Neuroscience
Answering the question 'Will I get better?'
Speech pathologists lack a consistent approach to communicating post-stroke recovery information to patients, a University of Queensland study has found.
May 1, 2020
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Medical research
Researchers identify potential target in myeloid malignancies
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified a molecule that plays a role in post-translational modification and activation in myeloid malignancies, making it a potential therapeutic target. The ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Skp2 activates cancer-promoting, glucose-processing Akt
HER2 and its epidermal growth factor receptor cousins mobilize a specialized protein to activate a major player in cancer development and sugar metabolism, scientists report in the May 25 issue of Cell.
May 25, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
B cells linked to effective cancer immunotherapy
Cancer patients responded better to immunotherapy and had a better prognosis if their melanoma tumors contained specific clusters of B cells, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. The study is published ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Medical research
Breathtaking: New treatments for a fatal lung disease
Research paves the way for new approaches in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, a progressive lung disease that can lead to heart failure within three years.
Mar 11, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Enhancing the effectiveness of a breast cancer treatment
Breast cancers expressing the protein HER2 have a particularly poor prognosis. Treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin) benefits some patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, but it is not as effective as had been hoped. ...
Feb 13, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer 'ecosystem' reveals possible new targets for treatment
Researchers from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have uncovered four new subtypes of cells within triple negative breast cancer, which contain promising new therapeutic targets for the aggressive disease.
Aug 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Black patients are diagnosed with, hospitalized for and die of pulmonary fibrosis at younger ages than white patients
Pulmonary fibrosis is a devastating disease characterized by progressive scarring in the lungs, killing up to half of patients within five years of a diagnosis. Little is known about whether there are differences in how the ...
Mar 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeted drug found effective in patients who have lung cancer with certain mutations
A targeted therapy called capmatinib can provide significant benefits to patients who have advanced lung cancer with specific gene mutations, according to recently published results from a phase two clinical trial. The trial, ...
Sep 8, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify new molecular strategies for tackling aggressive form of leukemia
A discovery by researchers at the University of Sussex has the potential to benefit leukemia patients by opening up new treatment strategies for treating the disease.
Apr 21, 2022
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