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Satellite images can help vaccination campaigns achieve better coverage

Satellite images that capture short-term changes in population size in communities in the developing world can help vaccination campaigns achieve more complete coverage to help prevent and control disease outbreaks.

7 Oct 2016

Diamond publishes milestone paper that reveals discovery of genetic triggers behind birth defects

Researchers at the UK's national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, have just published the 5000th scientific paper using data from the facility. This milestone marks a significant step for the synchrotron that is used by over 8,000 scientists each year.

7 Oct 2016

Researchers underscore how oxidative stress and inflammation may contribute to risk of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a devastating mental illness consisting of delusions, hallucinations or disorganized thoughts, afflicting about 1% of the population with onset typically in late adolescence.

7 Oct 2016

Researchers explain why explain why some tumors recur after immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is a new and highly promising form of treatment for cancer. In many patients, however, tumors recur after immunotherapy.

7 Oct 2016

Added benefit not proven for melanoma drug, IQWiG finds

Talimogene laherparepvec has been approved since December 2015 for adults with advanced melanoma.

7 Oct 2016

New study focuses on preserving microbe-fighting power of antibiotics

Of the 10 million prescriptions for antibiotics that emergency department physicians in the U.S. write each year, many are prescribed for known viral infections such as acute bronchitis and upper respiratory infections, which do not respond to antibiotics.

7 Oct 2016

Johns Hopkins researchers identify protein that triggers brain cell death from strokes and injuries

Despite their different triggers, the same molecular chain of events appears to be responsible for brain cell death from strokes, injuries and even such neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer's.

7 Oct 2016

No added benefit proven for pulmonary arterial hypertension drug, IQWiG finds

Selexipag is approved for long-term treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in adults with moderate to severe symptoms.

7 Oct 2016

Survey reveals inequalities in access to new, life saving drugs for melanoma in Europe

Over 5000 patients with metastatic melanoma in Europe are denied access to new, life saving drugs every year, according to a survey presented at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.

7 Oct 2016

New study of Phase II Alzheimer's drug pipeline reveals more ways to combat disease

A new analysis of the Phase II Alzheimer's drug pipeline, conducted by ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer's, revealed 57 new Alzheimer's drugs. According to the analysis, nearly twice as many mechanisms of action are being tested in Phase II than in Phase III clinical trials.

7 Oct 2016

TUM scientists shed new light on metastases in the liver at early stage of pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is an exceptionally aggressive type of cancer. Frequently, metastases already start to grow in other organs, particularly often in the liver, before the original tumor was even detected.

7 Oct 2016

Study provides new insights into Zika's rapid infection and risk for transmission

Though first documented 70 years ago, the Zika virus was poorly understood when it burst onto the scene in the Americas in 2015.

7 Oct 2016

Researchers to explore potential roles of tumor-suppressor gene in kidney cancer

Renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer, and African-Americans and males appear most at risk for this disease that can be asymptomatic until it has spread and become highly lethal, said Dr. Vinata B. Lokeshwar, cancer researcher and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

7 Oct 2016

UManage Center to help people with chronic illness manage fatigue and impaired sleep

The College of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently was awarded a five-year, $1.23 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to create a new center where scientists will develop technologies to help people with chronic illness manage fatigue and impaired sleep.

7 Oct 2016

DZNE scientists find new mechanism that allows damaged neurons to regenerate

Injuries to the spinal cord can cause paralysis and other permanent disabilities because severed nerve fibers do not regrow. Now, scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases have succeeded in releasing a molecular brake that prevents the regeneration of nerve connections.

7 Oct 2016

Study finds neoadjuvant immunotherapy safe, viable for early lung cancer patients before surgery

Neoadjuvant immunotherapy with the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab is safe and feasible prior to surgery for early lung cancer, researchers reported at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.

7 Oct 2016

Study sheds new light on role of Tau proteins in certain brain diseases

In a study published in the journal PNAS scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases present new findings on the role of the protein Tau in certain brain diseases.

7 Oct 2016

Climate change has negative consequences for patients' health, survey finds

A survey of international members of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) found that 96 percent of respondents agreed that climate change is occurring and 81 percent indicated that climate change has direct relevance to patient care.

7 Oct 2016

Novel nanosensor could quickly detect sickness-causing bacteria in food or water

It seems like almost every week another food product is being recalled because of contamination.

7 Oct 2016

Historical research shows how solitary confinement threatens physical, mental health of prisoners

Researchers in the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick are investigating the impact of solitary confinement in prisons on mental health over the last 150 years, drawing on archival evidence, including the Howard League Archives held at Warwick University's Modern Records Centre, and the memoirs of real prisoners.

7 Oct 2016

Medical Research News

Satellite images can help vaccination campaigns achieve better coverage

Diamond publishes milestone paper that reveals discovery of genetic triggers behind birth defects

Researchers underscore how oxidative stress and inflammation may contribute to risk of schizophrenia

Researchers explain why explain why some tumors recur after immunotherapy

Added benefit not proven for melanoma drug, IQWiG finds

New study focuses on preserving microbe-fighting power of antibiotics

Johns Hopkins researchers identify protein that triggers brain cell death from strokes and injuries

No added benefit proven for pulmonary arterial hypertension drug, IQWiG finds

Survey reveals inequalities in access to new, life saving drugs for melanoma in Europe

New study of Phase II Alzheimer's drug pipeline reveals more ways to combat disease

TUM scientists shed new light on metastases in the liver at early stage of pancreatic cancer

Study provides new insights into Zika's rapid infection and risk for transmission

Researchers to explore potential roles of tumor-suppressor gene in kidney cancer

UManage Center to help people with chronic illness manage fatigue and impaired sleep

DZNE scientists find new mechanism that allows damaged neurons to regenerate

Study finds neoadjuvant immunotherapy safe, viable for early lung cancer patients before surgery

Study sheds new light on role of Tau proteins in certain brain diseases

Climate change has negative consequences for patients' health, survey finds

Novel nanosensor could quickly detect sickness-causing bacteria in food or water

Historical research shows how solitary confinement threatens physical, mental health of prisoners

Microphysiological systems in drug discovery

Considerations for taking ASO discovery programs into animal models

Neurofilament light as a translational biomarker

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