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Study finds overabundance of opportunistic pathogens in the guts of persons with Parkinson's

Parkinson's disease is a common, progressive and debilitating neurodegenerative disease. It currently cannot be prevented or cured.

18 Jun 2020

Neighborhood socioeconomic status and household crowding associated with COVID-19

A study of nearly 400 pregnant women in New York City is among the first to show that lower neighborhood socioeconomic status and greater household crowding increase the risk of becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

18 Jun 2020

COVID-19 collaborative program reduces mortality in long-term care facilities

A collaborative program developed at UVA Health to work with local long-term care facilities control COVID-19 is saving lives and offers a model for communities across the country, a new scientific paper reports.

18 Jun 2020

C-Path's Transplant Therapeutics Consortium receives positive FDA response for its Letter of Intent

Critical Path Institute announced today that its Transplant Therapeutics Consortium has received a positive response to its Letter of Intent from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration detailing the decision to accept the Composite Biomarker Panel (iBox Scoring System) into the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Biomarker Qualification Program.

17 Jun 2020

Penn’s CEET receives $8 million grant for environmental health research

The Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Pennsylvania received an $8 million grant, to be distributed over the next five years, from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a renewal of its P30 Environmental Health Sciences Core Center grant.

17 Jun 2020

USC researchers unlock fatal vulnerability in many cancer cells

Like any cells in the body, cancer cells need sugar - namely glucose - to fuel cell proliferation and growth.

17 Jun 2020

Gut bacteria can take control over the host animal's sensory behavior

Gut bacteria are tiny but may play an outsized role not only in the host animal's digestive health, but in their overall well-being.

17 Jun 2020

C-OPN accelerates Parkinson’s disease research and treatment

Parkinson Canada invites people living with Parkinson’s disease to join the Canadian Open Parkinson Network to be part of the solution to improve lives for those living with Parkinson’s and ultimately to help discover a cure.

17 Jun 2020

Antipsychotic medications do not treat young people with early psychosis

Researchers at Orygen have found that some young people with early stage first episode psychosis (FEP) can experience reduced symptoms and improve functioning without antipsychotic medication when they are provided with psychological interventions and comprehensive case management.

17 Jun 2020

Two potent small molecules appear to suppress tumor growth in multiple cancers

City of Hope scientists have identified and developed two potent small molecules that appear to suppress tumor growth in multiple cancers even when other treatments cease to work, possibly due to the development of drug resistance.

16 Jun 2020

Persistent DNA damage in the placenta can affect embryonic growth

Scientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have shown that a dysfunctional placenta can play a previously unrecognized role during the earliest stages of development in mouse models of Cornelia de Lange syndrome.

16 Jun 2020

All of Us Research Program launches initiatives to seek new insights into COVID-19

The All of Us Research Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced that it is leveraging its significant and diverse participant base to seek new insights into COVID-19--through antibody testing, a survey on the pandemic's impacts and collection of electronic health record information.

16 Jun 2020

Researchers receive federal funding to rapidly repurpose FDA-approved drugs for COVID-19

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine will be partnering on an agreement funded by the federal government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to rapidly test hundreds of drugs, approved and marketed for other conditions, to see whether any can be repurposed to prevent or treat COVID-19.

16 Jun 2020

Antibody cocktail with potential to treat COVID-19 identified

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) evaluated several human antibodies to determine the most potent combination to be mixed in a cocktail and used as a promising anti-viral therapy against the virus that causes COVID-19.

16 Jun 2020

Exercise has profound protective effect in mouse models of Friedreich's ataxia

A top exercise researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is urging clinical trials of exercise in patients with Friedreich's ataxia after finding that physical activity has a "profound" protective effect in mouse models of the debilitating genetic disease.

16 Jun 2020

Australian program helps keep young cancer patients with a fever at home

An Australian program that avoids hospital admission for some young cancer patients with a fever is helping to ease pressure on the UK health system during the COVID-19 crisis.

16 Jun 2020

First National Preclinical Imaging Centre established in Ireland to enhance medical research

A new National Preclinical Imaging Centre which will provide enhanced research data to inform new clinical trials that aim to improve patient outcomes, has been awarded funding of €3.4 million under the Science Foundation Ireland Research Infrastructure Programme.

16 Jun 2020

Cell signaling pathway could treat chronic kidney disease and other medical conditions

Scientists have discovered an important cell signaling pathway in the kidney which if stopped, could hold the key to treating chronic kidney disease as well as other deadly conditions, including heart attack and stroke.

16 Jun 2020

Irregular circadian rhythm in older adults associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease

Older men who have a weak or irregular circadian rhythm guiding their daily cycles of rest and activity are more likely to later develop Parkinson's disease, according to a new study by scientists at the UC San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences who analyzed 11 years of data for nearly 3,000 independently living older men.

15 Jun 2020

Electronic health information exchange increases disease reporting and completeness of information

Disease tracking is an important area of focus for health departments in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

15 Jun 2020

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Study finds overabundance of opportunistic pathogens in the guts of persons with Parkinson's

Neighborhood socioeconomic status and household crowding associated with COVID-19

COVID-19 collaborative program reduces mortality in long-term care facilities

C-Path's Transplant Therapeutics Consortium receives positive FDA response for its Letter of Intent

Penn’s CEET receives $8 million grant for environmental health research

USC researchers unlock fatal vulnerability in many cancer cells

Gut bacteria can take control over the host animal's sensory behavior

C-OPN accelerates Parkinson’s disease research and treatment

Antipsychotic medications do not treat young people with early psychosis

Two potent small molecules appear to suppress tumor growth in multiple cancers

Persistent DNA damage in the placenta can affect embryonic growth

All of Us Research Program launches initiatives to seek new insights into COVID-19

Researchers receive federal funding to rapidly repurpose FDA-approved drugs for COVID-19

Antibody cocktail with potential to treat COVID-19 identified

Exercise has profound protective effect in mouse models of Friedreich's ataxia

Australian program helps keep young cancer patients with a fever at home

First National Preclinical Imaging Centre established in Ireland to enhance medical research

Cell signaling pathway could treat chronic kidney disease and other medical conditions

Irregular circadian rhythm in older adults associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease

Electronic health information exchange increases disease reporting and completeness of information

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