Medical research
Scientists create world's first synthetic, non-biologic vaccine
Researchers from Cardiff University have created the world's first synthetic, non-biologic vaccine.
Mar 13, 2018
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Journal of Clinical Investigation
Medical research
Scientists decipher the danger of gummy phlegm in severe COVID-19
Stanford University scientists have implicated a logjam of three long, stringy substances behind deadly thick sputum in COVID-19 patients who need a machine to help them breathe. One of these substances may prove especially ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies new potential treatment option for triple negative breast cancer
In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Mayo Clinic researchers identified that an FDA drug approved for myelodysplastic syndrome may be useful to treat triple-negative breast cancer, which is ...
May 21, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Blood type affects severity of diarrhea caused by E. coli
A new study shows that a kind of E. coli most associated with "travelers' diarrhea" and children in underdeveloped areas of the world causes more severe disease in people with blood type A.
May 17, 2018
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Neuroscience
'Gut sense' is hardwired, not hormonal
If you've ever felt nauseous before an important presentation, or foggy after a big meal, then you know the power of the gut-brain connection.
Sep 20, 2018
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Neuroscience
Constant tinnitus is linked to altered brain activity
There has to date been no reliable objective method of diagnosing tinnitus. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet now show that brainstem audiometry can be used to measure changes in the brain in people with constant tinnitus. ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Medications
'Off target' metabolic effects of anti-inflammatory drugs used for autoimmune disorders need better treatment strategy
New therapies for autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) that are designed to better regulate lipid (fat) metabolism, could significantly reduce the harmful side-effects caused by conventional treatments, finds a new large-scale ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antibodies from COVID-19 survivors could be used to treat patients, protect those at risk
With a vaccine for COVID-19 still a long way from being realized, Johns Hopkins immunologist Arturo Casadevall is working to revive a century-old blood-derived treatment for use in the United States in hopes of slowing the ...
Mar 16, 2020
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Medical research
Researchers identify how red meat increases cardiovascular disease risk
A Cleveland Clinic-led study has revealed new insights into how a diet rich in red meat increases risk for cardiovascular disease. The findings were published in Nature Microbiology and build on more than a decade of research ...
Dec 23, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Newly developed approach shows promise in silencing HIV infection
Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a new potential medication that works with an HIV-infected person's own body to further suppress the ever present but silent virus that ...
Aug 6, 2019
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