Oncology & Cancer
Ultrasound may help breach pancreatic cancer defenses
Pancreatic cancer, aside from being notoriously undetectable in its early stages, is also hard to eradicate after it's discovered.
Dec 17, 2021
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Medical research
A new pathway for an anti-aging drug
In 1972, Easter Island, called Rapa Nui, famous for its moai statues, offered a new wonder: the discovery of the drug rapamycin.
May 23, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Schizophrenia drug combined with radiation shows promise in treating deadly brain tumors
Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues have found that adding a drug once commonly used to treat schizophrenia to traditional radiation therapy helped improve overall survival in mice with ...
May 1, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
ENZAMET shows promise as prostate cancer treatment
A new drug combination for men with advanced prostate cancer has shown sustained increase in survival rates.
Mar 28, 2023
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Neuroscience
Nitric oxide levels found to have reversible causative role in autism spectrum disorder in a mouse model
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Haifa in Israel have discovered that production of nitric oxide in the brain correlates with autistic symptoms. In their paper, "The NO Answer for Autism ...
Medical research
Mitochondrial transplantation improves rat recovery from cardiac arrest
When a heart stops beating, blood stops flowing and delivering oxygen to the brain (hypoxia) and other vital organs (ischemia). There is a small window (about 4 minutes) before the lack of blood flow begins to damage the ...
Oncology & Cancer
Relatlimab plus nivolumab improves progression-free survival in metastatic melanoma
In patients with untreated, advanced melanoma, the combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors relatlimab and nivolumab doubled the progression-free survival benefit compared to nivolumab alone, with a manageable safety profile, ...
Jan 5, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists take step toward new, targeted lung cancer treatment
Scientists have identified a key molecular player in a subtype of lung cancer which could lead to a new way to tackle the disease, according to research published in Nature Communications.
Aug 21, 2018
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Medical research
Heart attack discovery could give hope to people not able to be treated
Heart disease remains the largest killer in Australia and around the world. A new study has shown that a protein therapy- recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor-AB (rhPDGF-AB) - could improve outcomes following ...
Jan 2, 2020
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Health
New study unifies hypotheses behind the dietary cause of obesity that once seemed incompatible
Nutrition experts have recognized for many years that western diets rich in fats and sugar may be behind the cause of obesity, but debate has reigned over the primary culprit—intake of too many calories? Specific foods ...
Oct 17, 2023
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