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New research examines treatment outcomes of HIV-positive transgender people

HIV-positive transgender people are just as likely to stay in care, take their medication and have similar outcomes as other men and women living with the disease, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and published online May 30 in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

3 Jun 2013

Researchers develop RNA aptamers that inhibit HCV replication

Treatments against hepatitis C virus have only been partially successful. A major problem is that antivirals generate drug resistance. Now Seong-Wook Lee of Dankook University, Yongin, Republic of Korea and his collaborators have developed agents that bind to the business end of a critical protein, disabling it so successfully that no resistance has arisen.

3 Jun 2013

New clinical trial may help reduce radiation dose for patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer

Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center and other institutions have completed a phase II clinical trial that may help identify those patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer who do not require the full radiation dose given in a standard regimen of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). Preliminary findings will be presented by Shanthi Marur, first author on the study and an oncologist at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology on Sunday, June 2.

1 Jun 2013

Genetically engineered immune cells appear to promote healing in mice infected with MS-like disease

Genetically engineered immune cells seem to promote healing in mice infected with a neurological disease similar to multiple sclerosis (MS), cleaning up lesions and allowing the mice to regain use of their legs and tails.

1 Jun 2013

Study shows utility of cfDNA blood tests for breast cancer patients

Researchers from Chronix Biomedical and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced that results from a pilot study demonstrating the utility of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) blood tests as a companion diagnostic for breast cancer patients are to be reported in a poster presentation titled "Modulation of breast cancer cell-free DNA with surgical resection" (Abstract #11060) at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO 2013) being held from May 31 through June 4, 2013 in Chicago. The blood test detects cfDNA that is released into the blood stream by damaged and dying cancer cells.

1 Jun 2013

Sleep deprivation increases men's perceptions of women's interest in sex

A new study suggests that one night of sleep deprivation leads to an increase in men's perceptions of both women's interest in and intent to have sex.

1 Jun 2013

Nearly 2/3 of solid tumors carry at least one mutation that may be targeted by existing compound

Nearly two-thirds of solid tumors carry at least one mutation that may be targeted, or medicated, by an existing compound, according to new findings from researchers Fox Chase Cancer Center that will be presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology on June 3.

1 Jun 2013

Mother's lack of education has impact on child's risk of major depressive episode

Children of women who did not finish high school were twice as likely to experience a major episode of depression in early adulthood as children whose mothers obtained a high school diploma, according to a new study by researchers at McGill University.

1 Jun 2013

Saint Louis University extends search for new medicines to treat childhood diarrhea

A $750,000 grant to the Center for World Health and Medicine at Saint Louis University will extend the search for new medicines to treat childhood diarrhea, which is the second leading cause of death of young children worldwide.

1 Jun 2013

RBC transfusion during cardiac surgery can increase risk of postoperative infection

The risk of postoperative infection appears to increase when patients receive red blood cell (RBC) transfusion during or after cardiac surgery, and greater attention to practices that limit red blood cell use could potentially reduce the occurrence of major postoperative infections, according to a study published in the June 2013 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

1 Jun 2013

New paper analytical devices can screen fake antimalarial drugs

On Wednesday, 5/29/13, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled "Africa's Malaria Battle: Fake Drug Pipeline Undercuts Progress." The piece outlines a counterfeit pharmaceutical problem that is top of mind at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN. Chemistry Professor Toni Barstis and her undergraduate students at this Catholic, women's, liberal arts college have researched and developed Paper Analytical Devices (PADs) that can screen whether an antimalarial drug is real.

1 Jun 2013

Cytomegalovirus might accelerate the development of glioblastoma

A virus that infects most Americans but that usually remains dormant in the body might speed the progression of an aggressive form of brain cancer when particular genes are shut off in tumor cells, new research shows.

1 Jun 2013

New therapy for lung cancer produces manageable side effects

A promising new therapy for the most common form of lung cancer appears to produce largely manageable side effects, and an ongoing clinical trial is determining whether the compound treats tumors more effectively than what's on the market, according research that scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center will present at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology on Saturday, June 1.

1 Jun 2013

Elderly patients exposed to general anaesthesia face increased risk of developing dementia

Exposure to general anaesthesia increases the risk of dementia in the elderly by 35%, says new research presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA). The research is by Dr Francois Sztark, INSERM and University of Bordeaux, France, and colleagues.

1 Jun 2013

Food insecurity increases risk of death among injection drug users living with HIV/AIDS

Food insecurity increases the risk of death among injection drug users living with HIV/AIDS even when they are receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a new study involving Simon Fraser University.

1 Jun 2013

Circadian rhythms can boost body's ability to fight intestinal bacterial infections, say researchers

Circadian rhythms can boost the body's ability to fight intestinal bacterial infections, UC Irvine researchers have found.

1 Jun 2013

Alim Louis Benabid receives 2013 Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson's Research

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) announced that Alim Louis Benabid , MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2013 Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson's Research.

1 Jun 2013

International researchers find how brain cancer cells survive and drive tumor growth

An international team of researchers - led by principal investigator Paul S. Mischel, MD, a member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine - has found that a singular gene mutation helps brain cancer cells to not just survive, but grow tumors rapidly by altering the splicing of genes that control cellular metabolism.

1 Jun 2013

New study examines arterial stiffening in young, healthy population

Indiana University researchers found that people in their 20s already began to demonstrate arterial stiffening -- when arteries become less compliant as blood pumps through the body -- but their highly active peers did not.

1 Jun 2013

RPCI, Jasco Pharmaceuticals partner to advance development of cancer therapy

A new partnership, first of its kind for both organizations, will see Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Jasco Pharmaceuticals, LLC collaborating to advance development of an investigational pharmacological therapy that shows promise for treating both solid-tumor cancers and hematologic malignancies.

1 Jun 2013

Medical Research News

New research examines treatment outcomes of HIV-positive transgender people

Researchers develop RNA aptamers that inhibit HCV replication

New clinical trial may help reduce radiation dose for patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer

Genetically engineered immune cells appear to promote healing in mice infected with MS-like disease

Study shows utility of cfDNA blood tests for breast cancer patients

Sleep deprivation increases men's perceptions of women's interest in sex

Nearly 2/3 of solid tumors carry at least one mutation that may be targeted by existing compound

Mother's lack of education has impact on child's risk of major depressive episode

Saint Louis University extends search for new medicines to treat childhood diarrhea

RBC transfusion during cardiac surgery can increase risk of postoperative infection

New paper analytical devices can screen fake antimalarial drugs

Cytomegalovirus might accelerate the development of glioblastoma

New therapy for lung cancer produces manageable side effects

Elderly patients exposed to general anaesthesia face increased risk of developing dementia

Food insecurity increases risk of death among injection drug users living with HIV/AIDS

Circadian rhythms can boost body's ability to fight intestinal bacterial infections, say researchers

Alim Louis Benabid receives 2013 Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson's Research

International researchers find how brain cancer cells survive and drive tumor growth

New study examines arterial stiffening in young, healthy population

RPCI, Jasco Pharmaceuticals partner to advance development of cancer therapy

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