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A new platform to create drugs for people with hard-to-treat cancers

A new round of support will help a Purdue University-affiliated startup further develop a platform designed to create drugs for people with hard-to-treat cancers.

29 Apr 2020

Adolescent obesity carries higher thrombus risk later in life

Men with a history of obesity in their late teens are, in adult life, more at risk of a blood clot (thrombus) in a leg or lung, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg study shows.

29 Apr 2020

C-Path receives EMA’s letter of support to facilitate the diagnoses of type 1 diabetes

The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced that its Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Consortium has received a letter of support from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to facilitate the development and validation of the proposed regulatory qualification of pancreatic islet autoantibodies commonly used in clinical practice to diagnose T1D: insulin autoantibodies, glutamic acid decarboxylase 65, and insulinoma antigen-2 autoantibodies as enrichment biomarkers for T1D clinical trials.

29 Apr 2020

Researchers receive ERC grant to speed up the diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis

Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a disease that affects 2-3 people out of 100,000, in which our immune system attacks our own brain causing neurological and psychiatric symptoms.

28 Apr 2020

COVID-19 could be causing potentially fatal inflammatory disease in children, doctors warn

Since the emergence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China in December 2019, health experts have cautioned that the disease is particularly serious in high-risk populations, including older adults, those with underlying diseases, and those who are immunocompromised. Now, doctors in the United Kingdom warn of a rare and severe inflammatory disease in children with COVID-19.

28 Apr 2020

Childhood family environment adversity linked to heart disease in adulthood

Children who experience trauma, abuse, neglect and family dysfunction are at increased risk of having heart disease in their 50s and 60s, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.

28 Apr 2020

Schizophrenia related to abnormal fatty metabolism in the brain

Researchers discovered a brain deficiency in people with schizophrenia that could lead to development of new drug therapies.

28 Apr 2020

'Smart contact lens' technology can detect and treat diabetes

Diabetes is called an incurable disease because once it develops, it does not disappear regardless of treatment in modern medicine. Having diabetes means a life-long obligation of insulin shots and monitoring of blood glucose levels.

28 Apr 2020

New guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for clinical management of EoE

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the esophagus triggered by allergens that causes difficulty with swallowing in adults, which grows more frequent and intense over time, affecting patients' quality of life.

28 Apr 2020

New study highlights the need to adopt healthy lifestyles from an early age

A large study in adolescents and children, some as young as 3 years of age, shows a link between obesity, high blood pressure, and later damage to blood vessels. The research is presented today on EAPC Essentials 4 You, a scientific platform of the European Society of Cardiology.

28 Apr 2020

Researchers describe an underlying biological basis for mylagic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Mylagic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling and complex illness. Affected persons often cannot pursue ordinary activities -- physical or mental -- because of an incapacitating loss of energy and other symptoms, and may find themselves confined to bed or house-bound for years.

28 Apr 2020

Scholarly publishers have teamed up to optimize the efficiency of peer review during COVID-19

Scholarly publishers are working together to maximize the efficiency of peer review, ensuring that key work related to COVID-19 is reviewed and published as quickly and openly as possible.

28 Apr 2020

Study shows why people with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to COVID-19

People with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to worse outcomes with COVID-19, but the reason why has remained unknown.

28 Apr 2020

The world-first personalized nutrition wearable device

An Australian start-up has come with the world's first personalized nutrition wearable device. The device measures dietary biomarkers and helps manage the risk of diseases like Type 2 diabetes.

28 Apr 2020

A new tool for developing gene therapies against cancer, genetic disorders, and blood diseases

A UCLA-led research team today reports that it has developed a new method for delivering DNA into stem cells and immune cells safely, rapidly and economically.

28 Apr 2020

Study marks a major step towards beta cell replacement therapy

The loss of insulin-secreting beta cells by autoimmune destruction leads to type 1 diabetes. Clinical islet cell transplantation has the potential to cure diabetes, but donor pancreases are rare.

28 Apr 2020

Researchers identify a new risk factor for multiple neurodegenerative diseases

Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), have identified a new risk factor for multiple neurodegenerative diseases.

28 Apr 2020

New, previously unknown form of familial cold urticaria discovered

Skin rash combined with head and joint pain: these are the symptoms which patients with familial (hereditary) cold urticaria develop when exposed to temperatures below 15 °C.

27 Apr 2020

$Study provides an overview of the burden, management of fragility fractures$

Study provides an overview of the burden, management of fragility fractures

A new study provides an overview and comparison of the burden and management of fragility fractures due to osteoporosis in the five largest countries in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) as well as Sweden.

27 Apr 2020

Light-based deep brain stimulation used to treat motor dysfunction in Parkinson's disease models

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used deep brain stimulation based on light to treat motor dysfunction in an animal model of Parkinson's disease.

27 Apr 2020

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A new platform to create drugs for people with hard-to-treat cancers

Adolescent obesity carries higher thrombus risk later in life

C-Path receives EMA’s letter of support to facilitate the diagnoses of type 1 diabetes

Researchers receive ERC grant to speed up the diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis

COVID-19 could be causing potentially fatal inflammatory disease in children, doctors warn

Childhood family environment adversity linked to heart disease in adulthood

Schizophrenia related to abnormal fatty metabolism in the brain

'Smart contact lens' technology can detect and treat diabetes

New guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for clinical management of EoE

New study highlights the need to adopt healthy lifestyles from an early age

Researchers describe an underlying biological basis for mylagic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Scholarly publishers have teamed up to optimize the efficiency of peer review during COVID-19

Study shows why people with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to COVID-19

The world-first personalized nutrition wearable device

A new tool for developing gene therapies against cancer, genetic disorders, and blood diseases

Study marks a major step towards beta cell replacement therapy

Researchers identify a new risk factor for multiple neurodegenerative diseases

New, previously unknown form of familial cold urticaria discovered

Study provides an overview of the burden, management of fragility fractures

Light-based deep brain stimulation used to treat motor dysfunction in Parkinson's disease models

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