Oncology & Cancer
What are 'cancer vaccines,' and what similarities do they share with COVID vaccines?
Barely a month goes by without headlines announcing yet another advancement in cancer vaccines.
Mar 7, 2023
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Cystic Fibrosis
Medications
Cystic fibrosis drug could help treat pneumonia
Pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 and pneumococcus can cause severe pneumonia. If the airways then fill with fluid, the patient risks developing acute respiratory distress syndrome. Researchers at Charité—Universitätsmedizin ...
Dec 22, 2022
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Genetics
Genome sequencing reveals underdiagnosed cause of long-term lung condition
Southampton clinical researchers, working as part of a UK team, have shed new light on causes of bronchiectasis, a long-term lung condition currently effecting more than 200,000 people in the UK.
Dec 20, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Driver of cystic fibrosis lung inflammation yields target for treatment
Yale researchers have identified a possible driver of the persistent inflammation that causes irreversible lung damage in patients with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that impairs breathing and digestion.
Dec 13, 2022
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Genetics
UK announces mass genome sequencing programme for newborns
UK health authorities on Tuesday announced a pioneering research programme using the genomes of 100,000 new-born babies, to detect rare genetic illnesses and speed up treatment.
Dec 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Urine bicarbonate test offers new, safe quantification of CFTR function in cystic fibrosis patients
A study of 50 adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) has found that challenged urine bicarbonate excretion may offer a new, simple, and safe quantification of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) function ...
Nov 1, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers take key step toward improving treatment of cystic fibrosis
Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have taken a key step toward improving and lengthening the lives of cystic fibrosis patients, who experience chronically clogged airways and a ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Non-white newborns with cystic fibrosis more likely to be missed in screening
Researchers call for better newborn screens across the U.S.
Oct 25, 2022
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Genetics
Metabolism, not genes, may offer more insight into risk of some diseases
Our ancestry can be detected not only in our genes, but also in our metabolism, a new Yale-led study has found.
Oct 17, 2022
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Medical research
Phage trial to treat CF patients with multi-drug resistant bacterial infections
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disorder that causes severe damage to the lungs and other organs in the body. Nearly 40,000 children and adults in the United States live with CF, an often difficult existence exacerbated ...
Oct 11, 2022
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