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Black patients with ICDs have higher rate of post-implant cardiac events and risk of death

Black patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have a significantly higher burden of disease than white patients with the same device, according to a new study from University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) cardiology researchers.

17 Jul 2023

DNA origami could be used to create customized virus-like particles

Bioengineers have found a way to program the size and shape of virus particles by combining viral protein building blocks and templates made from DNA.

17 Jul 2023

Babies have a 'secret weapon' that helps to fight new pathogens

A pair of new studies led by researchers at Columbia University explains why babies get so many common respiratory infections and identifies a specialized cluster of immune cells found only in babies that help them better cope with new pathogens.

17 Jul 2023

US mortality rates far higher than peer nations, leading to millions of "Missing Americans"

A new study found that more than one million US deaths a year - including many young and working-age adults - could be avoided if the US had mortality rates similar to its peer nations.

17 Jul 2023

Only 43% of parents use patient portal benefits for their children, poll finds

For many busy families, online access to a child's health provider for medical advice, health records or prescription refills is likely a convenient option.

17 Jul 2023

Zebrafish study reveals how blood stem cells affect health

All humans have a diverse set of blood stem cell types which dictate the composition and function of our blood and immune cells and ultimately help govern overall health.

17 Jul 2023

New insights into dendritic cell biology could lead to improved cancer therapies

The cells of the immune system circulate mainly in the blood and migrate into the body's tissues after an inflammation. Some types of immune cells, however, are permanently located in the tissues, where they come together to form three-dimensional networks.

17 Jul 2023

Donanemab may offer new hope for people with early Alzheimer's disease

The data reported today by Eli Lilly from the TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 clinical trial of donanemab in early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease demonstrate an important advancement in Alzheimer's research and treatment.

17 Jul 2023

Scent dogs may be a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19

Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests.

17 Jul 2023

PALACE study: Direct oral challenge can safely remove penicillin allergy label

Penicillin allergy affects more than 25 million people in the United States (up to 1 in 10 Americans) and has been shown to lead to particularly poor health outcomes in pregnant women and surgical patients. It is also a public health threat, leading to antibiotic resistance and infections in hospitalized patients that can be life threatening.

17 Jul 2023

COVID-19 vaccines saved lives of older adults with dementia in long-term care

Deaths among older adults with dementia fell starkly in nursing homes and long-term care centers after COVID-19 vaccinations became available, yet remained high for those living at home, according to a new study led by UC San Francisco.

17 Jul 2023

Griffith University researchers develop new method to control virus assembly

Griffith University researchers have played a key role in using DNA 'origami' templates to control the way viruses are assembled.

17 Jul 2023

Study highlights the potential of cell replacement therapy for Huntington's disease

New research appearing in the journal Nature Biotechnology answers important questions about the viability of treatments that seek to replace diseased and aged cells in the central nervous system with healthy ones.

17 Jul 2023

Berkeley Lab and Genentech collaborate to develop new lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery

Many diseases can be successfully treated in the simple environment of a cell culture dish, but to successfully treat real people, the drug agent has to take a journey through the infinitely more complex environment within our bodies and arrive, intact, inside the affected cells.

17 Jul 2023

Donanemab shows promise in slowing Alzheimer's disease

With yet a third new Alzheimer's drug expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the field is beginning to show progress in the fight to slow the disease.

17 Jul 2023

Concussions do not affect IQ in children, study finds

The angst parents feel when their children sustain injuries is surely one of the universal conditions of parenthood. That anxiety is heightened greatly when those injuries involve concussions.

17 Jul 2023

Three-pronged combination immunotherapy shows promise for pancreatic cancer patients

Giving patients with operable pancreatic cancers a three-pronged combination immunotherapy treatment consisting of the pancreatic cancer vaccine GVAX, the immune checkpoint therapy nivolumab and urelemab, an anti-CD137 agonist antibody treatment, is safe, it increases the amount of cancer-killing immune system T cells in the tumors and it appears effective when given two weeks prior to cancer-removal surgery, according to new research directed by Johns Hopkins investigators.

17 Jul 2023