News tagged with experimental therapy


Researchers find potential novel treatment for influenza

An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinical studies, according to University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers publishing in the journal ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 01, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Therapy helps regenerate child's undeveloped bones

Four years ago, Janelly Martinez-Amador was confined to a bed, unable to move even an arm or lift her head. At age 3, the fragile toddler had the gross motor skills of a newborn and a ventilator kept her ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Repairing articular cartilage defects with an injectable gel engineered with gene modified BMSCs

Researchers at Micro Orthopaedics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, led by Dr. Ai-xi Yu, have suggested that articular cartilage defects can be repaired by a novel thermo-sensitive injectable hydrogel engineered with ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Epoxide hydrolase inhibition and Thiazolidinediones: A therapy for cardiometabolic syndrome

Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of California at Davis, led by Dr. John Imig and Dr. Bruce Hammock have determined the synergistic actions of inhibiting soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) with ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Light smokers benefit from nicotine-replacement medications

(Medical Xpress)—Light daily smokers, those who smoke fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, have greater success quitting when provided stop-smoking medications and assisted by counselors. Those are the key conclusions of research ...

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Patients with BRCA1 mutations, but not BRCA2 mutations, had poorer prognosis compared with noncarriers

Patients with breast cancer who had a BRCA1 mutation had significantly worse overall and recurrence-free survival rates compared with patients without BRCA mutations, but no evidence for a difference in survival was found ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experimental drug may work against hepatitis C

(HealthDay)—An experimental therapy for hepatitis C—a "silent killer" linked to liver cancer and cirrhosis—has shown promise in tamping down virus levels in early trials.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

T-cell therapy eradicates an aggressive leukemia in two children

Two children with an aggressive form of childhood leukemia had a complete remission of their disease-showing no evidence of cancer cells in their bodies-after treatment with a novel cell therapy that reprogrammed their immune ...

Cancer created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune therapy shows early promise for advanced leukemia

(HealthDay)—An experimental therapy that targets the immune system might offer a new way to treat an often deadly form of adult leukemia, a preliminary study suggests.

Cancer created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineered immune cells produce complete response in child with an aggressive pediatric leukemia

By reprogramming a 7-year-old girl's own immune cells to attack an aggressive form of childhood leukemia, a pediatric oncologist has achieved a complete response in his patient, who faced grim prospects when she relapsed ...

Cancer created Dec 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

PET predicts early response to treatment for head and neck cancer patients

Determining the optimal treatment course and predicting outcomes may get easier in the future for patients with head and neck sqaumous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) with the use of an investigational imaging agent. Research published ...

Cancer created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experimental drug could help reduce brain damage, improve motor skills after stroke

(Medical Xpress)—A University of Arizona professor is overseeing the manufacture of an experimental drug that could help reduce brain damage after a stroke.

Medical research created Sep 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Surprising methods heal wounded troops

(AP)—Scientists are growing ears, bone and skin in the lab, and doctors are planning more face transplants and other extreme plastic surgeries. The most advanced medical tools that exist are now being deployed ...

Health created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experimental stroke therapy helps Illinois senator

(AP) -- Good luck and experimental therapy may have helped U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk recover more extensively than he would have with standard care after he suffered a stroke in January.

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Treating drug resistant cancer through targeted inhibition of sphingosine kinase

Scientists at Tulane University School of Medicine, led by Dr. James Antoon and Dr. Barbara Beckman, have characterized two drugs targeting sphingosine kinase (SK), an enzyme involved in cancer growth and metastasis. New ...

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