A drug that can halve the risk of developing breast cancer in post-menopausal women has been approved for use in the UK. This drug, called anastrozole, could benefit an estimated 289,000 women in the UK who are at increased ...
Nov 9, 2023
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An international clinical trial involving Birmingham Professor Phil Newsome identified a promising target for patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), as reported in a paper published yesterday (Nov. 6) in Nature ...
Nov 7, 2023
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A research team has announced a new genetic classification system for gastric cancer by a multicenter study with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. This research could lay the foundation for personalized gastric ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Gene therapy adeno-associated viruses (AAVs)—viruses that can be engineered to deliver DNA to target cells—are unlikely to cause cancer-triggering insertions in humans or monkeys and may contribute to long-term efficacy, ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Professor Chai Hong Rim of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea University's Ansan Hospital, along with student Jungsue Lee and Sooyeon Kim of the College of Medicine, Korea University, proved the efficacy of active ...
Nov 2, 2023
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An international study involving Birmingham researchers identified for the first time how a protein found in the endothelium supports the transfer of specific immune cells, called macrophages, from the blood into the liver, ...
Oct 30, 2023
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Liver cancer is the fourth deadliest cancer in Hawaiʻi, particularly affecting Native Hawaiian, Filipino and Japanese men. Patients can develop liver failure when tumors metastasize or spread to the healthy portions of the ...
Oct 26, 2023
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A study spearheaded by Oregon State University has shown why certain polyunsaturated fatty acids work to combat a dangerous liver condition, opening a new avenue of drug research for a disease that currently has no FDA-approved ...
Oct 25, 2023
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An international randomized controlled trial, advised by a steering committee co-led by a senior clinician-scientist from the National Cancer Centre Singapore and Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, has reported that the ...
Oct 23, 2023
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A new study by QIMR Berghofer published in the Medical Journal of Australia has highlighted the critical need for doctors to be more vigilant with early detection and monitoring of liver complications in patients with diabetes ...
Oct 17, 2023
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