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Study provides new pathway for controlling inflammation

UT Southwestern researchers have identified two proteins that act as gatekeepers to dampen a potentially life-threatening immune response to chronic infection.

22 Mar 2019

Exploring pathophysiological factors that link sleep problems and Alzheimer's disease

A new article explores the pathophysiological factors that link sleep disturbances and Alzheimer's disease.

22 Mar 2019

NIH starts clinical trial of drug to treat cravings associated with opioid use disorder

A clinical trial of an experimental drug designed to treat cravings associated with opioid use disorder has begun in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

22 Mar 2019

Hidden differences between pathology of CTE and Alzheimer's disease discovered

An international team of scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine, University of Kansas and the U.K. Medical Research Council have dismantled the belief that Alzheimer's disease and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy have identical pathology.

22 Mar 2019

Repurposing drugs to outsmart cancers

In an article published today by SAGE Publishing, investigators from The Nagourney Cancer Institute and The Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, announced a new approach to identifying effective treatments for patients with advanced metastatic cancers. A drug commonly used to treat kidney and liver cancer was discovered effective for breast cancer, which may open new drug therapies to patients regardless of tumor type.

22 Mar 2019

Naltrexone implant more effective in reducing relapses in HIV patients with opioid addiction

When patients with HIV who are also battling opioid dependence go without addiction treatment, they are more likely to stop taking their HIV medications than drug-free patients.

22 Mar 2019

A new way to visualize the immune cell "landscape" of bowel cancer tumors

University of Otago scientists have discovered a way to view the immune cell "landscape" of bowel cancer tumours, paving the way towards more individualised medicine and treatment for many other diseases in future.

22 Mar 2019

Understanding maintenance of quiescent stem cells in chronic myelogenous leukemia

Most patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia can be treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. These drugs are highly effective and lead to deep remission and prolonged survival.

22 Mar 2019

Lung cancer survivor recounts her lifetime struggles

By any measure, lung cancer patients have it rough. But Maryland resident and special education teacher Montessa Lee has been through a particularly arduous ordeal.

22 Mar 2019

Pitt engineers win $550,000 NSF CAREER award to develop new intervention for people with ASD

Autism was first described by U.S. researchers more than 70 years ago, and today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 59 children are identified with autism spectrum disorder, affecting more than 3.5 million Americans.

22 Mar 2019

Creating diverse pool of trained scientists to address Alzheimer's research needs

Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, an internationally recognized expert on Alzheimer's disease and inaugural director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, has received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Institute on Aging.

22 Mar 2019

Lian wins ENGINE grant for stem-cell-based therapy to treat Type 1 diabetes

Xiaojun "Lance" Lian, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, was one of three recipients of the College of Engineering's ENGineering for Innovation & Entrepreneurship grant for "Small Molecule-Based Definitive Endoderm Kit and Pancreatic Progenitor Kit for Stem Cell Research and Therapy."

22 Mar 2019

City of Hope exhibits current studies and data on cancer therapies at AACR

City of Hope, a world-renowned independent research and treatment center for cancer and diabetes, will showcase ongoing studies and data on chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy, immunotherapy against solid tumors and more at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting from March 29 through April 3 in Atlanta.

22 Mar 2019

New device approved by FDA for treating patients with moderate-to-severe heart failure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Optimizer Smart system for treating patients with chronic, moderate-to-severe heart failure who are not suited for treatment with other heart failure devices such as cardiac resynchronization therapy to restore a normal timing pattern of the heartbeat.

22 Mar 2019

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Study provides new pathway for controlling inflammation

Exploring pathophysiological factors that link sleep problems and Alzheimer's disease

NIH starts clinical trial of drug to treat cravings associated with opioid use disorder

Hidden differences between pathology of CTE and Alzheimer's disease discovered

Repurposing drugs to outsmart cancers

Naltrexone implant more effective in reducing relapses in HIV patients with opioid addiction

A new way to visualize the immune cell "landscape" of bowel cancer tumors

Understanding maintenance of quiescent stem cells in chronic myelogenous leukemia

Lung cancer survivor recounts her lifetime struggles

Pitt engineers win $550,000 NSF CAREER award to develop new intervention for people with ASD

Creating diverse pool of trained scientists to address Alzheimer's research needs

Lian wins ENGINE grant for stem-cell-based therapy to treat Type 1 diabetes

City of Hope exhibits current studies and data on cancer therapies at AACR

New device approved by FDA for treating patients with moderate-to-severe heart failure

Combination of two topical creams can prevent cancer

High-fructose corn syrup fuels growth of colon tumors in mice

Ludwig scientists to share advances in cancer research at AACR Annual Meeting 2019

People with peripheral artery disease have lower Omega-3 Index, shows research

Early life trauma may affect brain structure, contribute to major depressive disorder

Study suggests depression screening when assessing African-Americans for schizophrenia

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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