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New compound could improve the success rate of photodynamic therapy

PDT does not always kill cells deep within a cancerous tumor, allowing tumors to grow back again.

26 Feb 2020

Biomarkers in blood samples can predict clinical response to immunotherapy in metastatic NSCLC

Non-small cell lung cancer patients with higher measures of tumor mutations that show up in a blood test generally have a better clinical response to PD-1-based immunotherapy treatments than patients with a lower measure of mutations.

26 Feb 2020

High intake of sugary drinks may influence risk for dyslipidemia

Middle-aged and older adults who drank sugary beverages daily were at greater risk of developing abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride levels compared to those who rarely drank those beverages, according to a new epidemiological study published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

26 Feb 2020

Breakthrough research may lead to improved therapeutic options for people with asthma

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have made a breakthrough that may eventually lead to improved therapeutic options for people living with asthma.

26 Feb 2020

Sugary drinks have a negative impact on blood cholesterol, which increases heart disease risk

Drinking 12 ounces of sugary drinks more than once per day is linked to lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), ("good" cholesterol), and higher levels of triglycerides, in middle-aged and older adults, both of which have been shown to increase risk of cardiovascular disease.

26 Feb 2020

Large non-protein coding gene regulates process vital to placental implantation in early pregnancy

Abnormal formation and growth of the placenta is considered an underlying cause of various pregnancy complications such as miscarriages, preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction.

25 Feb 2020

Targeting overactive immune cells with experimental drug could improve TBI symptoms

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine found that targeting overactive immune cells in the brain with an experimental drug could limit brain cell loss and reverse cognitive and motor difficulties caused by traumatic brain injury.

25 Feb 2020

Researchers reveal new details about how joint inflammation evolves in rheumatoid arthritis

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have revealed new details about how joint inflammation evolves in rheumatoid arthritis, and the cells that prolong the inflammatory attack.

25 Feb 2020

Using machine learning approach to unravel how the brain processes, stores visual information

Scientists from Salk Institute (USA), Skoltech (Russia), and Riken Center for Brain Science (Japan) investigated a theoretical model of how populations of neurons in the visual cortex of the brain may recognize and process faces and their different expressions and how they are organized.

25 Feb 2020

Effects of obesity mirror those of aging, study shows

Globally, an estimated 1.9 billion adults and 380 million children are overweight or obese. According to the World Health Organization, more people are dying from being overweight than underweight. Researchers at Concordia are urging health authorities to rethink their approach to obesity.

25 Feb 2020

New infection test enables point of care diagnosis

A new infection test, made up of sheets of paper patterned by lasers, has been developed by University of Southampton researchers to allow diagnosis at the point of care - helping doctors give patients the right treatment, faster.

25 Feb 2020

Sleep spindles in sheep could provide clues to human brain disorders

People may count sheep when they cannot sleep, but when they do finally drift off their brains generate the same type of brain wave as their ovine counterparts, according to new research published in eNeuro. Monitoring how a sheep’s sleep changes during the progression of a brain disease may one day translate to sleep-based diagnosis in humans.

25 Feb 2020

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New compound could improve the success rate of photodynamic therapy

Biomarkers in blood samples can predict clinical response to immunotherapy in metastatic NSCLC

High intake of sugary drinks may influence risk for dyslipidemia

Breakthrough research may lead to improved therapeutic options for people with asthma

Sugary drinks have a negative impact on blood cholesterol, which increases heart disease risk

Large non-protein coding gene regulates process vital to placental implantation in early pregnancy

Targeting overactive immune cells with experimental drug could improve TBI symptoms

Researchers reveal new details about how joint inflammation evolves in rheumatoid arthritis

Using machine learning approach to unravel how the brain processes, stores visual information

Effects of obesity mirror those of aging, study shows

New infection test enables point of care diagnosis

Sleep spindles in sheep could provide clues to human brain disorders

Scientists developing a combined vaccine to fight most malignant brain tumor

Reduced stress associated with changes in plasma metabolite profile

Prolonged exposure to a pair of antioxidant proteins may fuel liver enlargement

Simple blood test could help identify cardiovascular aging and heart disease risk

A promising new oral therapy to speed up healing of broken bones

Researchers identify mechanisms underlying immunotherapy-associated tuberculosis

Small molecules may open the door to new therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Autoantibodies can also act as the body's own antidepressants

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

Automation in cell-based workflows

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