Genetics
Genetic changes identified as key to childhood lupus
Australian and Chinese researchers have jointly discovered a genetic key to the development of the devastating autoimmune condition childhood lupus.
Jun 3, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Chromatin openness sheds new light on prostate cancer plasticity
Treatment resistance caused by cancer cell plasticity constitutes a major challenge in the treatment of prostate cancer. A recent study from the University of Eastern Finland Institute of Biomedicine published in Nucleic ...
Jun 3, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Immunotherapy significantly increases the number of patients free from bowel cancer: Clinical trial
An immunotherapy drug given before surgery instead of chemotherapy meant that over ten times more patients with a certain genetic profile were cancer-free after surgery, according to clinical trial results presented by researchers ...
Jun 2, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Implementing pharmacogenomic and genetic testing into prostate cancer clinics
Prostate cancer (PC) is a significant health concern, being the second leading cause of death among American men. The standard treatment for advanced PC often involves androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), yet many patients ...
May 31, 2024
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Medications
Drug resistance discovery could 'move the field forward' for breast cancer treatment
Research recently published in Drug Resistance Updates has revealed a previously unknown biological process through which breast tumor cells develop resistance to standard treatment, which could open the door for cancer scientists ...
May 29, 2024
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Medical research
PKMYT1, a potential 'Achilles heel' of treatment resistant ER+ breast cancers with the poorest prognosis
Up to 80% of breast cancer deaths occur in patients with tumors that express estrogen receptor-alpha. Although these estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers often initially respond to standard treatment that combines ...
May 24, 2024
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Genetics
Tracking the cellular and genetic roots of neuropsychiatric disease
A new analysis has revealed detailed information about genetic variation in brain cells that could open new avenues for the targeted treatment of diseases such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.
May 23, 2024
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Addiction
Virtual medicine: How telehealth has improved the lives of people with substance disorders
From the driver's seat of his parked truck, Lewis recalled what it felt like to take opioids.
May 20, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Body's 'message in a bottle' delivers targeted cancer treatment
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have succeeded in delivering targeted cancer treatment via small membrane bubbles that our cells use to communicate. A study, "Antibody-displaying extracellular vesicles for ...
May 20, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
FDA approves new drug for deadly lung cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new drug to treat patients with an advanced form of deadly lung cancer.
May 17, 2024
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