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Researchers discover new metabolic vulnerability in a highly aggressive form of lung cancer

Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered a new metabolic vulnerability in a highly aggressive form of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

5 Jan 2021

Non-invasive technique can provide accurate prognosis in unresponsive brain injury patients

Assessing the ability of unresponsive patients with severe brain injury to understand what is being said to them could yield important insights into how they might recover, according to new research.

5 Jan 2021

Inhibition of blood clotting factor reduces the formation of brain metastases in mice

Brain metastases can only develop if cancer cells first exit the fine blood vessels and enter into the brain tissue.

5 Jan 2021

Repeated ketamine infusions may be a promising treatment for PTSD patients

Repeated intravenous (IV) ketamine infusions significantly reduce symptom severity in individuals with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the improvement is rapid and maintained for several weeks afterwards, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

5 Jan 2021

Increased pollen counts may trigger symptom flares in patients with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome

As anyone living with hay fever can attest, days with high pollen counts can bring attacks of sneezing, nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms.

5 Jan 2021

Heat treatment during chemotherapy is more effective at destroying cancer cells

Heating up cancer cells while targeting them with chemotherapy is a highly effective way of killing them, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

5 Jan 2021

Novel endoscopic technique improves detection of upper GI tract tumors

Recently there have been significant advances on several fronts in the ongoing war against cancer of the alimentary tract.

5 Jan 2021

Biological imbalance found to be the link between gum and kidney disease

An imbalance of the body's oxygen producing free radicals and its antioxidant cells could be the reason why gum disease and chronic kidney disease affect each other, a new study led by the University of Birmingham has found.

5 Jan 2021

Study investigates the total non-healthcare cost of chemotherapy

Chemotherapy for breast cancer costs the UK economy more than £248 million annually, including 'out-of-pocket' personal costs of more than £1,000 per patient - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

4 Jan 2021

Neuroscientists track gene expression to gain insights into drug addiction, Parkinson's disease

Two MIT neuroscientists have received grants from the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation to screen for genes that could help brain cells withstand Parkinson's disease and to map how gene expression changes in the brain in response to drugs of abuse.

4 Jan 2021

Genetic risk score can be used to determine risk of developing prostate cancer

Some racial and ethnic groups suffer relatively more often, and fare worse, from common ailments compared to others. Prostate cancer is one disease where such health disparities occur: risk for the disease is about 75 percent higher, and prostate cancer is more than twice as deadly, in Blacks compared to whites.

4 Jan 2021

Routine eye imaging may provide clues to cognitive disorders in older people with type 1 diabetes

As they age, people with diabetes are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive disorders than are people without diabetes.

4 Jan 2021

Epigenetic modulators have a rapid antidepressant-like effect, study shows

Treatment of depression faces two main challenges. The first is that almost 50% of patients do not respond well to existing antidepressants.

4 Jan 2021

Six clearly distinguishable subtypes of prediabetes identified

All prediabetes is not the same: in people in the preliminary stages of type 2 diabetes, there are six clearly distinguishable subtypes, which differ in the development of the disease, diabetes risk, and the development of secondary diseases.

4 Jan 2021

People with detectable brown fat less likely to suffer cardiac and metabolic conditions

Brown fat is that magical tissue that you would want more of. Unlike white fat, which stores calories, brown fat burns energy and scientists hope it may hold the key to new obesity treatments.

4 Jan 2021

Study uncovers why cancer patients with liver metastases have poor outcomes

Michael Green, M.D., Ph.D., noticed that when his patients had cancer that spread to the liver, they fared poorly – more so than when cancer spread to other parts of the body. Not only that, but transformative immunotherapy treatments had little impact for these patients.

4 Jan 2021

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Researchers discover new metabolic vulnerability in a highly aggressive form of lung cancer

Non-invasive technique can provide accurate prognosis in unresponsive brain injury patients

Inhibition of blood clotting factor reduces the formation of brain metastases in mice

Repeated ketamine infusions may be a promising treatment for PTSD patients

Increased pollen counts may trigger symptom flares in patients with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Heat treatment during chemotherapy is more effective at destroying cancer cells

Novel endoscopic technique improves detection of upper GI tract tumors

Biological imbalance found to be the link between gum and kidney disease

Study investigates the total non-healthcare cost of chemotherapy

Neuroscientists track gene expression to gain insights into drug addiction, Parkinson's disease

Genetic risk score can be used to determine risk of developing prostate cancer

Routine eye imaging may provide clues to cognitive disorders in older people with type 1 diabetes

Epigenetic modulators have a rapid antidepressant-like effect, study shows

Six clearly distinguishable subtypes of prediabetes identified

People with detectable brown fat less likely to suffer cardiac and metabolic conditions

Study uncovers why cancer patients with liver metastases have poor outcomes

Researchers develop α-emitting cancer therapy using a novel drug targeting LAT1

Biologist receives NIH grant to build software tools to predict cancer drug efficacy

Higher hemoglobin threshold does not improve outcomes in preterm infants

Study examines neural mechanisms of specific cognitive tasks of individuals with spinal cord injury

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

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