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New drug combination shows promise in treating melanoma brain metastasis

A federally funded research team led by Sheri Holmen, PhD, investigator at Huntsman Cancer Institute and professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah (the U), is testing a new combination drug therapy that could both treat and prevent melanoma metastasis, or spreading from its original site, to the brain.

21 Mar 2025

Study reveals how virtual body pain disrupts sense of ownership

A study from Hiroshima University found that when people were told to imagine their virtual bodies in pain, their brains resisted the illusion of ownership.

21 Mar 2025

Researchers uncover protective role of dopamine in regulating tau function

The research group led by Prof. Wang Chu from the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University published a research article entitled "Quantitative Chemoproteomics Reveals Dopamine's Protective Modification of Tau" in Nature Chemical Biology (DOI:10.1038/s41589-025-01849-9).

21 Mar 2025

Study offers new insights into the harmful effects of sugar-sweetened beverages on human health

Researchers at the Advanced Research Unit on Metabolism, Development & Aging (ARUMDA), in the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR, Mumbai and TIFR Hyderabad), have unveiled a comprehensive understanding of the harmful effects of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) on human health, using a preclinical mouse model that closely mimics human consumption patterns.

21 Mar 2025

Drug-resistant bacteria evolve to weaponize an antimicrobial genetic tool

A drug-resistant type of bacteria that has adapted to health care settings evolved in the past several years to weaponize an antimicrobial genetic tool, eliminating its cousins and replacing them as the dominate strain.

21 Mar 2025

Nearly half of depression patients struggle with treatment resistance

Almost half of patients diagnosed with depression classify as being 'treatment-resistant' as new research suggests that many don't respond to multiple antidepressant options.

21 Mar 2025

Research finds evidence that infants can encode memories in early life

Though we learn so much during our first years of life, we can't, as adults, remember specific events from that time. Researchers have long believed we don't hold onto these experiences because the part of the brain responsible for saving memories - the hippocampus - is still developing well into adolescence and just can't encode memories in our earliest years.

21 Mar 2025

Study shows impact of foreign aid sanctions on maternal and child health

Reductions in official development assistance can lead to a significant increase in death among mothers, children, and infants, according to a new Stanford-led study that reviewed three decades of sanctions on foreign aid.

21 Mar 2025

Anti-HIV active diterpenoids identified in Daphne pseudomezereum

A research group led by Professor Wei Li from the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, in collaboration with the Duke University Medical Center in the United States, has discovered for the first time that Daphne pseudomezereum (commonly known as Onishibari) contains a substance inhibiting replication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

21 Mar 2025

Circadian rhythms play a crucial role of in regulating tumor progression

Circadian rhythms are endogenous time-keeping mechanisms that regulate physiological processes in response to external light-dark cycles.

21 Mar 2025

Innovative photoacoustic sensing could replace needle-based glucose testing

Blood glucose is usually measured using invasive methods involving pricking small needles into the skin.

21 Mar 2025

£2.2 million grant supports clinical trials for liver dialysis device

Clinical trials to continue the development of a liver dialysis device to treat those with life-threatening liver disease have been funded by a grant awarded to UCL, the Royal Free Hospital and Yaqrit.

21 Mar 2025

Elderly neurological patients show willingness accept home-based remote monitoring

A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland Business School indicates that elderly neurological patients show a willingness to accept remote monitoring (RM) in the home environment even in the pre-implementation phase.

21 Mar 2025

Fatty acids in the blood may predict risk of developing schizophrenia from cannabis use

The UPV/EHU study, recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, has analyzed and compared the fatty acids in the blood of individuals with schizophrenia, of those with cannabis use disorder and of those with both diagnoses, with the aim of shedding light on new biomarkers and improving the understanding of the biological relationship between the two disorders.

21 Mar 2025

Scientists decode differentiation pathways of human blood stem cells

Every second, an adult generates around five million new blood cells to replace aging or dying ones, making the blood system a highly regenerative organ.

21 Mar 2025

Regaining some weight after bariatric surgery still offers health protection

Having lost a great deal of weight appears to offer some protection against ill health even for those who have regained some of their weight loss.

21 Mar 2025

Experts create Canada's first-ever guidelines for diagnosing, preventing, and treating long COVID

A team of experts from McMaster University has led the creation of Canada's first-ever comprehensive guidelines for diagnosing, managing, preventing, and treating post COVID-19 condition (PCC), more commonly known as long COVID.

21 Mar 2025

WHO urges immediate investment of resources to maintain tuberculosis care

On the occasion on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, marked on 24 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for an urgent investment of resources to protect and maintain tuberculosis (TB) care and support services for people in need across regions and countries.

21 Mar 2025

Eye drops show potential to slow progression of human degenerative retinal diseases

Treatment shows potential to slow the progression of human degenerative eye diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa.

21 Mar 2025

Workers prep to meet ICE officials at the health clinic door

A policy change by the Trump administration allows federal immigration officials to make arrests at or near sensitive locations, including health care facilities.

21 Mar 2025