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New CAR T-cell immunotherapy trial targets solid tumors

Seattle Children's has opened a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy trial for children and young adults with relapsed or refractory non-central nervous system EGFR-expressing solid tumors. In the phase 1 trial, STRIvE-01, cancer-fighting CAR T cells will target the EGFR protein expressed in many childhood sarcoma, kidney and neuroblastoma tumors.

7 Aug 2018

Access to soil increases mice's resistance to allergic inflammations

When mice live in cages with an added earthen floor, it increases their resistance towards allergic inflammations. Close contact with micro-organisms in the soil triggers anti-inflammatory genes in the mice and stimulates their gut microbiota.

7 Aug 2018

Scientists develop a way to deliver curcumin as an anti-cancer agent

Researchers have developed a way of delivering curcumin so that it can be effective as a therapeutic agent for cancer.

7 Aug 2018

Study could help explain why Asians often develop diabetes at a lower body weight

A new UC San Francisco study has discovered a key biological difference in how people of European and Chinese descent put on weight -- a finding that could help explain why Asians often develop type 2 diabetes at a much lower body weight than Caucasians.

7 Aug 2018

New test method offers more reliable diagnosis of diabetes insipidus

When people produce excessive amounts of urine - more than three litres each day in adults is considered too much - doctors often find it difficult to establish a diagnosis under certain circumstances.

7 Aug 2018

Study: Potential new class of drugs may lower heart disease risk by targeting gut microbes

Cleveland Clinic researchers have designed a potential new class of drugs that may reduce cardiovascular risk by targeting a specific microbial pathway in the gut.

7 Aug 2018

Doxorubicin drug causes heart toxicity by disrupting the immune system

Doxorubicin is a chemotherapy drug widely used in ovarian, bladder, lung, thyroid and stomach cancers, but it carries a harmful side effect. The drug causes a dose-dependent heart toxicity that can lead to congestive heart failure.

7 Aug 2018

Health facilities in low- and middle-income countries not prepared to manage noncommunicable diseases

Cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes are among the leading causes of death worldwide. A new UCLA study has found that Bangladesh, Haiti, Malawi, Nepal and Tanzania each has fewer than five health facilities that can provide the full suite of supplies and equipment, trained staff and medication that are needed to properly diagnose and treat all three diseases.

7 Aug 2018

Researchers find ways to render curcumin soluble and deliver it to infected tumors

In India and other countries in Southeast Asia, curcumin is often used as a spice in cooking, particularly chicken or fish. It is known for its therapeutic effect and as a way to kill germs present in raw meet.

7 Aug 2018

Inhibition of NOVA1 gene helps prevent growth of lung cancer tumors

Researchers have identified a gene that when inhibited or reduced, in turn, reduced or prevented human non-small cell lung cancer tumors from growing.

7 Aug 2018

Researchers develop drug-delivery system that allows rapid response to heart attacks

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a drug-delivery system that allows rapid response to heart attacks without surgical intervention.

7 Aug 2018

Scientists study effects of phototherapy on cardiovascular system

Light therapy is used to treat sleep disorders, depression, and seasonal mental disorders. In order to study its effects on the cardiovascular system and to make phototherapy safer for patients suffering from hypertension, experts from RUDN University were carrying out experiments on rats for five months.

7 Aug 2018

Saving sight of millions by making eye injections safe and comfortable

Two eye surgeons have written a first-of-its-kind book to save the sight of millions of patients around the world by making eye injections safe and comfortable.

7 Aug 2018

Medicaid expansion increases access to diabetes treatment

Prescriptions for diabetes medications increased in the first two years after states expanded eligibility for Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act, compared to states that didn't expand Medicaid.

7 Aug 2018

Blood-based test accurately identifies lung cancer patients who could benefit from immunotherapies

Researchers at UC Davis, Genentech and Foundation Medicine are the first to show that a blood-based test to assess tumor mutational burden accurately identifies non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who could benefit from immunotherapies called checkpoint inhibitors.

7 Aug 2018

Medical Condition News

New CAR T-cell immunotherapy trial targets solid tumors

Access to soil increases mice's resistance to allergic inflammations

Scientists develop a way to deliver curcumin as an anti-cancer agent

Study could help explain why Asians often develop diabetes at a lower body weight

New test method offers more reliable diagnosis of diabetes insipidus

Study: Potential new class of drugs may lower heart disease risk by targeting gut microbes

Doxorubicin drug causes heart toxicity by disrupting the immune system

Health facilities in low- and middle-income countries not prepared to manage noncommunicable diseases

Researchers find ways to render curcumin soluble and deliver it to infected tumors

Inhibition of NOVA1 gene helps prevent growth of lung cancer tumors

Researchers develop drug-delivery system that allows rapid response to heart attacks

Scientists study effects of phototherapy on cardiovascular system

Saving sight of millions by making eye injections safe and comfortable

Medicaid expansion increases access to diabetes treatment

Blood-based test accurately identifies lung cancer patients who could benefit from immunotherapies

FDA issues scientific recommendations to encourage development of novel drugs for treatment of OUD

Red blood cells contribute to cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes

Medicaid expansion making diabetes meds more accessible to poor, study shows

Research: Having large muscle size could 'outweigh' poor muscle quality in CKD patients

Researchers success in transplanting bioengineered human lungs into pigs

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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