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CAR T cells target senescent cells, improve healthspan in mice

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have transformed the treatment of blood cancers in recent years. And there have been positive signs the "living drugs" can be harnessed against other diseases, like autoimmune disorders.

2 Feb 2024

New vaccine may be potential off-the-shelf treatment for pancreatic, colorectal cancer

A new vaccine shows encouraging early results as a potential off-the-shelf treatment for certain patients with pancreatic or colorectal cancer, according to a study co-led by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

2 Feb 2024

New inhibitor drug shows promise in preventing diabetic eye and kidney disease

New research has shown a new type of inhibitor drug could prevent microvascular diabetic complications, such as diabetic eye and kidney disease.

2 Feb 2024

ASU professor offers insights on what may be coming from Neuralink’s PRIME study

This week, Neuralink's Elon Musk announced that human clinical trials have begun on its Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface (PRIME) study, a medical device trail that uses wireless, brain-computer interface designed to enable people with paralysis to control external devices with their thoughts.

2 Feb 2024

Study shows how low dose of cadmium produces deleterious stress in lung epithelial cells

Cigarette smoke exposure is associated with the development and severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, which is the third leading cause of death worldwide.

2 Feb 2024

Proteogenomics reveals new target for beating drug resistance in acute myeloid leukemia

Doctors have nearly a dozen new targeted drugs to treat patients with acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, yet three of four patients still die within five years.

2 Feb 2024

Study reveals impact of lantibiotic preservatives on gut microbiome

Food manufacturers often add preservatives to food products to keep them fresh. A primary purpose of these preservatives is to kill microbes that could break down and otherwise spoil the food.

2 Feb 2024

NAEC develops updated guidelines to improve quality of care for people with severe epilepsy

The National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) has developed updated guidelines that outline the comprehensive services and resources epilepsy centers should provide to improve quality of care for people whose epilepsy is not well-controlled.

2 Feb 2024

Unveiling HIV's "latch": New study reveals key to blocking infection

As the HIV virus glides up outside a human cell to dock and possibly inject its deadly cargo of genetic code, there's a spectacularly brief moment in which a tiny piece of its surface snaps open to begin the process of infection.

2 Feb 2024

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool repairs defective T cells to treat rare hereditary disease

Some hereditary genetic defects cause an exaggerated immune response that can be fatal. Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, such defects can be corrected, thus normalizing the immune response, as researchers led by Klaus Rajewsky from the Max Delbrück Center now report in "Science Immunology."

2 Feb 2024

Innovative education program helps address Alberta's rural doctor shortage

New research shows an innovative education program is helping to address Alberta's rural doctor shortage by making it more likely medical students will set up a rural family practice after graduation.

2 Feb 2024

New study identifies key role of microRNA-29 in scar-free wound healing

New findings in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier, report that a class of small RNAs (microRNAs), microRNA-29, can restore normal skin structure rather than producing a wound closure by a connective tissue (scar).

2 Feb 2024

$Large trial finds iodine-based antiseptic to be more effective for closed fracture surgery$

Large trial finds iodine-based antiseptic to be more effective for closed fracture surgery

A large multicenter clinical trial co-led by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers large multicenter clinical trial co-led by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers found that an antiseptic containing iodine resulted in about one-quarter fewer post-surgical infections in patients with limb fractures compared to another frequently used skin antiseptic.

2 Feb 2024

Evaluating effectiveness of various COVID-19 vaccine doses after primary vaccination

First boosters, second boosters, monovalent, bivalent. Just like the SARS-CoV-2 virus strain, the vaccines to combat the virus are always changing—and perhaps confusing.

2 Feb 2024

Study links social inequality to lower pain relief during labor

In a study of women in labor in the U. S., social inequity was associated with lower use of neuraxial analgesia -- an epidural or spinal pain reliever-- among non-Hispanic White women and, to a greater extent, among African American women, according to research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S).

2 Feb 2024

Medicine News and Research

CAR T cells target senescent cells, improve healthspan in mice

New vaccine may be potential off-the-shelf treatment for pancreatic, colorectal cancer

New inhibitor drug shows promise in preventing diabetic eye and kidney disease

ASU professor offers insights on what may be coming from Neuralink’s PRIME study

Study shows how low dose of cadmium produces deleterious stress in lung epithelial cells

Proteogenomics reveals new target for beating drug resistance in acute myeloid leukemia

Study reveals impact of lantibiotic preservatives on gut microbiome

NAEC develops updated guidelines to improve quality of care for people with severe epilepsy

Unveiling HIV's "latch": New study reveals key to blocking infection

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool repairs defective T cells to treat rare hereditary disease

Innovative education program helps address Alberta's rural doctor shortage

New study identifies key role of microRNA-29 in scar-free wound healing

Large trial finds iodine-based antiseptic to be more effective for closed fracture surgery

Evaluating effectiveness of various COVID-19 vaccine doses after primary vaccination

Study links social inequality to lower pain relief during labor

New guidelines prioritize safe and effective dental X-rays

Viscoelasticity emerges as key marker for liver cancer in diabetes

New therapy helps dementia patients and family carers achieve personal goals

Researchers find new clue to treating aggressive Wilms tumor subtype

Breakthrough gene-editing therapy transforms lives of patients with a hereditary disorder

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