Oncology & Cancer
Common hormone could hold key to treating endometrial cancer
New research from QIMR Berghofer has found that the hormone testosterone may play an important role in the development of endometrial cancer.
Aug 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study of children with COVID-19 suggests treatment differs by age
A large international team of medical researchers has found that the severity of COVID-19 infections in children over the course of the pandemic varied by age and viral variant. In their study, reported in the journal JAMA ...
Medications
Universal siRNA COVID-19 treatment shows promise in the lab
Lab data in cells has shown that siRNA has the potential to treat COVID-19 infection better than existing antivirals, according to new research from UNSW's Kirby and RNA Institutes, published today in Antiviral Research.
Aug 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify immune cells critical for immunologic memory for melanoma
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors have become the standard of care for patients with advanced melanoma to improve survival, but only some patients respond to this immunotherapy and have long-term benefits. The lack of a long-lasting ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
International trial shows that interferon could help reduce the spread of COVID-19
Results of an innovative clinical trial led by Perth researchers have shown that the drug interferon could help reduce the spread of COVID-19 from a positive person to their household contacts, with the study helping to inform ...
Jul 26, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bite your nails or pick at your skin? A new study has a solution for that
If you just can't stop biting your nails, picking at your skin or pulling out a hank of hair, especially when you're stressed out, here's something to try that just might work.
Jul 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Immunotherapy improves remission for relapsed, refractory leukemia: Clinical trial
A single infusion of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy induced complete response or remission in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), ...
Jul 14, 2023
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Medications
Existing cancer drug ponatinib could be repurposed to fight certain aggressive cancers
A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that an existing cancer drug could be repurposed to target a subset of cancers that currently lack targeted treatment options ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Immunology
Inflammation-targeting antibody found to improve preterm birth outcomes, prevent obesity-linked liver disease
Targeting a master-regulator of inflammation with a monoclonal antibody potentially improves two unrelated conditions that currently have limited treatment options: preterm births and fatty liver disease, two new studies ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Study gives new insight into how cancer metastasizes to the brain
When cancer that starts in the body metastasizes to the brain, it is almost always lethal, in part because so few treatment options exist. Now a new study by Wistar scientists published in Nature Communications shows that ...
Jun 20, 2023
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