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Researchers study how brain cancer cells acquire resistance to radiation

In a vertical climb to avoid collision with a towering mountain, a plane ejects cargo to gain altitude. Investigators at the University of Minnesota showed that cancer cells perform similar feats in escaping the killing effects of radiation.

14 May 2020

Text reminders are not a silver bullet to improve breast cancer hormone therapy adherence

Text message reminders are not a silver bullet when it comes to overcoming the long-standing challenge of ensuring that breast cancer patients continue to take aromatase inhibitors, pills to treat hormone-sensitive cancers that are prescribed for as long as five years.

14 May 2020

Researchers study the geography of childhood cancer in Switzerland

While cancer is rare in children, it is, nevertheless, the second most common cause of death during childhood in Switzerland and other European countries.

14 May 2020

Inflammatory cells arise from local memory cells for advanced multiple sclerosis

In the brains of people that suffer from long-term multiple sclerosis (MS), inflammatory cells are not entering the brain via the bloodstream anymore.

14 May 2020

Army scientists apply new techniques to modify brain activity

For Army scientists, the goal of neuroscience research is pursuing the inner workings of the human brain to advance scientific understanding and improve Soldier performance.

14 May 2020

Researchers identify new breast cancer gene in young women

Over the past 20 years, our knowledge of hereditary diseases has taken a quantum leap, and several hereditary gene variants have been found that may predispose to the development of cancer.

14 May 2020

Researchers discover a combination punch to treat drug-resistant infections

McMaster University researchers have discovered a combination punch to treat drug-resistant infections that is showing promise based on testing in mice.

14 May 2020

Two new devices could offer additional safety for health care workers during COVID-19

Treating patients with COVID-19 means health care workers are putting their own health and safety on the line each day.

14 May 2020

More cancer patients could benefit from CAR T-cell therapy, Moffitt study suggests

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR T, has become a game changer for lymphoma and leukemia patients who have relapsed or become resistant to previous treatments.

14 May 2020

New eco-evolutionary mathematical model can predict prostate cancer aggressiveness

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. One in nine men will be diagnosed during their lifetime. While most men will not die from prostate cancer, there is a small subset of patients whose disease is so aggressive at the time of diagnosis that surgery and radiation are not able to control their cancer.

14 May 2020

Novel study tracks symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 spread in pediatric dialysis unit

As COVID-19 continues its sweep around the globe, dialysis units have continued to be hotspots for the virus' spread. Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine hope to combat that threat, through a novel study published May 14, 2020 in JAMA.

14 May 2020

Rice engineer receives NSF grant to study effect of varying temperatures on coronavirus

Daniel Preston, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rice's Brown School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research grant to study the effect of varying temperatures on the lifetime of the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

14 May 2020

Repurposed drug normalizes body weight, reverses metabolic damage in obese mice

An off-label experiment in mice using disulfiram, which has been used to treat alcohol use disorder for more than 50 years, consistently normalized body weight and reversed metabolic damage in obese middle-aged mice of both sexes.

14 May 2020

Molecular imaging can help identify treatment response in neuroendocrine tumor patients

A new proof-of-concept study published in the May issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine has demonstrated that molecular imaging can be used for identifying early response to 177Lu-DOTATATE treatment in neuroendocrine tumor patients.

14 May 2020

A 'window of vulnerability' for re-infection with HIV after stem cell transplantation

Some people with HIV need to undergo an allogeneic stem cell transplantation in order to treat different types of blood cancer. Most of the patient's immune cells are eliminated during these transplantations.

14 May 2020

Low-cost PCR test designed to detect coronavirus

The project of Consuelo Rubio has been among those chosen for the call of the Valencian System of Innovation and Research for the COVID-19 emergency.

14 May 2020

Rotavirus infection mainly affects children under 5 years of age

A research team from the University of Valencia has carried out a study of infection and immunity markers by detecting antibodies in the blood of 7 different genotypes of the rotavirus VP8 protein, the virus that causes infectious diarrhoea, and concludes that more frequent types mainly affect the child population.

14 May 2020

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Researchers study how brain cancer cells acquire resistance to radiation

Text reminders are not a silver bullet to improve breast cancer hormone therapy adherence

Researchers study the geography of childhood cancer in Switzerland

Inflammatory cells arise from local memory cells for advanced multiple sclerosis

Army scientists apply new techniques to modify brain activity

Researchers identify new breast cancer gene in young women

Researchers discover a combination punch to treat drug-resistant infections

Two new devices could offer additional safety for health care workers during COVID-19

More cancer patients could benefit from CAR T-cell therapy, Moffitt study suggests

New eco-evolutionary mathematical model can predict prostate cancer aggressiveness

Novel study tracks symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 spread in pediatric dialysis unit

Rice engineer receives NSF grant to study effect of varying temperatures on coronavirus

Repurposed drug normalizes body weight, reverses metabolic damage in obese mice

Molecular imaging can help identify treatment response in neuroendocrine tumor patients

A 'window of vulnerability' for re-infection with HIV after stem cell transplantation

Low-cost PCR test designed to detect coronavirus

Rotavirus infection mainly affects children under 5 years of age

Vitamin B3 has therapeutic effect in progressive muscle disease

Potential targets discovered for COVID-19 therapy

Improved access to psychotherapy alleviates the burden of anxiety and depression

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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