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Researchers review current state and future potential of biologic medications to treat asthma in children

Researchers have performed a comprehensive review of the current state and future potential of using biologic medications to treat asthma in children.

26 Sep 2018

New findings show importance of physical forces in tumor metastasis

A malignant tumor is characterized by its ability to spread around its surroundings. To do so, tumor cells stick to the surrounding tissue (mainly collagen) and use forces to propel.

26 Sep 2018

Cancer Research UK, Keystone Symposia collaborate for cancer-related research

Keystone Symposia and Cancer Research UK are pleased to announce their new collaboration consisting of a series of annual cancer-related scientific research conferences organized by Keystone Symposia in collaboration with Cancer Research UK.

26 Sep 2018

Research shows indoor HEPA filters reduce pollution caused by poor-quality outdoor air

Outdoor air pollution is a major contributor to indoor air pollution -- but high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters used in the home significantly reduce fine-particulate matter in the air compared with non-HEPA air filters, according to a new two-year study led by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City.

26 Sep 2018

Researchers discover novel targeting agents to prevent cancer metastasis

Recently, a research team led by Maurizio Pellecchia at the University of California, Riverside, discovered a way for chemotherapy drug paclitaxel to target migrating, or circulating, cancer cells, which are responsible for the development of tumor metastases.

26 Sep 2018

Digital CBT can improve insomnia symptoms, daytime functioning and overall health

Treating insomnia with digital programs can improve insomnia symptoms, daytime functioning and overall health, a new study from the University of Oxford and Northwestern Medicine has found.

26 Sep 2018

Mesoblast’s MPC therapy for children featured at symposium for congenital heart disease

Mesoblast Limited today announced that Mesoblast's proprietary allogeneic mesenchymal precursor cell heart failure product candidate MPC-150-IM for use in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome was featured at the First Cardiac Regenerative Symposium for Congenital Heart Disease in Baltimore, Maryland on the weekend.

26 Sep 2018

TGen-UNM consortium awarded NIH grant to discover new treatments for diabetic blindness

Diabetes is an increasing global epidemic that is expected to grow by more than 50 percent in the next two decades, leaving more than half a billion patients worldwide exposed to potentially life-altering medical complications, including pain and numbness in the feet, lost limbs, life-threatening disorders of the heart, liver and kidneys -- and even blindness.

26 Sep 2018

Urine exRNA may be source of biomarkers for muscular dystrophy

Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have found that extracellular RNA in urine may be a source of biomarkers for the two most common forms of muscular dystrophy, noninvasively providing information about whether therapeutic drugs are having the desired effects on a molecular level.

26 Sep 2018

Study: Second opinion can potentially change the diagnosis of breast cancer patients

It's early morning and a team of more than 20 professionals cram around a long table in a dark room, peering at slide after slide of black-and-white mammogram images crossing the screen.

26 Sep 2018

Exercise and diet may reduce obesogenic effects of PFAS

A new study finds that perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances are associated with increases in weight, but exercise and diet may reduce the obesogenic effects of these environmental contaminants.

26 Sep 2018

BMI screening tool often fails to identify preschoolers with excess stomach fat

When assessing whether preschoolers are overweight, health professionals should use other measures such as waist-to-height ratio in addition to the Body Mass Index (BMI).

26 Sep 2018

KTU researchers engineer experimental bone to help treat osteoarthritis patients

Researchers from the Faculty of Chemical Technology, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania are developing an artificial bone, which can be used for treating of the most common joint disease - osteoarthritis.

26 Sep 2018

Brigatinib drug may offer first-line treatment option for ALK-positive NSCLC

Results of a 275-patient, multi-national phase III clinical trial known as ALTA-1L published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented concurrently in the press program at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) World Conference on Lung Cancer 2018 argue for brigatinib as a first-line treatment option for advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer.

26 Sep 2018

VRK1 protein may enable cancer cells to colonize new areas of the body during metastasis

Sometimes negative results can point researchers in the right direction. In results published in PLOS ONE on September 4, 2018, scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina examined a protein called vaccinia-related kinase 1 that they hypothesized was important for metastasis. They found that, rather than causing cancer cells to migrate and invade, VRK1 over-expression had the opposite effect.

26 Sep 2018

Medical Condition News

Researchers review current state and future potential of biologic medications to treat asthma in children

New findings show importance of physical forces in tumor metastasis

Cancer Research UK, Keystone Symposia collaborate for cancer-related research

Research shows indoor HEPA filters reduce pollution caused by poor-quality outdoor air

Researchers discover novel targeting agents to prevent cancer metastasis

Digital CBT can improve insomnia symptoms, daytime functioning and overall health

Mesoblast’s MPC therapy for children featured at symposium for congenital heart disease

TGen-UNM consortium awarded NIH grant to discover new treatments for diabetic blindness

Urine exRNA may be source of biomarkers for muscular dystrophy

Study: Second opinion can potentially change the diagnosis of breast cancer patients

Exercise and diet may reduce obesogenic effects of PFAS

BMI screening tool often fails to identify preschoolers with excess stomach fat

KTU researchers engineer experimental bone to help treat osteoarthritis patients

Brigatinib drug may offer first-line treatment option for ALK-positive NSCLC

VRK1 protein may enable cancer cells to colonize new areas of the body during metastasis

Alzheimer’s disease researchers makes significant breakthroughs

Hybrid operating room enables faster diagnosis, treatment of patients with lung cancer

UCI study finds new cause of cerebral microbleeds

Driver gene mutations found to be common for cancer metastases

Novel drug alleviates memory deficits and neuropathology in Alzheimer's animal model

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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