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Scientists discover new treatment target for osteoarthritis-like knee cartilage degeneration

There is currently no cure for osteoarthritis, but a group of scientists believe they've discovered a method through which a simple knee injection could potentially stop the disease's effects.

16 Jan 2021

Study reveals significant role of ADAMTS1 protein in uveal melanoma

Scientists from the University of Granada and GENYO (Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Government Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research), in a study led by Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Manzaneque, have demonstrated the significant role of a protein called ADAMTS1 in uveal melanoma, one of the rarest and most aggressive cancers that exist, which develops in the eye.

15 Jan 2021

Patients with schizophrenia have increased risk of Parkinson's disease, shows study

A new study conducted at the University of Turku, Finland, shows that patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder have an increased risk of Parkinson's disease later in life.

15 Jan 2021

Special interests can potentially benefit individuals with autism

When he was in middle school, teachers would give Sam Curran a list of words to type in a computer to practice his vocabulary.

15 Jan 2021

Study to examine if changing mealtimes could reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes

An innovative new study is set to examine if changing our mealtimes to earlier or later in the day could reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

15 Jan 2021

Study shows why antihistamine drugs fail to control severe itch in eczema patients

In addition to a skin rash, many eczema sufferers also experience chronic itching, but sometimes that itching can become torturous. Worse, antihistamines -- the standard treatment for itching and allergy -- often don't help.

15 Jan 2021

Metformin drug decreases mortality rate in COVID-19 patients with type 2 diabetes

Use of the diabetes drug metformin -- before a diagnosis of COVID-19 -- is associated with a threefold decrease in mortality in COVID-19 patients with Type 2 diabetes, according to a racially diverse study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

15 Jan 2021

Researchers to study potential treatment for limb dysfunction in patients with chronic spinal cord injury

Ghaith Androwis, PhD, and Steven Kirshblum, MD, received a grant from BrainQ Technologies to study a potential treatment for arm and hand dysfunction in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury.

15 Jan 2021

New drug reduces tumor volume and pain in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1

Based on preclinical studies of an investigational drug to treat peripheral nerve tumors, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) as part of the Neurofibromatosis Clinical Trials Consortium have shown that the drug, cabozantinib, reduces tumor volume and pain in patients with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).

15 Jan 2021

Researchers use deep learning to study the effect of mental illness and other disorders on the brain

Compared to standard machine learning models, deep learning models are largely superior at discerning patterns and discriminative features in brain imaging, despite being more complex in their architecture, according to a new study in Nature Communications led by Georgia State University.

15 Jan 2021

Meniscal and mechanical symptoms do not predict findings on knee arthroscopy

Orthopaedic surgeons have traditionally been taught that certain types of knee symptoms indicate damage to specialized structures called the menisci.

15 Jan 2021

Study may help develop more effective personalized immunotherapy for cancer patients

New research from CU Cancer Center member Jing Hong Wang, MD, PhD, and recent University of Colorado Immunology program graduate Rachel Woolaver, PhD, may help researchers develop more effective personalized immunotherapy for cancer patients.

15 Jan 2021

Study reveals connection between oral sex and oropharyngeal cancer

A wide breadth of behaviors surrounding oral sex may affect the risk of oral HPV infection and of a virus-associated head and neck cancer that can be spread through this route, a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center suggests.

15 Jan 2021

New cancer models mimic aspects of mechanical environment within the body

As cancer and tumor cells move inside the human body, they impart and are subject to mechanical forces.

15 Jan 2021

Targeting RNA splicing can activate antiviral immune pathways in triple negative breast cancers

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered how therapeutics targeting RNA splicing can activate antiviral immune pathways in triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) to trigger tumor cell death and signal the body's immune response.

15 Jan 2021

Newly discovered biochemical pathway can protect cells from ferroptosis

The hallmarks of cancer include rapid cell-reproduction and metabolic activity. But these processes also lead to increased cellular stress and oxidation, and the risk of cell death.

15 Jan 2021

iTHRIV announces recipients of health research pilot projects

The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hub partnership between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Carilion Clinic, and Inova Health System has awarded $200,000 in funding to five research projects through the Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program. Multi-institutional teams of scientists, physicians, and engineers will study Parkinson's disease, celiac disease, pediatric heart transplant, pediatric telemedicine, and epilepsy.

15 Jan 2021

New study can help determine effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with bladder cancer

In patients with bladder cancer, chemotherapy effectiveness is partially determined by the body's immune system response to the malignancy. This is the conclusion of research conducted by a team of scientists from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health.

15 Jan 2021

Study offers a differentiated patient-specific solution in minimal residual disease testing

Exact Sciences Corp. today announced that it has acquired a worldwide exclusive license to the proprietary TARDIS technology from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope.

15 Jan 2021

Certain oral pathogens are more prevalent in esophageal cancer patients

Researchers led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that certain oral pathogens are more prevalent in esophageal cancer patients, and could be used as a novel diagnostic tool.

14 Jan 2021

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Medical Condition News

Scientists discover new treatment target for osteoarthritis-like knee cartilage degeneration

Study reveals significant role of ADAMTS1 protein in uveal melanoma

Patients with schizophrenia have increased risk of Parkinson's disease, shows study

Special interests can potentially benefit individuals with autism

Study to examine if changing mealtimes could reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes

Study shows why antihistamine drugs fail to control severe itch in eczema patients

Metformin drug decreases mortality rate in COVID-19 patients with type 2 diabetes

Researchers to study potential treatment for limb dysfunction in patients with chronic spinal cord injury

New drug reduces tumor volume and pain in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1

Researchers use deep learning to study the effect of mental illness and other disorders on the brain

Meniscal and mechanical symptoms do not predict findings on knee arthroscopy

Study may help develop more effective personalized immunotherapy for cancer patients

Study reveals connection between oral sex and oropharyngeal cancer

New cancer models mimic aspects of mechanical environment within the body

Targeting RNA splicing can activate antiviral immune pathways in triple negative breast cancers

Newly discovered biochemical pathway can protect cells from ferroptosis

iTHRIV announces recipients of health research pilot projects

New study can help determine effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with bladder cancer

Study offers a differentiated patient-specific solution in minimal residual disease testing

Certain oral pathogens are more prevalent in esophageal cancer patients

A paper-based sensor for detecting COVID-19

Cadmium linked to more severe flu and pneumonia infections

Could neurological complications be common even in mild COVID-19?

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