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Trial results show efficacy of netakimab for treating moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis

Netakimab is a humanized anti-interleukin 17A antibody approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.

5 Jun 2020

Current advances in nanoparticles and their role as anticancer drug-delivery vectors

Nanotechnology has contributed a great deal to the field of medical science. It has enabled researchers to design tools to deliver drugs to specific targets in a living organism.

4 Jun 2020

UIC Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics receives $8.2 million NIH grant

The University of Illinois at Chicago received $8.2 million from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to continue the Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics and its research on how alcohol affects genes through epigenetics -- chemical changes to DNA, RNA or proteins that alter the expression of genes without directly modifying them.

4 Jun 2020

3D facial imaging could speed diagnoses of genetic syndromes

Most children with rare genetic diseases spend years undergoing medical tests and waiting for a diagnosis -- a long, exhausting process that takes its toll on children and their families. Almost half of these children never get a definitive diagnosis.

4 Jun 2020

New research focuses on protein-coding gene's role in inflammatory bowel disease

A protein-coding gene associated with autoimmune diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, collectively referred to as inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, will be the focus of new research in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside.

4 Jun 2020

New technology to monitor anti-drug antibodies in MS patients may have potential for COVID-19 testing

A new study led by Queen Mary University of London has demonstrated the effectiveness of using a novel light technology to monitor the presence of anti-drug antibodies in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, which can lead to drug resistance and treatment failure.

4 Jun 2020

Natural molecules that stimulate dopamine production may help reverse Parkinson's disease

Investigators have identified two molecules naturally produced by the body that stimulate the production of dopamine, the molecule that is in short supply in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease.

4 Jun 2020

Intranasal delivery of MSC-EVs shows promise for treating Alzheimer's disease

In the search for a cure for Alzheimer's disease, mesenchymal stem cells and their derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) offer much promise, thanks to their protective and anti-inflammatory properties.

4 Jun 2020

New paper-based technology could lead to earlier detection of cancer

Washington State University researchers have developed a technology that is more than 30 times more sensitive than current lab-based tests in finding early stage cancer biomarkers in blood.

4 Jun 2020

Oxidative stress and growth factors associated with development of high myopia

According to the first world report on vision published by the WHO in 2019, a third of the planet's population suffers from myopia, and around 400 million people suffer the most harmful version of the disease: high myopia.

4 Jun 2020

Nox4 protein can be used as a marker to predict untreatable kidney cancer

A team of researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio confirmed the role of a certain protein in the development of high-grade kidney cancer.

4 Jun 2020

Psychological distress has increased among US adults during COVID-19, shows survey

A new survey conducted during the pandemic by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University found a more-than-threefold increase in the percentage of U.S. adults who reported symptoms of psychological distress--from 3.9 percent in 2018 to 13.6 percent in April 2020.

4 Jun 2020

New treatments for sleep apnea and other weak muscle conditions to be unveiled at global biotech event

A world-first therapeutic for treating sleep apnea and a range of other weak muscle conditions will be unveiled at global biotech innovation event, Bio Digital (June 8-12).

4 Jun 2020

Psoriasis has more impact on patients' mental health than their skin symptoms

Treatment of the common disease psoriasis, usually focuses on treating the skin. However, psoriasis patients often have other physical diseases that can bring on depression, anxiety, and suicide.

4 Jun 2020

New therapeutic strategies for treating lung cancer

The international study "Resistance to targeted therapies as a multifactorial, gradual adaptation to inhibitor specific selective pressures", recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communication, has taken a further step in the development of new therapeutic strategies to treat lung cancer.

4 Jun 2020

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Trial results show efficacy of netakimab for treating moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis

Current advances in nanoparticles and their role as anticancer drug-delivery vectors

UIC Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics receives $8.2 million NIH grant

3D facial imaging could speed diagnoses of genetic syndromes

New research focuses on protein-coding gene's role in inflammatory bowel disease

New technology to monitor anti-drug antibodies in MS patients may have potential for COVID-19 testing

Natural molecules that stimulate dopamine production may help reverse Parkinson's disease

Intranasal delivery of MSC-EVs shows promise for treating Alzheimer's disease

New paper-based technology could lead to earlier detection of cancer

Oxidative stress and growth factors associated with development of high myopia

Nox4 protein can be used as a marker to predict untreatable kidney cancer

Psychological distress has increased among US adults during COVID-19, shows survey

New treatments for sleep apnea and other weak muscle conditions to be unveiled at global biotech event

Psoriasis has more impact on patients' mental health than their skin symptoms

New therapeutic strategies for treating lung cancer

Computational models predict known biomarkers of inherited metabolic diseases

Researchers find link between stroke-related brain blood vessel abnormality and gut bacteria

Nicotine promotes spread of lung cancer cells into the brain, study finds

COVID-19 can increase stroke risk in young healthy people

Original Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression was unstructured, indicates study

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