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New accelerator-based technology aims to reduce side effects of cancer radiation therapy

New accelerator-based technology being developed by the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University aims to reduce the side effects of cancer radiation therapy by shrinking its duration from minutes to under a second.

29 Nov 2018

Study finds 'alarmingly low' prevalence of metabolic health in American adults

The prevalence of metabolic health in American adults is 'alarmingly low,' even among people who are normal weight, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health.

29 Nov 2018

DNA mutations in healthy and leukemic blood stem cells do not differ, shows research

Researchers from the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology have shown that the number of mutations in healthy and leukemic blood stem cells does not differ.

29 Nov 2018

Platelets grown from stem cells could reduce the reliance on donated platelets

Researchers have developed a way to grow human platelets in the laboratory from stem cells derived from fat tissue. The achievement, reported today in the journal Blood, suggests manufactured platelets could eventually reduce the reliance on donated platelets to help patients with cancer and other disorders.

29 Nov 2018

Skin cancer rates 350% more than previous estimates suggested, new UK database reveals

Data from the newly established UK skin cancer database, the largest database of its kind in the world, has revealed that there are over 45,000 cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCC) every year in England, 350 per cent more than previous estimates suggested.

29 Nov 2018

Study: Thalamus is not a critical part of the brain pathway involved in maintaining consciousness

With a finding that will "rewrite neuroanatomy textbooks," University of Iowa neurologist Aaron Boes, MD, PhD, and his colleagues show that the thalamus is not a critical part of the brain pathway involved in keeping humans awake and conscious.

29 Nov 2018

First biosimilar approved by FDA for treatment of adult patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Truxima (rituximab-abbs) as the first biosimilar to Rituxan (rituximab) for the treatment of adult patients with CD20-positive, B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) to be used as a single agent or in combination with chemotherapy.

29 Nov 2018

Lifestyle intervention can benefit obese children despite common gene variants

Children who are genetically predisposed to overweight, due to common gene variants, can still lose weight by changing their diet and exercise habits.

29 Nov 2018

Study estimates economic impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is a common condition with a high economic impact in both children and adults, concludes an updated review in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

29 Nov 2018

Restricting cancer metabolism could make oncolytic viruses more effective at attacking tumors

Restricting the ability of cancer cells to metabolise sugar could make oncolytic viruses more effective at attacking them, suggests a study published today in the journal Cancer Research.

29 Nov 2018

Diets supplemented with extract of soursop leaves can prevent fibromyalgia symptoms

Researchers from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Seville have recently published a study in which they state that diets supplemented with aqueous extract of Annona muricata L. leaves can prevent the symptoms associated with fibromyalgia, so improving the lives of these patients.

28 Nov 2018

Study: Racial disparities found in oral anticoagulant use

Black patients with atrial fibrillation are significantly less likely to receive oral anticoagulants--particularly newer, more effective versions--than white and Hispanic patients, according to a new study published today in JAMA Cardiology.

28 Nov 2018

Researchers identify first genetic risk variants for ADHD

A major international collaboration headed by researchers from the Danish iPSYCH project, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium has for the first time identified genetic variants which increase the risk of ADHD.

28 Nov 2018

New antibody can reduce swelling attacks in patients with hereditary angioedema

Patients with hereditary angioedema experience recurrent and sometimes life-threatening swelling attacks. Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have tested an antibody capable of reducing the frequency of these swelling attacks by more than 90 percent.

28 Nov 2018

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New accelerator-based technology aims to reduce side effects of cancer radiation therapy

Study finds 'alarmingly low' prevalence of metabolic health in American adults

DNA mutations in healthy and leukemic blood stem cells do not differ, shows research

Platelets grown from stem cells could reduce the reliance on donated platelets

Skin cancer rates 350% more than previous estimates suggested, new UK database reveals

Study: Thalamus is not a critical part of the brain pathway involved in maintaining consciousness

First biosimilar approved by FDA for treatment of adult patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Lifestyle intervention can benefit obese children despite common gene variants

Study estimates economic impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Restricting cancer metabolism could make oncolytic viruses more effective at attacking tumors

Diets supplemented with extract of soursop leaves can prevent fibromyalgia symptoms

Study: Racial disparities found in oral anticoagulant use

Researchers identify first genetic risk variants for ADHD

New antibody can reduce swelling attacks in patients with hereditary angioedema

New method could improve outcome of leukemia patients receiving stem-cell transplants

Prevalence of metabolic health found to be very low among American adults

Cryoablation shows potential as a treatment for low-risk breast cancer

New nanoscale technique developed to get more information from the blood of cancer patients

Chronically ill, traumatically billed: The $123,000 medicine for MS

UNLV researchers suggest new way to classify negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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