Some biologic drugs may be safer than others according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers. Biologics are a broad class of drugs based on biological molecules. The drugs are used…
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Whole Genome Sequencing Used To Help Inform Deadly Pancreatic Tumor Therapy
Whole genome sequencing – spelling out a person’s entire DNA genetic code – has moved one step closer to being a medical option for direct patient care. Physicians and researchers at Mayo…
Designing New Molecular Tools To Study The Life And Death Of A Cancer Cell
Basic and translational research on cancer, and development of new cancer therapeutics, has focused on different aspects of cancer cellular function. One area of focus is the life and death of a…
Obesity And Knee Osteoarthritis Shorten Healthy Years Of Life
An estimated 10 million Americans suffer from knee osteoarthritis (OA), making it one of the most common causes of disability in the US. Due to obesity and symptomatic knee OA, Americans over…
BARDA Supports Development Of Drugs To Protect Against Radiation
Two contracts for advanced development of drugs to treat skin and lung injuries associated with acute radiation syndrome (ARS) were awarded this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’…
Study Finds Increasing Brain Enzyme Can Slow Damaging Accumulation Of Tau Protein In Alzheimer’s Disease
Increasing puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase, the most abundant brain peptidase in mammals, slowed the damaging accumulation of tau proteins that are toxic to nerve cells and eventually lead to the neurofibrillary tangles, a major…
Tau-induced Memory Loss In Alzheimer’s Mice Is Reversible
Amyloid-beta and tau protein deposits in the brain are characteristic features of Alzheimer disease. The effect on the hippocampus, the area of the brain that plays a central role in learning and…
Society For Vascular Surgery Forms Patient Safety Organization
The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) is now listed as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO) by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), on behalf of the Secretary of the U.S….
Study Confirms Third Trimester Amniotic Fluid A Reliable Source Of Stem Cells For Regenerative Medicine And Stem Cell Banking
In a study that was presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting in San Francisco, Biocell Center, the leader in amniotic fluid banking, together with a group of collaborators, confirmed…
Key Culprit Identified In Breast Cancer Metastasis
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…
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…