Connecticut has first human case of rare tick-borne disease: First in northeast
The first human case of a rare tick-borne illness has been reported in Connecticut.
Oct 1, 2024
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Organic Chemicals: News and Research on Naphthacenes
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Study offers hope of a new treatment for rare endometrial cancer
A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has found that digoxin, a drug widely used to treat congestive heart failure, is an effective therapy for a rare and aggressive form of endometrial cancer.
Sep 16, 2024
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Doxorubicin + trabectedin tied to increased survival in metastatic leiomyosarcoma
For patients with metastatic or surgically unresectable leiomyosarcoma, combination therapy with doxorubicin and trabectedin is associated with improved overall and progression-free survival compared with doxorubicin alone, ...
Sep 6, 2024
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Microglial responses to hypernatremia: New insights into brain health
Microglia are the brain's immune cells known to play a vital role in maintaining neural function and responding to potential threats. However, when the brain is subjected to hyperosmotic stress—a condition characterized by ...
Sep 4, 2024
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Study explores link between antibiotic use in aged care and superbug spread
There's an urgent need for more careful antibiotic management to protect older people living in residential aged care from the dangerous spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria or "superbugs," researchers from Flinders University ...
Aug 29, 2024
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Why the most prescribed chemotherapy drug can cause serious heart damage
There's still much to learn about how doxorubicin, a 50-year-old chemotherapy drug, causes its most concerning side effects. While responsible for saving many lives, this treatment sometimes causes cardiac damage that stiffens ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Study identifies active substance for the prevention of chlamydial infections
In order to find previously unknown substances for the treatment of chlamydial infections, the scientific team led by Georg Stary (Department of Dermatology at MedUni Vienna, CeMM of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) screened ...
Jul 10, 2024
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Research supports TCM liver-breast cancer theory: Fatty liver linked to deteriorating breast cancer
A research team from the School of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has made a remarkable discovery that patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (commonly known as fatty ...
Jul 10, 2024
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Opportunistic colonizers: Selectively targeting tumor cells with bacteria
Researchers probing the next frontiers in cancer therapy have turned to bacteria given their ability to inhibit tumor proliferation by colonizing tumors. Crucially, the Achilles heel of this approach is suboptimal treatment ...
Jul 1, 2024
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Microrobots made of algae carry chemo directly to lung tumors, improving cancer treatment
Tumors that travel to the lungs, or lung metastases, pose a formidable challenge in the realm of cancer treatment. Conventional chemotherapy often falls short because it's inefficient. It doesn't directly target the lungs ...
Jun 15, 2024
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