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Johns Hopkins study reports overdiagnosis of schizophrenia

In a small study of patients referred to the Johns Hopkins Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic (EPIC), Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that about half the people referred to the clinic with a schizophrenia diagnosis didn't actually have schizophrenia.

22 Apr 2019

Potential of liquid biopsy in cancer biomarker detection and prenatal testing

The promise and challenges of liquid biopsy, an emerging, noninvasive method for targeted disease diagnosis and detection of cancer biomarkers to enable improved and personalized therapy, is the focus of a new special issue of Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

22 Apr 2019

Deep-learning model better predicts survival outcomes for lung cancer

A deep-learning model developed using serial image scans of tumors from patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) predicted treatment response and survival outcomes better than standard clinical parameters.

22 Apr 2019

Many cancer patients use marijuana and prescription opioids, study reveals

A new study reveals that many people with cancer use marijuana, and rates of use in the U.S. have increased over time.

22 Apr 2019

Researchers discover why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men

It's one of the great mysteries of medicine, and one that affects the lives of millions of people: Why do women's immune systems gang up on them far more than men's do, causing nine times more women to develop autoimmune diseases such as lupus?

22 Apr 2019

Why eating ‘right’ could cause you to stray from your diet

Recent research has shown that just a small amount of red and processed meat can cause cancer, but changing your diet is hard. So what’s the best way to lose weight and stick to a healthy diet?

19 Apr 2019

Liver illness strikes Latino children like a ‘silent tsunami’

Saira Diaz uses her fingers to count the establishments selling fast food and sweets near the South Los Angeles home she shares with her parents and 13-year-old son. “There’s one, two, three, four, five fast-food restaurants,” she says. “And a little mom and pop store that sells snacks and sodas and candy.”

19 Apr 2019

New scoring system based on genetic markers predicts obesity risk at birth

Researchers have come up with a scoring system based on genetic markers that predicts an individual's inborn risk for obesity.

19 Apr 2019

Phasefocus to launch new cell imaging system with smart incubation technology

Phasefocus has secured additional investment as it prepares to launch the newest version of its flagship live cell imaging and analysis system, Livecyte™.

From Phase Focus Limited 19 Apr 2019

Molecular target UNC45A is essential for cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth

Identifying a protein that plays a key role in cancer cell growth is a first step toward the development of a targeted cancer therapy. It is especially promising when this protein is dispensable for the growth of normal cells.

19 Apr 2019

Improving the quality of digital pathology imaging

There's a low-tech problem troubling the high-tech world of digital pathology imaging.

19 Apr 2019

Specific strains of Staphylococcus aureus linked to wounds that do not heal

Whether a wound--such as a diabetic foot ulcer--heals or progresses to a worse outcome, including infection or even amputation, may depend on the microbiome within that wound.

19 Apr 2019

Scientists get closer to injecting artificial lymph nodes into people to fight disease

In a proof-of-principle study in mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report the creation of a specialized gel that acts like a lymph node to successfully activate and multiply cancer-fighting immune system T-cells.

19 Apr 2019

Exercises and swimming goggles may reduce adverse effects on eye during long spaceflights

Astronauts on long missions at the International Space Station can experience changes to their eyes and vision that can last for years.

19 Apr 2019

Scientists deploy CRISPR gene-editing tool to engineer multiple edits

Scientists at Christiana Care Health System's Gene Editing Institute and NovellusDx, an Israeli biotechnology company, have deployed a breakthrough CRISPR gene-editing tool to successfully engineer multiple edits simultaneously to fragments of DNA extracted from a human cell, according to a new study published today in The CRISPR Journal.

19 Apr 2019

Novel system enables researchers to study bacteria within mini-tissues in a dish

Engineering bacteria to intelligently sense and respond to disease states, from infections to cancer, has become a promising focus of synthetic biology.

19 Apr 2019

Triple negative breast cancer develop resistance to chemotherapy by turning on molecular pathway

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that triple negative breast cancer cells can develop resistance to frontline, or neoadjuvant, chemotherapy not by acquiring permanent adaptations, but rather transiently turning on molecular pathways that protect the cells.

19 Apr 2019