Archive: 14/07/2016
Researchers develop simple method to characterize immune cells in tumors
Despite recent achievements in the development of cancer immunotherapies, only a small group of patients typically respond to them. Predictive markers of disease course and response to immunotherapy are urgently needed. To ...
Jul 14, 2016
Novel algorithm predicts drug combinations to treat drug resistant fungal infections
Scientists have created an algorithm that can identify drug combinations to treat fungal infections that have become resistant to current drug treatments. This new study, published in PLOS Computational Biology, represents ...
Jul 14, 2016
Patient-specific approach may improve deep brain stimulation used to treat Parkinson's
Researchers have developed a method to measure how the brain responds to electrical stimulation and use the response to maximize efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) - a therapy that has been successfully used to treat ...
Jul 14, 2016
Antibodies in patients with rare disorder may have role preventing type 1 diabetes
People with a rare autoimmune disorder produce autoimmune antibodies that appear to be linked to a reduced occurrence of Type 1 diabetes, new research has found. The study, published in Cell, suggests these antibodies could ...
Jul 14, 2016
Anticancer drug discovery: Structures of KDM5 histone demethylase inhibitors
When doctors hurl toxic death at cancer cells, often a few will survive and come back. A family of enzymes called KDM5 histone demethylases is emerging as important for this resilience, and drugs that inhibit KDM5 enzymes ...
Jul 14, 2016
Scientists trace origin cell of bone and soft tissue tumors, test drug target
Scientists at Duke Health are part of a team that has discovered a type of cell surrounding blood vessels can also serve as a starting point for sarcoma, a form of cancer that occurs in bones and connective tissues.
Jul 14, 2016