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New treatment pathway identified for patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

With funding from charity Kidney Research UK, Dr Carl May from Bristol Medical School and his team have identified a new treatment pathway for patients with non-genetic (idiopathic) nephrotic syndrome (INS), targeting a still unknown factor that causes the progression towards kidney failure.

13 Apr 2023

MHRA research evaluates two different approaches to cancer therapies

The report 'Antibody conjugates for targeted delivery of Toll-like receptor 9 agonist to the tumor tissue', published in the PLOS ONE journal, highlights MHRA research which showed that genetic engineering of antibodies used to activate and support the immune system against cancer leads to improvements in their reliability and effectiveness.

13 Apr 2023

Early-life gut microbial dysbiosis exacerbates colitis

A recent Research journal study investigated the role of microbiota linked to the anaerobic plasmalogen biosynthetic pathway in establishing intestinal homeostasis. The study hypothesized that the presence of pls [PlsA/R]-positive bacterial species and plasmalogen bestow valuable intestine homeostasis in early life.

13 Apr 2023

Study finds alterations in brain connectivity among young adult cannabis users

A recent Scientific Reports study has investigated the alterations in brain functional and structural connectivity in cannabis users and compared the results with healthy controls. The changes in the rich club organization in cannabis users were also studied using graph theoretical metrics.

12 Apr 2023

Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir reduces risk of post-COVID syndrome in non-hospitalized vaccinated patients

Researchers assess the effect of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir on the occurrence of long COVID.

12 Apr 2023

Pediatric invasive group A Streptococcal infections on the rise during respiratory virus outbreak

Researchers assess the incidence of invasive Group A streptococcal infections among children before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

12 Apr 2023

Easy-to-use Parkinson's gloves can automatically reduce tremors

Doctors at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital have developed lightweight and easy-to-use Parkinson's gloves that can automatically reduce tremors, allowing Parkinson's Disease patients to enjoy social life and reducing side effects from medication and risk from brain surgery.

12 Apr 2023

Study examines whether the language spoken by people affects stroke outcomes

Studies have shown that Mexican Americans have worse outcomes after a stroke than non-Hispanic white Americans. A new study looks at whether the language Mexican American people speak is linked to how well they recover after a stroke.

12 Apr 2023

Researchers discover important drug target for preventing blood cancer

An international coalition of biomedical researchers co-led by Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has determined a new way to measure the growth rate of precancerous clones of blood stem cells that one day could help doctors lower their patients' risk of blood cancer.

12 Apr 2023

Placebo in addition to methadone shown to be feasible treatment for opioid use disorder

There were more than 100,000 reported deaths from opioid overdoses in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

12 Apr 2023

Simple blood test will help neurologists to make a definitive and rapid diagnosis of ALS

ALS is a rare paralytic neurological disease that can impact people in the prime of life. Delays in receiving a definitive diagnosis can be devastating for patients who typically survive only 2–5 years post-diagnosis.

12 Apr 2023

COVID-19 pandemic caused significant variations in cancer reporting

New research from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) outlines significant ways that the COVID-19 pandemic destabilized usual patterns of cancer care as reported in the National Cancer Database (NCDB), one of the largest cancer registries in the world used by thousands of hospitals and centers around the country to inform and improve the quality of cancer care.

12 Apr 2023

Machine learning methods may be effective in screening patients for sleep disorder risk

A machine learning model can effectively predict a patient's risk for a sleep disorder using demographic and lifestyle data, physical exam results and laboratory values, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Samuel Y. Huang of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, and Alexander A. Huang of Northwestern Feinberg University School of Medicine, US.

12 Apr 2023

New potential therapeutic developed for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma using ASO technology

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a lethal pediatric brain cancer that often kills within a year of diagnosis. Surgery is almost impossible because of the tumors' location.

12 Apr 2023

Cedars-Sinai Cancer collaborates on a streamlined clinical trial design in Pragmatica-Lung Study

Investigators from Cedars-Sinai Cancer are collaborating on a streamlined clinical trial design in a study called Pragmatica-Lung.

12 Apr 2023

AI can identify subtle language and audio changes in patients at early stages of Alzheimer's

New technologies that can capture subtle changes in a patient's voice may help physicians diagnose cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease before symptoms begin to show, according to a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher who led a study published in the Alzheimer's Association publication Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

12 Apr 2023

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New treatment pathway identified for patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

MHRA research evaluates two different approaches to cancer therapies

Early-life gut microbial dysbiosis exacerbates colitis

Study finds alterations in brain connectivity among young adult cannabis users

Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir reduces risk of post-COVID syndrome in non-hospitalized vaccinated patients

Pediatric invasive group A Streptococcal infections on the rise during respiratory virus outbreak

Easy-to-use Parkinson's gloves can automatically reduce tremors

Study examines whether the language spoken by people affects stroke outcomes

Researchers discover important drug target for preventing blood cancer

Placebo in addition to methadone shown to be feasible treatment for opioid use disorder

Simple blood test will help neurologists to make a definitive and rapid diagnosis of ALS

COVID-19 pandemic caused significant variations in cancer reporting

Machine learning methods may be effective in screening patients for sleep disorder risk

New potential therapeutic developed for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma using ASO technology

Cedars-Sinai Cancer collaborates on a streamlined clinical trial design in Pragmatica-Lung Study

AI can identify subtle language and audio changes in patients at early stages of Alzheimer's

Pragmatica-Lung Study aims to increase accessibility to cancer clinical trials

Unexpected discovery could inspire new strategies for preventing liver disease and cancer

Blood levels of glycans can predict the risk of Alzheimer's disease

An extremely rare case report of rebound multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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