When doctors discover high concentrations of regulatory T cells in the tumors of breast cancer patients, the prognosis is often grim, though why exactly has long been unclear. Now new research at…
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Another Possible Risk Factor For Heart Disease Revealed By NIH-Funded Study
Abnormal heart rate turbulence is associated with an increased risk of heart disease death in otherwise low-risk older individuals, according to a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute…
Patients with high blood pressure can benefit from ‘adherence therapy’ course
A high proportion of patients with high blood pressure are failing to take their medication properly and would benefit clinically from a course of ‘adherence therapy’, according to new research from the…
Impaired brain insulin action may worsen type 2 diabetes
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a novel function of brain insulin, indicating that impaired brain insulin action may be the cause of the unrestrained lipolysis that initiates and…
Oncolytics begins enrollment in 2-Arm carboplatin Phase II randomized study for pancreatic cancer
Oncolytics Biotech Inc. announced today that enrollment has begun in a 2-Arm randomized Phase II study of carboplatin, paclitaxel plus REOLYSIN® versus carboplatin and paclitaxel alone in the first line treatment of…
Potential biomarkers for early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy
A long, urgent search for proteins in the blood of pregnant women that could be used in early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy (EP) has resulted in discovery of biomarkers that seem to…
New fully human monoclonal antibodies to battle Chikungunya
The Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), an institute of the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and VIVALIS (NYSE Euronext: VLS), a French biopharmaceutical company, announced today the discovery of two new…
New method may eliminate colonoscopies
Predicting colon cancer in mice could eventually benefit humans Nobody enjoys colonoscopies, including mice. University of Missouri researchers are excited about the potential of using genetic biomarkers to predict colon cancer caused…
Molecular explanation to higher tendency for autism among males
George Washington University researcher, Dr. Valerie Hu, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and her team at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, have found that male and female sex hormones…
1 in 5 homeless people with tuberculosis die within a year of diagnosis
One in five homeless people with tuberculosis die within a year of their diagnosis, according to a study led by St. Michael’s Hospital’s Dr. Kamran Khan. And that number remains unchanged over…
Vical announces issuance of U.S. Patent for cytomegalovirus vaccines
Vical Incorporated announced today the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 7,888,112 covering DNA vaccines for cytomegalovirus (CMV) containing specific gene sequences and formulated with Vical’s Vaxfectin® adjuvant. Past development by others of…
Inexpensive drug therapy shows promise in treating premature infants with childhood blindness
A readily available, inexpensive drug therapy showed a significant benefit in treating premature infants with the worst and historically most difficult-to-treat cases of retinopathy of prematurity. The results of a multicenter clinical…
Over and under treatment of hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients lead to patient safety issues
The publication of the systematic review of intensive insulin therapy in hospitalized patients and the American College of Physicians (ACP) clinical guidelines for inpatient glucose control in the February 15th issue of…
U.S. Patent Office issues Notice of Allowance to Biomoda’s CyPath assay for cancer detection
Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. received Notice of Allowance for a U.S. Patent application on a quantitative method for scoring cells labeled with the CyPath® assay to determine whether cells are dysplastic…
Simultaneous knee replacement is linked with cardiovascular outcomes within 30 days
Replacing both knees in one surgery, or simultaneous total knee replacement (TKR) was associated with significantly fewer prosthetic joint infections as well as other revision knee operations within one year after surgery,…