Lower body paralysis is a devastating complication that can occur in patients who undergo surgery to repair the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Post-surgical paraplegia is caused by reduced blood flow to the spinal ...
Feb 6, 2023
0
54
Patients with glioblastoma—the deadliest type of primary brain tumor—may potentially benefit from immunotherapy medications called immune checkpoint inhibitors that stimulate an immune response against cancer cells.
Feb 2, 2023
0
30
Biorepositories created to support precision cancer research through their vast stores of genomic data may lack sufficient representation of cancer distribution among racial and ethnic minorities, researchers from Massachusetts ...
Feb 1, 2023
0
11
A new study that used insights from the lab to drive a clinical trial for patients with a difficult-to-treat form of colorectal cancer improved patients' response to treatment and has yielded key insights with broad relevance ...
Jan 26, 2023
0
34
Because glioblastoma, a highly aggressive and lethal brain cancer, is resistant to conventional therapies, investigators are searching for characteristics of glioblastoma cells that could point to promising drug targets.
Jan 19, 2023
0
61
Food allergies are caused by IgE antibodies that are generated by the immune system and bind to allergens such as peanuts, triggering a reaction that in extreme cases can be potentially life-threatening.
Jan 19, 2023
0
62
For people with paralysis caused by neurologic injury or disease—such as ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), stroke, or spinal cord injury—brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to restore communication, ...
Jan 13, 2023
0
70
New research reveals elevated suicide rates among adults undergoing surgery for cancer, with half of the suicides occurring during the first three postoperative years.
Jan 13, 2023
0
28
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and around the world. Low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) is recommended to screen people between 50 and 80 years of age with a significant history ...
Jan 12, 2023
0
43
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are important medications that boost the immune system's response against various cancers, but some patients' cancer cells are unaffected by the drugs or develop resistance during treatment.
Jan 12, 2023
0
62
