COVID-19 weapon

After COVID vaccination, it usually takes weeks for our bodies to develop protective antibody responses.

17 Jan 2024

Study: Breast cancer deaths continue to drop as treatments improve

Deaths from breast cancer dropped 58% between 1975 and 2019 due to a combination of screening mammography and improvements in treatment, according to a new multicenter study led by Stanford Medicine clinicians and biomedical data scientists.

17 Jan 2024

America’s health system isn’t ready for the surge of seniors with disabilities

The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s.

17 Jan 2024

New strategy makes palliative care more accessible to patients with chronic illnesses

Ordering a palliative care consultation by "default" – via an automatic order programmed into the electronic medical record that doctors may cancel if they choose – is an effective strategy to give more hospitalized patients the opportunity to benefit from palliative care, and sooner, according to a new study led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

16 Jan 2024

Drinkable, carbon monoxide-infused foam supercharges cancer therapy

Did smokers do better than non-smokers in a clinical trial for an experimental cancer treatment? That was the intriguing question that led University of Iowa researchers and their colleagues to develop a drinkable, carbon monoxide-infused foam that boosted the effectiveness of the therapy, known as autophagy inhibition, in mice and human cells.

12 Jan 2024