News tagged with clinical response


Researchers identify new target for rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a potential new target for drugs to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a protein known as IRHOM2. The finding could provide an effective ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First trial of a new hepatitis C vaccine shows promise

(Medical Xpress) -- A new vaccine against the chronic liver disease hepatitis C has shown promising results in a first clinical trial in humans, Oxford University researchers report.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hybrid vaccine demonstrates potential to prevent breast cancer recurrence

A breast cancer vaccine already shown to elicit a powerful immune response in women with varying levels of HER2 expression has the ability to improve recurrence rates and is well tolerated in an adjuvant setting, according ...

Cancer created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Shifting the balance between good fat and bad fat

In many cases, obesity is caused by more than just overeating and a lack of exercise. Something in the body goes haywire, causing it to store more fat and burn less energy. But what is it? Researchers at ...

Medical research created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

HIV/AIDS vaccine developed at Western proceeding to human clinical trials

The first and only preventative HIV vaccine based on a genetically modified killed whole virus has received approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to start human clinical trials.

HIV & AIDS created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New study brings long-sought vaccines for deadly parasite closer to reality

One major cause of illness from food-borne diseases is the parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). New insights into how the immune system combats T. gondii are provided in a study published by Cell Press Decemb ...

Immunology created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sleeping pills owe half their benefits to placebo effect, study finds

Half of the benefit of taking sleeping pills comes from the placebo effect, according to a major new study published in the British Medical Journal.

Medications created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find link between blood clotting, immune response

Rice University researchers have found an unexpected link between a protein that triggers the formation of blood clots and other proteins that are essential for the body's immune system. The find could lead ...

Immunology created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Commentary: Drug companies must report clinical trial results, even when they won't lead to a product

Drug companies sponsoring human trials of possible new medications have ethical responsibilities to study participants and to science to disclose the results of their clinical research -- even when product development is ...

Medications created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New insights into how immune system fights atherosclerosis

A study led by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers has found that an important branch of the immune system, in reaction to the development of atherosclerotic lesions, mounts a surprisingly robust anti-inflammatory ...

Immunology created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tumors deliberately create conditions that inhibit body's best immune response

New research in the Journal of Clinical Investigation reveals that tumours in melanoma patients deliberately create conditions that knock out the body's 'premier' immune defence and instead attract a weaker immune respon ...

Cancer created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Major advance in understanding risky but effective multiple sclerosis treatment

A new study by Multiple Sclerosis researchers at three leading Canadian centres addresses why bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has positive results in patients with particularly aggressive forms of MS. The transplantation ...

Neuroscience created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Overparenting' trend worries psychologists

(Medical Xpress)—School psychologists and counsellors are concerned that overbearing parents are raising children unable to cope with failure and life outside of home, a new QUT study shows.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

MVA-B Spanish HIV vaccine shows 90 percent immune response in humans

Phase I clinical trials developed by Spanish Superior Scientific Research Council (CSIC) together with Gregorio Maranon Hospital in Madrid and Clínic Hospital in Barcelona, reveals MVA-B preventive vaccine's ...

HIV & AIDS created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Possible treatment target found for main cause of severe liver disease in kids

Unexpected discovery of a new molecular signature for a destructive and often lethal pediatric liver disease may lead to a new therapeutic target for the hard-to-treat condition.

Medical research created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast