Archive: 08/04/2022

Simple changes in care reduced heart exposure during lung cancer radiation treatment

Radiation to the heart during treatment for locally advanced lung cancer is associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiac events within the first two years following treatment. The higher the cardiac dose exposure, ...

Apr 8, 2022

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Study shows important change in B-cells in women with PPD

A study published in Molecular Psychiatry is the first to look at multiple levels of biology within women with postpartum depression (PPD) to see how women with the condition differ from those without it. PPD affects 1 in ...

Apr 8, 2022

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An AI model can help predict adverse events from new drug combinations

Preliminary data from an artificial intelligence model could potentially predict side effects resulting from new combination therapies, according to results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2022, held April 8-13.

Apr 8, 2022

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Why the births of millions of African children are not registered

In large parts of Africa, only half of all children are registered at birth. As a result, these unregistered children cannot, or only with difficultly, make claim to essential human rights later in life, be it healthcare, ...

Apr 8, 2022

Reversing resistance to PD-1 inhibitors with combination immunotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma

Patients with advanced melanoma whose cancer does not respond to treatment with widely used immunotherapy drugs known as PD-1 inhibitors are often switched to treatment with a second type of immunotherapy drug—a CTLA-4 ...

Apr 8, 2022

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From computer to benchtop: Researchers find clues to new mechanisms for coronaviruses infections

A group of bat viruses related to SARS-CoV-2 can also infect human cells but uses a different and unknown entryway.

Apr 8, 2022

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Depressive disorders can lead to changes in immune cells

Loss of interest, joylessness, lack of drive and increased fatigability—all these complaints are among the main symptoms of depression, a mental illness affecting an estimated 5% of the population in Germany. Pathophysiological ...

Apr 8, 2022

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Researchers have developed a Russian-language method for the preoperative mapping of language areas

Neurolinguists from HSE University, in collaboration with radiologists from the Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Centre, developed a Russian-language protocol for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that makes ...

Apr 8, 2022

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Simple delivery method enhances a promising cancer treatment

One cutting-edge cancer treatment exciting researchers today involves collecting and reprogramming a patient's T cells—a special set of immune cells—then putting them back into the body ready to detect and destroy cancerous ...

Apr 8, 2022

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Some gut viruses promote intestinal health, while others contribute to inflammatory bowel disease

Research in recent years has demonstrated the diverse roles that gut bacteria can play in health and disease, but what about contributions from viruses, which, like bacteria, perpetually reside within the human intestine? ...

Apr 8, 2022

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