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UTEP researchers develop low-cost biochip for cancer diagnosis

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have created a portable device that can detect colorectal and prostate cancer more cheaply and quickly than prevailing methods.

24 Oct 2024

New initiative aims to train pediatricians on early mental health detection

One in five children has an identified mental health problem as early as age 3. Early detection is key to earlier intervention, and it also could prevent more severe conditions down the line, such as ADHD, depression and anxiety.

24 Oct 2024

New drug TYRA-300 shows effectiveness in treating metastatic bladder cancer

Patients with advanced bladder cancer that had spread to other parts of the body (metastasized) have responded well in a phase I clinical trial of an investigational drug, TYRA-300.

24 Oct 2024

Mini-protein AKY-1189 delivers targeted radiation to tumor cells

Researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible for a specially-designed 'mini-protein' to deliver a radiation dose directly to tumour cells expressing a protein on their cell surfaces called Nectin-4, which is often found in a number of different cancers.

24 Oct 2024

FarrSight-Twin technology transforms cancer treatment research

Researchers have shown that they can accurately re-create clinical trials of new treatments using 'digital twins' of real cancer patients.

24 Oct 2024

At-home phototherapy proves effective for psoriasis treatment

For decades, people with psoriasis have been treated in clinics with narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy, or light therapy, to reduce sores, scales, and inflammation.

24 Oct 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Less than two weeks to go

As abortion and other reproductive issues gain more prominence in the looming election, some Republicans are trying to moderate their anti-abortion positions, particularly in states where access to the procedure remains politically popular.

24 Oct 2024

Study links gut bacteria infection to Alzheimer's disease progression

A groundbreaking study by researchers at Florida State University's Gut Biome Lab has revealed a potential link between an infection caused by gut bacteria and the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

24 Oct 2024

Understanding climate change effects on end stage kidney disease patients

Climate change is driving more extreme heat and more air pollution from wildfires, each of which put human health at risk.

24 Oct 2024

New pro-oxidant supplement shows promise in slowing prostate cancer progression

Prostate cancer is a quiet killer. In most men, it's treatable. However, in some cases, it resists all known therapies and turns extremely deadly.

24 Oct 2024

Targeted therapy and immunotherapy improve outcomes in rare thyroid cancer

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated that anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy in combination with mutation-directed targeted therapy extended overall survival (OS) in patients with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC). Findings from the Phase II single center study published today in JAMA Oncology.

24 Oct 2024

DNA analysis outperforms standard newborn screening, study shows

Early results from a study of newborn screening methods show that DNA analysis picks up many more preventable or treatable serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by most parents who are offered the option.

24 Oct 2024

Researchers develop first-of-its-kind therapy to enhance heart repair after a heart attack

Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have developed a first-of-its-kind experimental therapy that has the potential to enhance heart repair following a heart attack, preventing the onset of heart failure.

24 Oct 2024