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New project aims to create a genetic blood test for prostate cancer in Black men

Researchers at the University of East Anglia, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust and Oxford Biodynamics are developing a new genetic blood test for prostate cancer in Black men - who are twice as likely to develop and die of the disease than white men.

1 Jul 2022

Study finds significant difference in the gut microbiota of men with prostate cancer

Researchers have found a significant difference in the gut microbiota of men with prostate cancer, compared with those who have benign biopsies.

1 Jul 2022

Immune particles from llama blood could offer protection against several COVID-19 variants

Mount Sinai-led researchers have shown that tiny, robust immune particles derived from the blood of a llama could provide strong protection against every COVID-19 variant, including Omicron, and 18 similar viruses including SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-1, which was responsible for the 2003 SARS outbreak.

29 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

Study quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by specific environmental exposures

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by exposure to specific environmental factors, showing, for example, that air pollution heightens the risk of heart disease mortality by 17 percent.

24 Jun 2022

American College of Radiology issues risk mitigation strategies to address contrast media shortage

GE Healthcare was forced to shut a production plant in April because of a COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China.

23 Jun 2022

International researchers will receive $25 million award to investigate the early stages of cancer development

A world-class team of researchers co-led by UC San Francisco's Allan Balmain, PhD, FRS, has been selected to receive a $25 million Cancer Grand Challenges award to investigate the very early stages of cancer development.

16 Jun 2022

Researchers identify a signature of three genes linked to positive response to blood cancer therapy

Mount Sinai researchers have for the first time identified genes that predict a good response to a vital new therapy for a blood cancer that can have serious side effects for some patients.

16 Jun 2022

New thulium fiber laser system may provide improved outcomes in pediatric patients with urinary stones

A new thulium fiber laser system may provide improved outcomes in the treatment of urinary stones for pediatric patients, compared to the current standard for laser lithotripsy, reports a study in The Journal of Urology, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

15 Jun 2022

Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center retains No. 1 rank in North Carolina

Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center continues to rank as the No. 1 children's hospital in North Carolina by U.S. News & World Report, with nine pediatric specialties ranked among the best in the nation.

14 Jun 2022

New molecule kills a broad spectrum of hard-to-treat cancers

A new molecule synthesized by a University of Texas at Dallas researcher kills a broad spectrum of hard-to-treat cancers, including triple-negative breast cancer, by exploiting a weakness in cells not previously targeted by other drugs.

10 Jun 2022

COVID-19 vaccination associated with reduction in hospitalizations and mortality among heart failure patients

Heart failure patients who are unvaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are three times more likely to die if infected with the virus compared to fully boosted heart failure patients, according to new research out of Mount Sinai Heart.

9 Jun 2022

Liquid biopsy could better predict immunotherapy response in lung cancer patients than tumor biopsy

Mount Sinai researchers have validated for the first time that a simple blood test called a liquid biopsy could be a better predictor of whether cancer immunotherapy will be successful for a patient with lung cancer than an invasive tumor biopsy procedure.

3 Jun 2022

Stem cell model could provide insights into biological mechanisms that underlie neuropsychiatric disorders

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have applied a novel stem cell model to map disease risk variants in human neurons, which could help provide insights into the biological mechanisms that underlie neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia.

1 Jun 2022

Study shows how stress has a major impact on the immune system's ability to fight infections

Acute stress can be detrimental to fighting off infection, especially COVID-19, and increases the chance of dying in mouse models.

30 May 2022

Common prostate cancer medications may increase risk of serious metabolic or cardiovascular issues

Men taking either of the two most common oral medications for advanced prostate cancer who had also undergone hormone therapy to treat their disease were at higher risk of serious metabolic or cardiovascular issues than patients who were only receiving hormone therapy, Michigan Medicine researchers found.

25 May 2022

COVID-19's impact on sex and fertility

The potential effects of SARS-CoV-2 on sexual activity and fertility.

20 May 2022

Robotic surgery reduces readmissions, benefits patients' overall recovery

A new study, published in JAMA, has found that robotic surgery reduces the chance of readmission by half (52 per cent), and revealed a "striking" four-fold (77 per cent) reduction in prevalence of blood clots (deep vein thrombus and pulmonary emboli) - a significant cause of health decline and morbidity - when compared to patients who had open surgery.

15 May 2022

Immunotherapy after bladder cancer surgery helps reduce cancer recurrence

Immunotherapy after surgery helped reduce cancer recurrence in patients with urothelial cancer of the bladder or other sites in the urinary tract that had invaded the muscle and therefore posed a high risk for recurrence, according to clinical trial results presented at the American Urological Association annual meeting in May.

15 May 2022

Researchers discover new gene that confers resistance to prostate cancer treatment

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified a gene that confers resistance to a common prostate cancer treatment, according to a study published in Cancer Research.

13 May 2022

Urology News and Research

Latest Urology News and Research

New project aims to create a genetic blood test for prostate cancer in Black men

Study finds significant difference in the gut microbiota of men with prostate cancer

Immune particles from llama blood could offer protection against several COVID-19 variants

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

Study quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by specific environmental exposures

American College of Radiology issues risk mitigation strategies to address contrast media shortage

International researchers will receive $25 million award to investigate the early stages of cancer development

Researchers identify a signature of three genes linked to positive response to blood cancer therapy

New thulium fiber laser system may provide improved outcomes in pediatric patients with urinary stones

Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center retains No. 1 rank in North Carolina

New molecule kills a broad spectrum of hard-to-treat cancers

COVID-19 vaccination associated with reduction in hospitalizations and mortality among heart failure patients

Liquid biopsy could better predict immunotherapy response in lung cancer patients than tumor biopsy

Stem cell model could provide insights into biological mechanisms that underlie neuropsychiatric disorders

Study shows how stress has a major impact on the immune system's ability to fight infections

Common prostate cancer medications may increase risk of serious metabolic or cardiovascular issues

COVID-19's impact on sex and fertility

Robotic surgery reduces readmissions, benefits patients' overall recovery

Immunotherapy after bladder cancer surgery helps reduce cancer recurrence

Researchers discover new gene that confers resistance to prostate cancer treatment

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