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Researchers discover marine alga from Kiel Fjord as potential remedy against infections, skin cancer

Healing with the help of marine organisms is no utopia. Already 12 life-saving drugs, e.g. against cancer, have been developed from marine organisms and their symbiotic microbiota.

2 Jul 2020

Researchers unravel how the body fights off urinary tract infections

Anyone who has ever had cystitis knows that urinary tract infections of this kind are annoying and painful. They can be well treated by antibiotics, but may be fatal if left untreated.

2 Jul 2020

Inflammatory changes in tumors can cause drug resistance in cancer blood vessels

Scientists at Hokkaido University and collaborators have identified how inflammatory changes in tumors caused by chemotherapy trigger blood vessel anomalies and thus drug-resistance, resulting in the poor prognosis of cancer patients.

1 Jul 2020

Psychological factors matter more than physical performance for marine training

The United States military has a constant need for service members who can serve in elite and specialized military units, such as the Marine Corps. However, because the training courses for these forces is so rigorous, the dropout rate is high.

26 Jun 2020

Study: People with IDD living in residential group homes more likely to die from COVID-19

A new study published recently in ScienceDirect by researchers from Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University shows that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in residential group homes are more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 and die from the virus than those without IDD.

25 Jun 2020

New, five-minute urine test measures the health of a person's diet

Scientists have completed large-scale tests on a new type of five-minute urine test that measures the health of a person's diet, and produces an individual's unique urine 'fingerprint'.

22 Jun 2020

Benefits of PSA screening for prostate cancer may outweigh potential harms

The benefits of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to screen men for prostate cancer may be greater than the harm, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

22 Jun 2020

New combination of biomarkers can benefit patients with advanced bladder cancer

In patients with metastatic bladder cancer, a novel combination of biomarkers from baseline tumor tissues was predictive of improved clinical responses and prolonged survival following treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

18 Jun 2020

Creating the first 3D neural map of a heart

News-Medical spoke to Dr. Vadigepalli and Dr. Schwaber about their groundbreaking research in which they managed to map the neurons in the heart.

15 Jun 2020

Remdesivir prevents replication of SARS-CoV-2 in human intestinal organoids

A new German study published on the preprint server bioRxiv* in June 2020 shows that the drug remdesivir can reduce the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in human intestinal organoids.

14 Jun 2020

Aspirin reduces hereditary colorectal cancer risk

Aspirin reduces colorectal cancer risk by half in individuals at high genetic risk. Preventive efficacy is prolonged for 10-20 years after treatment with aspirin.

11 Jun 2020

Key recommendations on genetic testing of men for prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is a leading cause of death from cancer in the US and especially in the Philadelphia region. Consistently, Philadelphia has outpaced the state of PA and the nation in diagnoses and death from prostate cancer.

10 Jun 2020

ASTRO's new guideline provides recommendations for radiation therapy to treat cervical cancer

A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology provides recommendations for radiation therapy to treat patients with nonmetastatic cervical cancer.

10 Jun 2020

Synthesized tumor cells help diagnose cancer and optimize treatment

Researchers in Japan have replicated cancer cells from diseased bladder tissue in dogs, minimizing the use of costly stem cell products.

10 Jun 2020

New study shows possible alternative pathway of SARS-CoV-2 infection in overactive bladder

A new study published on the preprint server bioRxiv*, in June 2020, reports that the condition of overactive bladder (OAB) could be associated with a different route of infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent for COVID-19 disease.

8 Jun 2020

Photodynamic therapy can be used in many types and localizations of tumors

As co-author, Research Associate Ayrat Bilyalov explains, the work on photodynamic therapy has been ongoing for 5 years. The group comprises medical professionals from Kazan Federal University and Medical Center of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan.

8 Jun 2020

Gleason grade group 5 prostate cancer can be divided into subtypes with distinct differences

Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center analyzed gene-expression patterns in the most aggressive prostate cancer grade group -- known as Gleason grade group 5 -- and found that this grade of cancer can actually be subdivided into four subtypes with distinct differences.

4 Jun 2020

Nox4 protein can be used as a marker to predict untreatable kidney cancer

A team of researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio confirmed the role of a certain protein in the development of high-grade kidney cancer.

4 Jun 2020

New advance addresses a big challenge with using CRISPR in cancer patients

A mutation unique to certain cancer tumors is a potential homing beacon for safely deploying CRISPR gene editing enzymes to disarm DNA that makes cancer cells resistant to treatment, while ignoring the gene in normal cells where it's critical to healthy function, according to a new study from ChristianaCare's Gene Editing Institute in the journal Molecular Cancer Research.

2 Jun 2020

University of Freiburg receives 30 million euros for excellent research

The German Research Foundation has approved a new proposal for a collaborative research center under the leadership of the Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine at the University Heart Centre Freiburg · Bad Krozingen.

30 May 2020

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Researchers discover marine alga from Kiel Fjord as potential remedy against infections, skin cancer

Researchers unravel how the body fights off urinary tract infections

Inflammatory changes in tumors can cause drug resistance in cancer blood vessels

Psychological factors matter more than physical performance for marine training

Study: People with IDD living in residential group homes more likely to die from COVID-19

New, five-minute urine test measures the health of a person's diet

Benefits of PSA screening for prostate cancer may outweigh potential harms

New combination of biomarkers can benefit patients with advanced bladder cancer

Creating the first 3D neural map of a heart

Remdesivir prevents replication of SARS-CoV-2 in human intestinal organoids

Aspirin reduces hereditary colorectal cancer risk

Key recommendations on genetic testing of men for prostate cancer

ASTRO's new guideline provides recommendations for radiation therapy to treat cervical cancer

Synthesized tumor cells help diagnose cancer and optimize treatment

New study shows possible alternative pathway of SARS-CoV-2 infection in overactive bladder

Photodynamic therapy can be used in many types and localizations of tumors

Gleason grade group 5 prostate cancer can be divided into subtypes with distinct differences

Nox4 protein can be used as a marker to predict untreatable kidney cancer

New advance addresses a big challenge with using CRISPR in cancer patients

University of Freiburg receives 30 million euros for excellent research

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