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Research shows link between absence of RB protein and long-term survival rates in lung cancer patients

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, highlighting the number one cause of cancer-related death in North America. While prognosis for the most common form, adenocarcinoma, has remained poor, new research has shown a link between the absence of a specific protein and improved patient outcomes.

4 Nov 2015

Ingenza and Imperial researchers work together to improve nasogastric feeding tube placement

Ingenza has teamed up with clinical scientists at Imperial College London to trial an improved diagnostic assay for confirming nasogastric (NG) tube placement. Professor George Hanna, Director of the National Institute for Health Research Diagnostic Evidence Co-operative London at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which specialises in In Vitro Diagnostics, explained: “Correct placement of NG tubes is vital, as accidental insertion of the tube into the lung instead of the gut can have serious consequences.

3 Nov 2015

Lab experiment leads researchers to major red blood cell discovery

A bizarre result of a routine lab experiment has led researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine to an unexpected new way to trigger the production of red blood cells. This could represent a significant step forward in the battle against anemia, benefitting people with diabetes, people with kidney disease or cancer, and older people for whom anemia can become a chronic problem.

3 Nov 2015

Study identifies potential new approaches to curing parasitic diseases

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that some forms of the single celled parasites, Trypanosoma brucei and Toxoplasma gondii behave like cancer cells.

3 Nov 2015

CureVac raises €100M to enable rapid expansion of mRNA development platform, clinical-stage pipeline

CureVac, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the field of mRNA-based technology, today announces that it has raised about $110 million (€100 million) to enable accelerated expansion of its industry-leading messenger RNA (mRNA) development platform and clinical-stage pipeline.

3 Nov 2015

Salk scientists uncover enzyme responsible for suppressing deadly lung cancer

Scientists at the Salk Institute have uncovered a molecule whose mutation leads to the aggressive growth of a common and deadly type of lung cancer in humans.

3 Nov 2015

Discovery offers promising alternative to current therapies for AMD and ROP

A research team led by scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the University of New Mexico School of Medicine has identified a small molecule that treats animal models of aged macular degeneration (AMD) and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) by preventing the overgrowth of blood vessels that are characteristic of these two retinal diseases.

3 Nov 2015

Rheumatoid arthritis significantly increases risk of death due to cardiovascular causes

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been associated with increased risk of death in the past, but a new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital brings that risk into sharper focus. Using data from the Nurses' Health Study, which has followed more than 100,000 female registered nurses since 1976, researchers found that rheumatoid arthritis significantly increased participants' overall risk of death, especially risk of death due to respiratory or cardiovascular causes.

3 Nov 2015

UAB study aims to provide improved care related to reproductive health of women with CF

For University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Assistant Professor Sigrid Ladores, Ph.D., investigating reproductive health concerns in adolescents and young adults with chronic illnesses, particularly those with cystic fibrosis, is not just a profession, it is a passion.

3 Nov 2015

Wider geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs can increase transplant rates for young U.S. patients

Broader geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs could result in twice as many lung transplants for young patients in the U.S., according to a study published today in the American Journal of Transplantation.

2 Nov 2015

IQWiG finds certain benefit for pulse oximetry screening in newborns with congenital heart defects

There is a hint of a benefit of pulse oximetry screening as an add-on test to existing standard examinations for detection of critical congenital heart defects in newborns: More cases are detected by additional screening than by the two clinical examinations U1 and U2 alone. This means that newborns can be treated at an early stage and may be protected from severe late complications.

31 Oct 2015

Researchers use strain-gauge plethysmography system to assess cerebral outflow in microgravity

On Earth, blood flows down from a person's brain back toward the heart thanks in part to gravity, but very little is known about how this flow happens in microgravity.

31 Oct 2015

Unique funding opportunity seeks countermeasures to protect healthy tissue from radiation exposure

Small U.S.-based companies developing countermeasures to protect healthy tissue from the effects of radiation exposures may be eligible for a unique funding opportunity offered through the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. NSBRI's Industry Forum is soliciting applications for its Space Medical and Related Technologies Commercialization Assistance Program (SMARTCAP).

31 Oct 2015

CarePoint Health – Bayonne Medical Center named ACR-designated center for lung cancer screening

CarePoint Health, a fully integrated healthcare system that provides quality, patient-focused healthcare to residents of the Hudson County region, today announced that CarePoint Health – Bayonne Medical Center has been named an American College of Radiology designated center for lung cancer screening, making it the second facility in Hudson County (after CarePoint Health – Christ Hospital) to receive this designation.

31 Oct 2015

Study assesses abdominoplasty complication rates, risk factors

Abdominoplasty—sometimes called "tummy tuck"—has a higher risk of major complications than other cosmetic plastic surgery procedures, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

31 Oct 2015

RNA profiles of tumor-educated platelets may diagnose cancer, identify potential therapeutic approaches

Analysis of tumor RNA carried in platelets - blood components best known for their role in clotting - may prove to be more useful than other "liquid biopsy" technologies for diagnosing cancer and determining its primary location and potential therapeutic approaches.

31 Oct 2015

World’s first mini synchrotron inaugurated at Technical University of Munich

For some years now it has been possible to generate high-brilliance X-rays using ring-shaped particle accelerators. However, such installations are several hundred meters in diameter and cost billions of euros.

31 Oct 2015

Low-dose occupational radiation exposure increases solid cancer risk

Results of the International Nuclear Workers Study suggest a linear increase in incidence of solid cancers with increasing exposure to radiation.

30 Oct 2015

University of Kansas professor recognized with MERIT Award

Emily Scott, professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Kansas, has been recognized with a MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences. It's a rare and important recognition -- researchers can receive them only once in a career.

30 Oct 2015

Incidence of breast cancer among African American women is increasing

Breast cancer statistics published this week indicate a continuing upward trend for rates of breast cancer among African American women in the United States. The incidence of breast cancer in this population of women who have historically had low rates of breast cancer is now approaching that seen among white women.

30 Oct 2015

Lungs News and Research

Research shows link between absence of RB protein and long-term survival rates in lung cancer patients

Ingenza and Imperial researchers work together to improve nasogastric feeding tube placement

Lab experiment leads researchers to major red blood cell discovery

Study identifies potential new approaches to curing parasitic diseases

CureVac raises €100M to enable rapid expansion of mRNA development platform, clinical-stage pipeline

Salk scientists uncover enzyme responsible for suppressing deadly lung cancer

Discovery offers promising alternative to current therapies for AMD and ROP

Rheumatoid arthritis significantly increases risk of death due to cardiovascular causes

UAB study aims to provide improved care related to reproductive health of women with CF

Wider geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs can increase transplant rates for young U.S. patients

IQWiG finds certain benefit for pulse oximetry screening in newborns with congenital heart defects

Researchers use strain-gauge plethysmography system to assess cerebral outflow in microgravity

Unique funding opportunity seeks countermeasures to protect healthy tissue from radiation exposure

CarePoint Health – Bayonne Medical Center named ACR-designated center for lung cancer screening

Study assesses abdominoplasty complication rates, risk factors

RNA profiles of tumor-educated platelets may diagnose cancer, identify potential therapeutic approaches

World’s first mini synchrotron inaugurated at Technical University of Munich

Low-dose occupational radiation exposure increases solid cancer risk

University of Kansas professor recognized with MERIT Award

Incidence of breast cancer among African American women is increasing

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