Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease: Researchers pinpoint missing piece of treatment puzzle
With new findings that the immune system plays a key role in conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels, options emerge for new cures.
Apr 3, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug delivery method harnesses clotting to target tumors
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a new method for targeting tumors with cancer drugs by exploiting the clotting propensity of blood platelets.
Mar 30, 2023
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Medications
Validation of a therapy that overcomes chemotherapy resistance in colon and rectal cancer
A multidisciplinary team made up of doctors and scientists from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has led a study, recently ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Immunology
Research reveals molecular and cellular details of abdominal immune system
Because of the nature of organs like the stomach and liver in the abdominal cavity of mammals, infection can lead to life-threatening sepsis. A visceral adipose tissue called omentum helps cordon off any inflamed or injured ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Neuroscience
Perivascular cells could induce microglial malfunction associated with Alzheimer's disease
Microglia are primary immune cells that safeguard the mammalian brain, partly by devouring or 'phagocytosing' pathogens and toxic debris. Recent genetic studies have consistently highlighted the role of microglia in the development ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study uncovers link between chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease
Chronic kidney disease is linked to the formation of mineral deposits on blood vessel walls, known as calcification, causing cardiovascular disease. Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs)—small, enclosed structures outside ...
Mar 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
How tumors transform blood vessels
Increasingly dense cell clusters in growing tumors convert blood vessels into fiber-filled channels. This makes immune cells less effective, as findings by researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Strasbourg suggest. ...
Mar 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Study of immune 'neighborhoods' highlights macrophages as key players in invasive breast cancers
Most immunotherapies, which aim to boost T cell activity, work poorly in treating estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. Targeting a different type of immune cell called macrophages could be a more effective approach, ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Doctors think they're drunks or addicts. This 'warrior' fights so his disease is understood
Kevin Wake has suffered three strokes. He is only 54. The first one taught him how humiliating an emergency room visit can be for Black people living with the blood disorder sickle cell disease.
Mar 14, 2023
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Medical research
Simulating cuts and burns reveals wound healing and clearing power of fibroblasts
Burn wounds are notoriously prone to bacterial infection and typically lead to a larger amount of scar tissue than laceration wounds.
Mar 14, 2023
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