Genetics
Genes could be key to new COVID-19 treatments, study finds
Potential treatments for COVID-19 have been identified after the discovery of five genes associated with the most severe form of the disease.
Dec 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify specific genes and cell pathways as key players in rare female lung disease
Deleting the TSC2 gene in specific lung cells of mice led to the activation of the mTORC1 signaling pathway and pulmonary disease characteristics consistent with human LAM disease, particularly in female breeder mice. These ...
Nov 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
When COVID-19 meets flu season
As if the COVID-19 pandemic isn't scary enough, the flu season is not far away. How severe will the flu season be as it converges with the COVID-19 outbreak? What can we do to prepare?
May 29, 2020
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Medications
Managing pain in the age of opioids
The data supporting the use of opioids to treat chronic, non-cancer pain is quite weak, says Michael Ashburn, director of the Penn Pain Medicine Center at the Perelman School of Medicine. As few as one in five patients may ...
Feb 25, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study provides insights into how fibrosis progresses in the human lung
A Yale-led collaborative study boosts scientific understanding of how the lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) progresses, providing a roadmap for researchers to discover new treatment targets for the disease.
Nov 15, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study links vitamin C therapy to better survival rates after sepsis
New research led by Virginia Commonwealth University and published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that patients with sepsis and septic lung injury could have a better chance ...
Oct 1, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bacterial imaging probe is safe for patient use, study finds
Imaging technology that detects deadly pneumonia infections in under 60 seconds is safe and practical for clinical use, a study has found.
Oct 24, 2018
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Immunology
Excessive airway nerves tied to more severe asthma symptoms, study finds
A new study implicates remodeling of nerves in the airways as a key contributor to heightened sensitivity and airway constriction in patients with asthma.
Sep 5, 2018
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Medications
Pain relief at a lower opioid dose
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that activating nerve cell receptors along two chemical pathways—one that has previously been linked to how the brain senses "itch"—may improve pain relief when combined ...
Jun 25, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Molecular pathway offers treatment targets for pulmonary fibrosis, related conditions
A study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto has identified a molecular pathway that appears to be critical to the development of fibrosis - scarring ...
Nov 15, 2017
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