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LRA survey: Two-thirds of people with lupus are willing to take COVID-19 vaccine

Two out of three people with lupus (64%) are willing to take a COVID-19 vaccine if it is free and determined safe by scientists according to results of a survey conducted by the Lupus Research Alliance.

16 Dec 2020

Report highlights research challenges and opportunities to advance cancer care

A new report finds that despite progress in the decline of cancer mortality, there are still critical gaps including the need to develop better tools and explore research opportunities that would lead to limiting cancer as a major health concern.

16 Dec 2020

Study shows rising incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in younger adults

Esophageal adenocarcinoma is occurring more frequently in adults under age 50, and these younger adults are more likely to be diagnosed at advanced stages.

16 Dec 2020

Mild exercise habits during development could prevent schizophrenia, study reveals

Although schizophrenia is increasingly understood as a neurodevelopmental disorder, environmental factors are known to play an important role in the disease onset and progression.

16 Dec 2020

RedHill Biopharma announces promising preliminary results from opaganib study

TEL AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, NC, December 15, 2020, RedHill Biopharma Ltd., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced promising preliminary results from a preclinical study with opaganib.

15 Dec 2020

Telemedicine needed to diagnose and treat swallowing difficulties in COVID-19 patients, say physicians

COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the disease, have caused health care providers to change how they treat patients.

15 Dec 2020

Research could lead to potential new treatments for mutant RAS-driven cancers

Scientists have dedicated huge amounts of time and resources to better understanding the causes and mechanisms of cancer growth.

15 Dec 2020

Tumor's stiff-arm tactic limits the effectiveness of immunotherapeutics

In a paper just published in the Journal for the Immunotherapy of Cancer (doi:10.1136/jitc-2020-001712), Dr Herbert, Head of Discovery at InsideOutBio, asks whether cancer cells stiff-arm immune cells just like rugby players push off defenders from the other team.

15 Dec 2020

Phase 2 clinical trial at UCR to test first-in-class drug for treatment of stuttering

The School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, will serve as lead site for a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating ecopipam, an investigational first-in-class drug being tested for the treatment of stuttering in adults and Tourette syndrome in pediatric patients.

15 Dec 2020

New class of targeted cancer drugs may prove effective in treating common types of leukemia

A new study by researchers in Cleveland Clinic's Taussig Cancer Institute and Lerner Research Institute describes a novel class of targeted cancer drugs that may prove effective in treating certain common types of leukemia.

15 Dec 2020

Surgical and drug treatment approaches are equally effective for diabetic eye disease

Surgical and injectable drug approaches are equally effective for treatment of bleeding inside the eye from proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), according to a National Eye Institute (NEI)-supported clinical study from the DRCR Retina Network (DRCR.net).

15 Dec 2020

Electrical impulses may help reduce the complications of arterial hypertension

Electrical impulses applied to a particular branch of the vagus nerve could be used in the future to reduce complications of arterial hypertension.

15 Dec 2020

Pulmonary hypertension drug may become a treatment option for cancer

A drug used to treat pulmonary hypertension significantly reduced the capacity of tumor cells to migrate and invade other tissues in trials involving pancreatic, ovarian, breast cancer, and leukemia cell lines.

15 Dec 2020

Genes play a decisive role in cruciate ligament injuries

It has long been known that the choice of shoe, surface and type of sport can all be contributing factors when someone suffers an anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now observed that genes also play a decisive role.

15 Dec 2020

Study offers new clues to the pathogenesis of glaucoma

In the search for new ways to treat the incurable eye disease glaucoma, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and St. Erik Eye Hospital in Sweden have discovered more clues as to its pathogenesis.

15 Dec 2020

New AI tool may soon offer the right treatment for stroke survivors

An AI developed by Japanese researchers might soon help stroke survivors get the right treatment by detecting a patient's post-stroke depression (PSD) type, a frequently seen but often overlooked neuropsychiatric manifestation after a stroke that could impair functional recovery.

15 Dec 2020

Medical Condition News

LRA survey: Two-thirds of people with lupus are willing to take COVID-19 vaccine

Report highlights research challenges and opportunities to advance cancer care

Study shows rising incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in younger adults

Mild exercise habits during development could prevent schizophrenia, study reveals

RedHill Biopharma announces promising preliminary results from opaganib study

Telemedicine needed to diagnose and treat swallowing difficulties in COVID-19 patients, say physicians

Research could lead to potential new treatments for mutant RAS-driven cancers

Tumor's stiff-arm tactic limits the effectiveness of immunotherapeutics

Phase 2 clinical trial at UCR to test first-in-class drug for treatment of stuttering

New class of targeted cancer drugs may prove effective in treating common types of leukemia

Surgical and drug treatment approaches are equally effective for diabetic eye disease

Electrical impulses may help reduce the complications of arterial hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension drug may become a treatment option for cancer

Genes play a decisive role in cruciate ligament injuries

Study offers new clues to the pathogenesis of glaucoma

New AI tool may soon offer the right treatment for stroke survivors

New criteria allow accurate determination of death in mountain rescue situations

Unique inhibitory protein may suppress the formation of cancer cells

Study: Even minor strokes can diminish neural processing in the brain

Robotic exoskeletons improve motor function in adolescents with acquired brain 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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