Archive: 18/11/2014
Peanut in household dust linked to peanut allergy in children with eczema during infancy
A new study led by researchers at King's College London in collaboration with the US Consortium of Food Allergy Research and the University of Dundee has found a strong link between environmental exposure to peanut protein ...
Nov 18, 2014
High incidence of bowel disease seen in people with lung conditions
People with airway diseases, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), have a higher incidence of inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, according to the findings ...
Nov 18, 2014
Low vitamin D levels increase mortality
New research from the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital shows that low blood vitamin D levels increase mortality. The study included 96,000 Danes and was recently published in the distinguished British ...
Nov 18, 2014
First demonstration of anti-cancer activity for an IDH1 mutation inhibitor
A phase I trial of the first drug designed to inhibit the cancer-causing activity of a mutated enzyme known as isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) 1, which is involved in cell metabolism, has shown clinical activity in patients ...
Nov 18, 2014
Galeterone shows activity in a variant form of castration-resistant prostate cancer
Results from a trial of the anti-cancer drug galeterone show that it is successful in lowering prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men with a form of prostate cancer that is resistant to treatment with hormone therapy ...
Nov 18, 2014