Thirteen years of waiting is now over for melanoma patients. That’s how long it’s been since the last therapy became available to treat the most lethal form of skin cancer melanoma. The…
Scientists identify protein that plays a key role in cancer treatment resistance
Research led by Daitoku Sakamuro, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and the LSUHSC Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has identified a protein that enables the…
Early intervention and close follow-up can help prevent hearing loss in children
Early intervention and close follow-up are key to rehabilitating hearing loss in children, says Paul R. Kileny, Ph.D., director of the University of Michigan’s Audiology and Electrophysiology program. “Timely treatment is crucial,”…
Mild decompression procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis leads to sustained improvements in pain
Patients treated for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) with the mild decompression procedure (an alternative to open spinal surgery for many patients), reported sustained improvements in pain and mobility at one year and…
HIV uses base excision repair pathway to insert DNA into host-cell genome
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS, makes use of the base excision repair pathway when inserting its DNA into the host-cell genome, according to a new study led by…
Mother’s gene variation can influence alcohol-related disorders in fetus
Exposure to alcohol in the womb doesn’t affect all fetuses equally. Why does one woman who drinks alcohol during pregnancy give birth to a child with physical, behavioral or learning problems —…
Osteoporotic hip and vertebral fractures have most serious impact on quality of life
A study presented today at the European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis currently taking place in Valencia, Spain has found that the initial quality of life loss following an osteoporotic fracture is…
Patients with low back pain can benefit from new spinal neuromodulation device
Results from an ongoing prospective study report that a novel spinal neuromodulation device changes the paradigm for patients suffering with low back pain who have not found relief through conventional spinal cord…
FDA Approves New Treatment For A Type Of Late-stage Skin Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Yervoy (ipilimumab) to treat patients with late-stage (metastatic) melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer. Melanoma is the leading cause of death from…
Asthma Drug Could Help Control Or Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
A drug used to treat asthma has been shown to help reduce the formation of amyloid beta, a peptide in the brain that is implicated in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, according…
Early Detection And Prognosis Of Cancer Improved By New Technology
Gentel Biosciences, a leader in proteomics tools, and Van Andel Research Institute (VARI), a biomedical research institute, have jointly announced the granting of U.S. Patent 7,838,634 for a new method to profile…
Encouraging Research Results For Parents Of Toddlers With Autism
Results of a study published online March 22 in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry show that The Hanen Centre’s More Than Words® Program is more effective than “treatment as usual”…
Researchers Uncover A Promising Clue To The Mechanism Behind Gene Mutation That Causes Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a way that mutations in a gene called LRRK2 may cause the most common inherited form of Parkinson’s disease. The study, published online…
Innovative Technology To Treat Common Heart Condition
A physician at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Wilber Su, MD, is the first physician in the Southwest to offer the Arctic Front® Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter system to treat…
“Worm Screening” In Obesity Study, A Way Of Finding New Targets For Human Diseases
Researchers exploring human metabolism at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have uncovered a handful of chemical compounds that regulate fat storage in worms, offering a new tool for understanding obesity…