Archive: 18/05/2017

New antibody drug conjugate could be used to target treatment-resistant childhood leukaemia

Researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered that a protein (5T4) found on the surface of cells contributes to chemotherapy resistance in the most common type of childhood leukaemia. Using a novel approach, ...

May 18, 2017

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Optical method links individual neurons and network activity to behaviour in zebrafish

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried have developed a method that allows them to identify nerve cells involved in a specific motor command. For the first time, it is now possible to evoke ...

May 18, 2017

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First European randomized trial of PCI vs. optimized medical therapy in CTO

Revascularization with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) achieves a high success rate with low procedural risk in patients with coronary chronic total occlusion, show results reported at EuroPCR 2017 from the first ...

May 18, 2017

Neurological events with TAVI and surgical valve replacement in intermediate-risk patients

Patients at intermediate risk for surgery have lower risk of early neurological complications including stroke with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) than with surgical aortic valve replacement, showed results ...

May 18, 2017

The Charlie Sheen effect on HIV testing

On November 17, 2015, actor Charlie Sheen publicly disclosed he was HIV-positive on NBC's Today Show. How might such celebrity announcements affect public health in the population at large? That's a question scientists and ...

May 18, 2017

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Weight loss plus aerobic and resistance exercise can reduce frailty in obese older adults

Although losing weight is generally considered a helpful step toward leading a healthier life, for obese older adults it can actually have adverse health consequences that can include accelerating age-related loss of muscle ...

May 18, 2017

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Designing better drugs to treat type 2 diabetes

Research led by the University of Adelaide is paving the way for safer and more effective drugs to treat type 2 diabetes, reducing side effects and the need for insulin injections.

May 18, 2017

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Cancer immunotherapy may work in unexpected way

Antibodies to the proteins PD-1 and PD-L1 have been shown to fight cancer by unleashing the body's T cells, a type of immune cell. Now, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that the therapy ...

May 18, 2017

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Monash discovery may help unlock the key to infertility in older women

Findings from new research led by the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) and University College London may finally resolve, and potentially provide answers, as to why older women have higher incidences of miscarriage ...

May 18, 2017

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Experts measure food waste not in dollars or tons, but by the toll it takes on Americans' health

You may have heard that Americans waste more than 38 million tons of food each year, or that the value all this discarded food adds up to about $165 billion annually.

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Archive: 18/05/2017

New antibody drug conjugate could be used to target treatment-resistant childhood leukaemia

Optical method links individual neurons and network activity to behaviour in zebrafish

First European randomized trial of PCI vs. optimized medical therapy in CTO

Neurological events with TAVI and surgical valve replacement in intermediate-risk patients

The Charlie Sheen effect on HIV testing

Weight loss plus aerobic and resistance exercise can reduce frailty in obese older adults

Designing better drugs to treat type 2 diabetes

Cancer immunotherapy may work in unexpected way

Monash discovery may help unlock the key to infertility in older women

Experts measure food waste not in dollars or tons, but by the toll it takes on Americans' health

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