Archive: 02/01/2015

HIV vaccines should avoid viral target cells, primate model study suggests

Vaccines designed to protect against HIV can backfire and lead to increased rates of infection. This unfortunate effect has been seen in more than one vaccine clinical trial.

Jan 2, 2015

FDA drug approvals reached 18-year high in 2014

The Food and Drug Administration approved 41 first-of-a-kind drugs in 2014, including a record number of medicines for rare diseases, pushing the agency's annual tally of drug approvals to its highest level in 18 years.

Jan 2, 2015

Predicting superbugs' countermoves to new drugs

With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, even common infections that were easily controlled for decades—such as pneumonia or urinary tract infections—are proving trickier to treat with standard antibiotics.

Jan 2, 2015

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Discovery of mutated gene in dogs could help treat blindness

A Finnish-North American collaboration of scientists at Michigan State University and the University of Helsinki has found a MERTK gene defect responsible for a recently identified form of progressive retinal atrophy in Swedish ...

Jan 2, 2015

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Stereotactic body radiation therapy plus chemotherapy improves survival among stage 4 lung cancer patients

A clinical trial that combined stereotactic body radiation therapy with a specific chemotherapy regimen more than doubled survival rates for certain stage 4 lung cancer patients, UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researchers ...

Jan 2, 2015

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Italy doctor with Ebola has recovered

An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in west Africa has recovered from the disease after undergoing experimental treatment, local media reported on Thursday.

Jan 2, 2015