Medicine News and Research

RSS

Study: Two separate eye diseases may contribute to age-related macular degeneration

Two separate eye diseases may contribute to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, according to a new study from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

9 Jan 2023

Review focuses on the link between the pathogenesis and management of hepatocellular carcinoma

A new review was published in Genes & Cancer on December 13, 2022, entitled, "Pathogenesis to management of hepatocellular carcinoma."

9 Jan 2023

Researchers discover a highly potent biomarker for clinical response to CAR-T cell therapy

A MedUni Vienna research team has discovered a highly potent biomarker for clinical response to CAR-T cell therapy, describing the prerequisites for optimal use of this novel therapy for lymphoma treatment.

9 Jan 2023

UCD HealthTech spin-out raises €525,000 to launch a 12-month weight management program

Beyondbmi, a University College Dublin (UCD) HealthTech spin-out company supported by NovaUCD, has announced closing a €525,000 pre-seed funding round, advised by CKS Finance.

9 Jan 2023

The attitudes of women with a new diagnosis of gestational diabetes to the required lifestyle changes

A recent study evaluated the attitudes of women newly diagnosed with GDM towards the required lifestyle changes, particularly regarding diet and exercise.

9 Jan 2023

Orally administered insulin tablet powered by chemical micromotors

For the millions of people living with diabetes, insulin is a life-saving drug. Unlike many other medicines, though, insulin cannot be easily delivered by swallowing a pill -; it needs to be injected under the skin with a syringe or pump.

9 Jan 2023

Food-insecure families have higher health care expenditures, study shows

Food insecurity, which is the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, impacts about 10.2% of U.S. households, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service.

9 Jan 2023

Clinically relevant biomarker strategies in drug development

In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Dr. Justin Devine and Dr. Nicholas Woudberg about biomarkers, their importance for drug development as well as the potential they have when it comes to machine learning.

From Synexa Life Sciences BV 9 Jan 2023

CU researchers discover a new mechanism for slowing cardiac fibrosis

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered a new mechanism for slowing scarring of heart tissue -; a process known as cardiac fibrosis.

6 Jan 2023

Hair follicle transplants can rejuvenate scars, study finds

In a new study involving three volunteers, skin scars began to behave more like uninjured skin after they were treated with hair follicle transplants.

6 Jan 2023

Vitamin D can help the immune system fight tuberculosis, study says

Most people probably associate tuberculosis with a leaky loft in 20th-century Paris. But as a matter of fact, tuberculosis is not ancient history.

6 Jan 2023

People with latent tuberculosis infection could be at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease

Newly published research from the University of Cincinnati finds that people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) have more inflammation and could be at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease.

6 Jan 2023

Marine plankton samples can help study the connections between ocean pollution and rates of chronic illnesses

Using samples from an almost century-old, ongoing survey of marine plankton, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggest that rising levels of manmade chemicals found in parts of the world's oceans might be used to monitor the impact of human activity on ecosystem health, and may one day be used to study the connections between ocean pollution and land-based rates of childhood and adult chronic illnesses.

6 Jan 2023

PSMA PET/MRI can successfully determine the risk of prostate cancer recurrence

Pan-vaccine antigen strategy confers protection against cross-clade SARS-CoV-2 variants, including vaccine-resistant Omicron variants

Researchers developed a novel pan-vaccine antigen (Span)-based subunit vaccine against COVID-19.

6 Jan 2023

Hybrid immunity confers increased protection against omicron BA.5 for up to 8 months

Study in the population living in Portugal shows that immunity conferred by infection of people vaccinated against COVID-19 confers up to 8 months of protection against omicron BA.5.

6 Jan 2023

Medicine News and Research

Study: Two separate eye diseases may contribute to age-related macular degeneration

Review focuses on the link between the pathogenesis and management of hepatocellular carcinoma

Researchers discover a highly potent biomarker for clinical response to CAR-T cell therapy

UCD HealthTech spin-out raises €525,000 to launch a 12-month weight management program

The attitudes of women with a new diagnosis of gestational diabetes to the required lifestyle changes

Orally administered insulin tablet powered by chemical micromotors

Food-insecure families have higher health care expenditures, study shows

Clinically relevant biomarker strategies in drug development

CU researchers discover a new mechanism for slowing cardiac fibrosis

Hair follicle transplants can rejuvenate scars, study finds

Vitamin D can help the immune system fight tuberculosis, study says

People with latent tuberculosis infection could be at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease

Marine plankton samples can help study the connections between ocean pollution and rates of chronic illnesses

PSMA PET/MRI can successfully determine the risk of prostate cancer recurrence

Collagen deposition at sites of intestinal injury stimulates cellular reprogramming

Cells live longer when they exchange metabolic products with each other

Researchers show how liver cancer cells hijack circadian clock machinery to divide and spread

Low-cost intervention can make a difference to America's deadly overdose epidemic

Pan-vaccine antigen strategy confers protection against cross-clade SARS-CoV-2 variants, including vaccine-resistant Omicron variants

Hybrid immunity confers increased protection against omicron BA.5 for up to 8 months

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Latest News