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UC enrolling patients for clinical trial of novel PTSD treatments

About 8% of Americans will experience post-traumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives, but there are still few effective options to treat the condition.

28 Jun 2022

Scientists define plasma dose for future cancer treatments

Chinese researchers may have found a new approach to treat cancer by using a plasma treatment to induce apoptosis, the death of cancer cells, without any obvious side effect to normal cells.

28 Jun 2022

Duke researchers identify role for key gene in developmental disability syndrome

A single gene that was previously found to be the driving force in a rare syndrome linked to epilepsy, autism and developmental disability has been identified as a linchpin in the formation of healthy neurons.

28 Jun 2022

Researchers assess the evidence basis for medications used to treat spine-related pain in older adults

Spine-related pain is increasingly common in older adults. While medications play an important role in pain management, their use has limitations in geriatric patients due to reduced liver and kidney function, comorbid medical problems and polypharmacy (the simultaneous use of multiple drugs to treat medical conditions).

28 Jun 2022

Scientists discover how to prevent T cell exhaustion to maintain the fight against cancer

When faced with a formidable foe for months on end, the immune system's T cells begin to tire. Whether fighting a cancer or a chronic infection, they become less effective over time, a phenomenon dubbed "T cell exhaustion" by scientists.

28 Jun 2022

Penn Medicine receives $9 million to advance research on imaging technology that illuminates tumors

Building on Penn Medicine's years of research and use of imaging technology that illuminates tumor tissue-; helping clinicians more easily detect and remove it-; the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has received a five-year, $9 million research grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to push the field forward, particularly for lung cancer patients.

28 Jun 2022

New $5.3 million NIH grant will support researchers into understanding lung cancer recurrence

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are leading a national study aimed at identifying patients with early-stage lung cancer who are at high risk of having the cancer return, even after surgery and chemotherapy appear to have eliminated their tumors.

28 Jun 2022

NYU Langone Health continues to broaden access to high-quality care with recent expansions

NYU Langone Health continues to broaden access to high-quality primary and specialty care with recent expansions on Long Island and in Brooklyn and southeast Florida.

28 Jun 2022

New machine learning method may improve the identification of genes that cause diseases

A new machine learning method to model gene expression levels might improve the identification of genes that cause human diseases, according to a new study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

28 Jun 2022

Study finds higher risk of cardiovascular disease among adult cancer survivors

Adult survivors of cancer have a higher risk of heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD) later in life than adults without cancer, according to results of a large study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers.

28 Jun 2022

Low rates of severe COVID-19 found in patients treated with monoclonal antibodies during delta surge

A study of 10,775 high-risk adult patients during the COVID-19 delta variant surge in late 2021 finds that treatment with one of three anti-spike neutralizing monoclonal antibodies for mild to moderate symptoms led to low rates of severe disease, hospitalization, ICU admission and mortality, according to Mayo Clinic researchers.

28 Jun 2022

Managing smoking cessation via a healthcare system model seems better than telephone quitline

A healthcare system model that offered tobacco cessation treatment to smokers being discharged from a hospital produced a higher rate of tobacco abstinence during the three- month program than referral to a state-based telephone quitline.

28 Jun 2022

Partially paralyzed man maneuvers a pair of robotic prostheses to feed himself

Two robotic arms – a fork in one hand, a knife in the other – flank a seated man, who sits in front of a table, with a piece of cake on a plate.

28 Jun 2022

Antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV ameliorates cognitive deficits in mouse model of Down syndrome

Lamivudine, a commonly-used antiretroviral drug for treating HIV, improves cognition in a mouse model of Down syndrome, according to the findings of a joint new study by researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, a center jointly promoted by the "la Caixa" Foundation and the Department of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

28 Jun 2022

Highly antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA on pigs is capable of rapidly adapting to human hosts

A new study has found that a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the superbug MRSA – methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus – has emerged in livestock in the last 50 years, probably due to widespread antibiotic use in pig farming.

28 Jun 2022

Parental depression screening could help identify families in need of mental health support

Screening both mothers and fathers for depression beyond their child's first birthday in pediatric offices – the current standard practice – could identify families in need of mental health and other critical resources, according to a Rutgers study.

28 Jun 2022

New technique offers higher-precision scRNA-seq data than current technologies

The advent of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has revolutionized the fields of medicine and biology by providing the ability to study the inner workings of thousands of cells at one go.

28 Jun 2022

Unusual type of thymocyte cells capable of transforming into blood cancer discovered

Dysfunction involving an unusual type of thymocyte cell found in small amounts in every person may be the reason why some people develop a form of leukemia called T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) that affects more than 6,000 Americans each year.

28 Jun 2022

Nitric oxide use in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery does not improve the recovery of children

Infants undergoing heart surgery are connected to a heart-lung machine and given nitric oxide as an anti-inflammatory.

27 Jun 2022

Infectious period in healthy, vaccinated adults with SARS-CoV-2 is limited, study finds

In January 2022, the U.S. shifted its guidelines to recommend isolation of five days from COVID-19 symptom onset, followed by an additional five days of mask wearing.

27 Jun 2022

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UC enrolling patients for clinical trial of novel PTSD treatments

Scientists define plasma dose for future cancer treatments

Duke researchers identify role for key gene in developmental disability syndrome

Researchers assess the evidence basis for medications used to treat spine-related pain in older adults

Scientists discover how to prevent T cell exhaustion to maintain the fight against cancer

Penn Medicine receives $9 million to advance research on imaging technology that illuminates tumors

New $5.3 million NIH grant will support researchers into understanding lung cancer recurrence

NYU Langone Health continues to broaden access to high-quality care with recent expansions

New machine learning method may improve the identification of genes that cause diseases

Study finds higher risk of cardiovascular disease among adult cancer survivors

Low rates of severe COVID-19 found in patients treated with monoclonal antibodies during delta surge

Managing smoking cessation via a healthcare system model seems better than telephone quitline

Partially paralyzed man maneuvers a pair of robotic prostheses to feed himself

Antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV ameliorates cognitive deficits in mouse model of Down syndrome

Highly antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA on pigs is capable of rapidly adapting to human hosts

Parental depression screening could help identify families in need of mental health support

New technique offers higher-precision scRNA-seq data than current technologies

Unusual type of thymocyte cells capable of transforming into blood cancer discovered

Nitric oxide use in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery does not improve the recovery of children

Infectious period in healthy, vaccinated adults with SARS-CoV-2 is limited, study finds

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