Immunology
Researchers find new way to curb asthma attacks
A protein that shuts down immune cells in the lungs could be key to a new treatment for asthma attacks, a new report says.
Mar 26, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Intervention after first seizure may prevent long-term epilepsy
Only a very small percentage of neurons show changes after an epileptic seizure in mice, but these alterations can be permanent and trigger future seizures that can affect the whole brain and lead to impaired cognition, like ...
Mar 22, 2024
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Medical research
A computational model to simulate the biomechanical growth of breast tumors
Scientists from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU), in the U.S., have analyzed the growth of breast tumors from a biomechanical perspective and have created a computational model that ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Genetics
How genetic therapies transformed the lives of sickle cell patients
Their stories are divided into before and after. First, those long years of pain which flooded every moment—school, relationships, work.
Mar 18, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Some lymphomas become resistant to treatment. Gene discovery may offer path to overcome it.
Patients with some types of lymphoma that become resistant to standard treatments may benefit from a therapy that University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are evaluating after they discovered a key process that fuels ...
Mar 16, 2024
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Neuroscience
Brain stimulation shows promise in treating drug addiction
Today, neurostimulation is used to treat a variety of human disorders, including Parkinson's disease, tremor, obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome. A Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon and his colleagues believe one ...
Mar 15, 2024
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Medical research
Metadata to ensure quality research and animal welfare
A study conducted by a public-private research team, including the University of Lausanne (UNIL), establishes the first minimal metadata set for animal experimentation, a crucial step towards maximizing the sharing and reproducibility ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Medications
New drug shows promise for treating rare brain tumors
An experimental drug may provide a new treatment option for some patients with rare incurable brain tumors, according to an analysis published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Mar 4, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Outcomes similar for therapy-related, de novo MDS after haplo-HSCT
Patients with therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome (t-MDS) and de novo MDS have comparable outcomes after haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT), according to a study published online Feb. ...
Feb 21, 2024
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Medications
Drug repairs systems that remove Alzheimer's-causing waste from the brain, study shows
A team of Rutgers undergraduates has shown that an experimental drug known as Yoda1 may help drain cranial waste plus neurotoxins that cause Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
Feb 19, 2024
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