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Combination of gas embolization and chemotherapy can lead to complete tumor regression

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a particularly stubborn form of cancer with few treatments and a high mortality rate.

8 Sep 2020

Study reveals complex immunology behind MIS-C in children with COVID-19

In a recent paper published in the prestigious journal Cell, researchers from Sweden and Italy show that inflammatory response in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) differs from the cytokine storm found in severe acute illness, involving autoantibodies at the same time and sharing several features with Kawasaki disease.

8 Sep 2020

Six genomics research projects receive grants to address the role of ethnicity in major cancers

Leading cancer scientists working with the New York Genome Center (NYGC) announced today that grants are being awarded to fund six projects that address the role of ethnicity in several major cancer types, taking advantage of the diversity of patients being treated at health care institutions throughout the New York City area.

8 Sep 2020

Research finds different patterns of blood use in the brains of older women with Type 2 diabetes

A University of Houston researcher is reporting that the brains of older women with Type 2 diabetes do not use as much oxygenated blood as those who don't have the disease.

8 Sep 2020

Nanotechnological drug delivery system enhances the effectiveness of melanoma treatment

Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro of TAU's Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Sackler School of Medicine, have developed an innovative nanotechnological drug delivery system that significantly enhances the effectiveness of treatment for the aggressive skin cancer melanoma.

8 Sep 2020

Investigational drug may reduce protein buildup and neurological decline linked to ALS, FTD

An investigational drug that targets an instigator of the TDP-43 protein, a well-known hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), may reduce the protein's buildup and neurological decline associated with these disorders, suggests a pre-clinical study from researchers at Penn Medicine and Mayo Clinic.

8 Sep 2020

High levels of blood clotting factor V in severe COVID‐19 associated with worse outcomes

Patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 infections who have high levels of the blood clotting protein factor V are at elevated risk for serious injury from blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found.

8 Sep 2020

Researchers aim to improve digital thermal imaging as a tool for monitoring cancer

Thermal imaging has been available for decades to detect temperature differences on the skin that could signal breast cancer without exposing patients to radiation, although the method is not as reliable as mammography.

8 Sep 2020

Microglia-targeting nanotherapeutics for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders

Inspired by the need for new and better therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, Rutgers University researchers are exploring the link between uncontrolled inflammation within the brain and the brain's immune cells, known as microglia.

8 Sep 2020

Personalized determination of genetic factors may improve treatment for polycythaemia vera

Polycythaemia vera is a chronic malignant disease of the haematopoietic system and is treated with interferon-alpha-based drugs, in most cases with long-lasting success. However, in some cases this therapy is unsuccessful for reasons that are not yet understood.

8 Sep 2020

Fight for Sight partners with Diabetes UK to investigate link between eye disease and COVID-19

Eye research charity Fight for Sight is partnering with Diabetes UK to investigate if people with the eye disease diabetic retinopathy are at greater risk of developing complications from Covid-19, in a study that hopes to save lives.

8 Sep 2020

Study links brain astrocyte dysfunction to Parkinson’s disease pathology

A new study using induced pluripotent stem cell technology links astrocyte dysfunction to Parkinson’s disease pathology.

8 Sep 2020

Limited gut inflammation in COVID-19

A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published on the preprint server medRxiv in September 2020 shows that gut infection with this virus produces primarily mucosal immunity but also a limited inflammatory response.

8 Sep 2020

Novel markers may predict patient response to immune checkpoint inhibitors

For many individuals with different types of cancer, immune checkpoint inhibitors can effectively boost their immune system to fight their disease, but not all patients benefit from these medications.

7 Sep 2020

New medical instruments with smart sensors can improve surgery, therapy for cardiac diseases

Researchers developed a new class of medical instruments equipped with an advanced soft electronics system that could dramatically improve the diagnoses and treatments of a number of cardiac diseases and conditions.

7 Sep 2020

Study shows how mutations in DNA packaging machines can drive cancer development

Like wrenches made of Legos, SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes tighten or loosen DNA in our cells to control how genes are turned on and made into proteins.

7 Sep 2020

New insights into how the brain can induce diabetes remission in rodents

In rodents with type 2 diabetes, a single surgical injection of a protein called fibroblast growth factor 1 can restore blood sugar levels to normal for weeks or months. Yet how this growth factor acts in the brain to generate this lasting benefit has been poorly understood.

7 Sep 2020

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Combination of gas embolization and chemotherapy can lead to complete tumor regression

Study reveals complex immunology behind MIS-C in children with COVID-19

Six genomics research projects receive grants to address the role of ethnicity in major cancers

Research finds different patterns of blood use in the brains of older women with Type 2 diabetes

Nanotechnological drug delivery system enhances the effectiveness of melanoma treatment

Investigational drug may reduce protein buildup and neurological decline linked to ALS, FTD

High levels of blood clotting factor V in severe COVID‐19 associated with worse outcomes

Researchers aim to improve digital thermal imaging as a tool for monitoring cancer

Microglia-targeting nanotherapeutics for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders

Personalized determination of genetic factors may improve treatment for polycythaemia vera

Fight for Sight partners with Diabetes UK to investigate link between eye disease and COVID-19

Study links brain astrocyte dysfunction to Parkinson’s disease pathology

Limited gut inflammation in COVID-19

Novel markers may predict patient response to immune checkpoint inhibitors

New medical instruments with smart sensors can improve surgery, therapy for cardiac diseases

Study shows how mutations in DNA packaging machines can drive cancer development

New insights into how the brain can induce diabetes remission in rodents

A potential new way of treating Alzheimer’s Disease

D-dimer - A sensitive novel biomarker of COVID-19 mortality

Rehabilitation speeds coronavirus recovery

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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