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Researchers win NIH grant to treat human brain cancer with a drug previously used on canines

The National Institutes of Health is awarding a $3.8 million grant to John Rossmeisl, the Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and Waldemar Debinski, cancer biology professor at the Wake Forest School of Medicine.

21 Mar 2022

Using a new data-driven approach to understand more about people with Type 1 diabetes

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Missouri, Children's Mercy Kansas City and Texas Children's Hospital has used a new data-driven approach to learn more about persons with Type 1 diabetes, who account for about 5-10% of all diabetes diagnoses.

21 Mar 2022

Trial reveals effectiveness of axi-cel as first-line treatment for high-risk lymphoma

Results from the ZUMA-12 trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that first-line treatment with axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, achieved a high rate of complete response in patients with high-risk large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL).

21 Mar 2022

Covid-19 patients are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, study shows

People who have had Covid-19 are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This is the result of a study by DDZ, DZD and IQVIA, which has now been published in Diabetologia.

21 Mar 2022

Intranasal delivery of pro-resolving lipid mediators arrests memory loss in experimental Alzheimer’s model

A research collaboration between scientists at LSU Health New Orleans and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has found that applying specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators intranasally arrested memory loss and brain degeneration in an experimental model of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

21 Mar 2022

Researchers find effective nutritional strategies to prevent acute kidney injury

A research team led by Professor Dr Roman-Ulrich Müller has established that four out of six different nutritional strategies prevent acute kidney injury in the mouse model.

21 Mar 2022

IU researchers exploring new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma

Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology are studying new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma.

21 Mar 2022

AI system can help detect the degree and severity of heart transplant rejection

Heart transplantation can be a lifesaving operation for patients with end-stage heart failure. However, many patients experience organ transplant rejection, in which the immune system begins attacking the transplanted organ.

21 Mar 2022

Metabolomic profiling reveals adrenal suppression due to inhaled corticosteroid treatment for asthma

Inhaled cortical steroids (ICS) can help patients manage asthma symptoms, and recent updates to asthma treatment guidelines have expanded recommended, low-dose treatment.

21 Mar 2022

New form of MRI makes cancerous tissue to glow in medical images

A new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that makes cancerous tissue glow in medical images could help doctors more accurately detect and track the progression of cancer over time.

21 Mar 2022

Mount Sinai Health System launches new Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence

In an unparalleled effort to deliver outstanding comprehensive care and to employ revolutionary approaches to novel therapeutics around the skin condition alopecia areata, the Mount Sinai Health System has launched the Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence.

21 Mar 2022

New test greatly simplifies the diagnosis of allergies

Although allergies are widespread, their diagnosis is complex and, depending on the type of allergy, the prospects of success with therapy are not always clear.

21 Mar 2022

TTUHSC secures $1.87 million grant to investigate the impact of vitamin A depletion on Alzheimer’s disease

Ongoing research suggests that an accumulation of toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the area of the brain known as the hippocampal dentate gyrus may begin early on in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

21 Mar 2022

LJI study may open the door to new Parkinson's treatments and diagnostics

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology have found that people with Parkinson's disease have a clear "genetic signature" of the disease in their memory T cells.

21 Mar 2022

Pandemic-related slowdown of cancer surgeries may impact patient survival

Pandemic-related slowdowns of cancer surgeries may result in shorter survival rates for patients with cancer, according to a new modeling study published in CMAJ.

21 Mar 2022

Study explores novel antiviral activity of PAD inhibitors against human beta-coronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and SARS-CoV-2

In a new study, researchers aimed to determine if peptidyl-arginine deiminases inhibitors may be used as a novel class of host-targeting antivirals against human coronaviruses.

21 Mar 2022

Study reveals the extent of pandemic-related cancer screening deficits across the U.S.

Deaths from cancer are expected to increase over the next decade as a result of screening deficits due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 Mar 2022

Study evaluates colorimetric sensors for SARS-CoV-2 detection using gold nanoparticles

A new study reported the development of colorimetric sensors for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid-dependent RNA polymerase, envelope, and spike genes.

21 Mar 2022

Glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibitors found to attenuate COVID-19-associated cytokine storm

In a new study, researchers investigated whether the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and its S2 subunit induced the expression of C–X–C motif chemokine 10, a subset of cytokine.

21 Mar 2022

Influence of vitamin D and age on first SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose efficacy

Researchers illustrated that vitamin D status and age influence antibody response following the initial dose of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination.

21 Mar 2022

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Researchers win NIH grant to treat human brain cancer with a drug previously used on canines

Using a new data-driven approach to understand more about people with Type 1 diabetes

Trial reveals effectiveness of axi-cel as first-line treatment for high-risk lymphoma

Covid-19 patients are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, study shows

Intranasal delivery of pro-resolving lipid mediators arrests memory loss in experimental Alzheimer’s model

Researchers find effective nutritional strategies to prevent acute kidney injury

IU researchers exploring new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma

AI system can help detect the degree and severity of heart transplant rejection

Metabolomic profiling reveals adrenal suppression due to inhaled corticosteroid treatment for asthma

New form of MRI makes cancerous tissue to glow in medical images

Mount Sinai Health System launches new Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence

New test greatly simplifies the diagnosis of allergies

TTUHSC secures $1.87 million grant to investigate the impact of vitamin A depletion on Alzheimer’s disease

LJI study may open the door to new Parkinson's treatments and diagnostics

Pandemic-related slowdown of cancer surgeries may impact patient survival

Study explores novel antiviral activity of PAD inhibitors against human beta-coronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and SARS-CoV-2

Study reveals the extent of pandemic-related cancer screening deficits across the U.S.

Study evaluates colorimetric sensors for SARS-CoV-2 detection using gold nanoparticles

Glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibitors found to attenuate COVID-19-associated cytokine storm

Influence of vitamin D and age on first SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose efficacy

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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