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Research upends understanding of circadian clock in melanoma

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has found that the circadian clock-;which synchronizes physiological and cellular activities with the day-night cycle and is generally thought to be tumor suppressive-;in fact has a contextually variable role in cancer.

27 Jan 2024

New study of daylight vision using canine model offers critical insight into restoring cone function

In the retinas of human eyes, the cones are photoreceptor cells responsible for color vision, daylight vision, and the perception of small details.

27 Jan 2024

Female reproductive characteristics may be overlooked as risk factors for later metabolic dysfunction

A new review of available evidence led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute suggests that female reproductive characteristics may be overlooked as risk factors that contribute to later metabolic dysfunction.

27 Jan 2024

Estrogen-positive tumors drive rising breast cancer rates in young women

According to a study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, diagnoses of breast cancer have increased steadily in women under age 50 over the past two decades, with steeper increases in more recent years.

27 Jan 2024

People with OCD may have higher risk of death than normal population

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes than those without the disorder, finds a study from Sweden published by The BMJ today.

27 Jan 2024

UK law changes pose a threat to NHS communication, doctors warn

UK law changes pose a threat to the security of messaging apps - and therefore their use in the NHS. In The BMJ today, doctors warn that patient care will suffer if they can no longer use apps such asWhatsApp and Signal to share information.

27 Jan 2024

A certain type of chemotherapy found to improve the immune system's ability to fight off bladder cancer

Tisch Cancer Institute researchers discovered that a certain type of chemotherapy improves the immune system's ability to fight off bladder cancer, particularly when combined with immunotherapy, according to a study published in Cell Reports Medicine in January.

27 Jan 2024

Study reveals dramatic decreases in emergency contraception related ER visits over 14 year period

Following federal approval for over the counter emergency contraception in 2006, emergency departments across the U.S. saw dramatic decreases in related visits and medical charges, a new study suggests.

27 Jan 2024

Prime editing takes gene therapy to the next level

This study is led by Prof. Xianqun Fan (Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Ninth People's Hospital).

27 Jan 2024

Study offers insights into who's at risk for long COVID among immunocompromised patients

Early in the pandemic, clinicians noticed that certain immunocompromised patients were experiencing persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections, some lasting weeks to months at a time.

26 Jan 2024

A record number of Californians are visiting emergency rooms for dog bites

Those pandemic puppies are growing up to be a public health concern.

26 Jan 2024

Large study confirms locked-in syndrome as the predominant outcome of non-fatal pediatric drowning

It is a far cry from the traditionally thought-of "vegetative state" in which the mind is absent while the body lives on. Indeed, it is the opposite.

25 Jan 2024

Washington University School of Medicine joins collaboration to improve pediatric heart disease care

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has joined the Pediatric Heart Network, a multicenter collaboration of leading hospitals and research institutions that works to improve care for pediatric heart disease patients.

25 Jan 2024

Clinical study supports the long-lasting impacts of typhoid conjugate vaccine

A single dose of the typhoid conjugate vaccine, Typbar TCV, provides lasting efficacy in preventing typhoid fever in children ages 9 months to 12 years old, according to a new study conducted by researchers at University of Maryland School of Medicine's (UMSOM) Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) and led by in-country partners at the Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust (MLW) Clinical Research Programme.

25 Jan 2024

Johns Hopkins scientists unravel mystery of retinal cell communication

Working with mammalian retinal cells, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that, unlike most light-sensing cells (photoreceptors) in the retina, one special type uses two different pathways at the same time to transmit electrical "vision" signals to the brain.

25 Jan 2024

Study establishes the ideal immunosuppression regimen for pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation

Currently used Food and Drug Administration-approved transplant drugs -; with the addition of an also already FDA-approved complement inhibitor -; are the optimal immunosuppression regimen for pig-to-human kidney transplants, according to a landmark discovery by University of Alabama at Birmingham investigators.

25 Jan 2024

New brain pathway links reward and learning centers

New findings published in the journal Nature Neuroscience have shed light on a mysterious pathway between the reward center of the brain that is key to how we form habits, known as the basal ganglia, and another anatomically distinct region where nearly three-quarters of the brain's neurons reside and assist in motor learning, known as the cerebellum.

25 Jan 2024

How Spain's expertise-driven approach in COVID-19 testing helps public hospital labs thrive post-crisis

Researchers from INGENIO, a joint center of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), have recently published, together with two co-authors from the University of Sussex (UK), the results of a study on the organization of the laboratory network to perform Covid-19 PCR testing during the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain and the UK and its subsequent implications.

25 Jan 2024

Mount Sinai project receives $4M grant to understand the early stages of Crohn's disease

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support an innovative research project aimed at understanding the early stages of Crohn's disease before noticeable symptoms develop.

25 Jan 2024

Widespread exposure to toxic metals linked with earlier aging of the ovaries in middle-aged women

Middle-aged women who are exposed to toxic metals may have fewer eggs in their ovaries as they approach menopause, according to new research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

25 Jan 2024

Medicine News and Research

Research upends understanding of circadian clock in melanoma

New study of daylight vision using canine model offers critical insight into restoring cone function

Female reproductive characteristics may be overlooked as risk factors for later metabolic dysfunction

Estrogen-positive tumors drive rising breast cancer rates in young women

People with OCD may have higher risk of death than normal population

UK law changes pose a threat to NHS communication, doctors warn

A certain type of chemotherapy found to improve the immune system's ability to fight off bladder cancer

Study reveals dramatic decreases in emergency contraception related ER visits over 14 year period

Prime editing takes gene therapy to the next level

Study offers insights into who's at risk for long COVID among immunocompromised patients

A record number of Californians are visiting emergency rooms for dog bites

Large study confirms locked-in syndrome as the predominant outcome of non-fatal pediatric drowning

Washington University School of Medicine joins collaboration to improve pediatric heart disease care

Clinical study supports the long-lasting impacts of typhoid conjugate vaccine

Johns Hopkins scientists unravel mystery of retinal cell communication

Study establishes the ideal immunosuppression regimen for pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation

New brain pathway links reward and learning centers

How Spain's expertise-driven approach in COVID-19 testing helps public hospital labs thrive post-crisis

Mount Sinai project receives $4M grant to understand the early stages of Crohn's disease

Widespread exposure to toxic metals linked with earlier aging of the ovaries in middle-aged women

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