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Study explores the use of existing medicines to revolutionize cancer treatment

In a recent study published in the journal of Genes & Diseases, Research team led by Lu explores the potential for the use of FDA-approved hypertension and EMA-approved cough medicines to revolutionize cancer treatment.

10 Aug 2023

Community health workers boost child vaccination rates in remote Madagascar

Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world and access to health care is limited for many people.

10 Aug 2023

Diverse gut microbiome may help children survive stem cell transplant

Researchers in Italy have shown for the first time that among children who have undergone a donor stem cell transplant, the presence of diverse species of micro-organisms in the intestinal tract before the transplant resulted in significantly better overall patient survival and fewer complications.

10 Aug 2023

A drug for heart conditions improves efficacy of melanoma therapies

A collaborative study undertaken by the Navarrabiomed Biomedical Research Center (Pamplona, Navarre), the Institute of Neurosciences CSIC-UMH (Sant Joan d'Alacant, Valencian Community) and IRB Barcelona (Barcelona, Catalonia) shows that the administration of ranolazine, a drug currently used to treat heart conditions, improves the efficacy of current therapies for melanoma, in mouse models of this disease.

10 Aug 2023

New mechanism discovered for brain repair after ischemic stroke

Patients often experience functional decline after an ischemic stroke, especially due to the brain's resistance to regenerate after damage.

10 Aug 2023

Machine learning can accurately predict subtypes of Parkinson's disease

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, working with technology company Faculty AI, have shown that machine learning can accurately predict subtypes of Parkinson's disease using images of patient-derived stem cells.

10 Aug 2023

Ovarian cancer patients enrolled in first-in-human trial of CAR T cell therapy

Recently published preclinical data by City of Hope scientists shows the immunotherapy is effective. Advanced ovarian cancer patients are now being enrolled in a Phase 1 first-in-human trial.

10 Aug 2023

New study expands knowledge of post-COVID-19 conditions

Long COVID can persist for at least a year after the acute illness has passed, or appear months later, according to the most comprehensive look yet at how symptoms play out over a year.

10 Aug 2023

New gene-editing tool helps to study single-base mutations in cancer

A change in just one letter in the code that makes up a cancer-causing gene can significantly affect how aggressive a tumor is or how well a patient with cancer responds to a particular therapy.

10 Aug 2023

Scientists develop "universal pan-mammalian clock" to accurately estimate age in mammals

Scientists at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health led an international research team that published two articles detailing changes in DNA – changes that researchers found are shared by humans and other mammals throughout history and are associated with life span and numerous other traits.

10 Aug 2023

Lessons learned from Latin America can help Ireland understand healthy brain aging

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin study the factors influencing healthy brain ageing in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries and find the lessons learned there, can also be applied to home.

10 Aug 2023

$Patients prescribed corticosteroids less likely to receive fracture preventive care$

Patients prescribed corticosteroids less likely to receive fracture preventive care

Prolonged use of corticosteroids, such as prednisolone, has been shown to cause osteoporosis and therefore increases the risk of breaking a bone.

10 Aug 2023

Incongruous font size can lead to healthier menu choices, study finds

Restaurants can persuade patrons to choose healthier foods by adjusting the font size of numbers attached to nutritional information on menus, according to a study headed by a Washington State University researcher.

10 Aug 2023

Study provides clues to how harmful T cells cause heart disease

Scientists can finally hunt down a harmful kind of human T cell, thanks to new research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University.

10 Aug 2023

NIH-funded study focuses on next-day effects of heavy drinking on young adults

Nausea, headaches and difficulty concentrating are just a few of the hangover symptoms that can besiege young adults who drink alcohol to excess.

10 Aug 2023

Tiny particles made from red blood cells may treat atherosclerosis and other diseases

Atherosclerosis is a disease in which fat, cholesterol, and other substances build up inside artery walls. This can lead to plaque formation, which can block arteries and cause heart attacks and strokes.

10 Aug 2023

Lizards' ability to regenerate cartilage could lead to new treatments for osteoarthritis

A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have published the first detailed description of the interplay between two cell types that allow lizards to regenerate their tails.

10 Aug 2023

Experimental drug can reduce symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease in pre-clinical models

A new study of mice and lab-grown human colon "organoids" indicates that an experimental drug developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers can substantially reduce symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in pre-clinical models.

10 Aug 2023

Autism spectrum disorder may be linked to imbalance of neurons in the brain

Using human "mini-brain" models known as organoids, Mayo Clinic and Yale University scientists have discovered that the roots of autism spectrum disorder may be associated with an imbalance of specific neurons that play a critical role in how the brain communicates and functions.

10 Aug 2023