National University of Singapore (NUS) scientists have discovered that the evasion of apoptosis is a key driver of drug resistance in patients with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a type of aggressive blood cancer. ...
Mar 19, 2024
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A global wave of infections caused by fungi growing drug-resistant has the medical community issuing precautions on how to protect yourself.
Mar 18, 2024
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Matthew Treviño and Emily Fletcher are self-described DINKWADs—double income, no kids, with a dog. The Sacramento couple, who met and work at UC Davis, are as committed to each other as they are to not having children, ...
Mar 9, 2024
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A few years ago, researchers made the unnerving discovery that in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, disordered clumps of abnormal proteins had been growing for 15 or even 20 years before their diagnosis. That ...
Mar 7, 2024
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Many childhood cancers start with a hijacking at the molecular level. A group of abnormal proteins known as fusion proteins aberrantly engages with a collection of proteins that switches genes on and off. As a result, genes ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Since 2020 or so, there have been recurring national shortages of estrogen transdermal patches in Australia.
Mar 6, 2024
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Many cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 1995 and 2020 lack proof of added benefit, particularly those approved through expedited ("fast track") pathways, finds a study published by The BMJ.
Feb 28, 2024
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The success of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 has unleashed a flood of interest in using the technology to create more vaccines and treatments for everything from rare diseases and infections to cancer.
Feb 28, 2024
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Thanks to advancements in the development of patented synthetic human-like hearts first created at Michigan State, researchers can study human heart development and congenital heart disease on highly accurate models. This ...
Feb 24, 2024
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Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst, one of the pricey medications that treat his multiple myeloma, a blood cancer he was diagnosed with in 2010.
Feb 19, 2024
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