Genetics
How genetics influence immunity in patients with type 1 diabetes
New insights into how genetic factors affect the body's immune response in type 1 diabetes have been published in eLife.
Jun 7, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A new model to help clinicians predict risk of death in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Researchers from Hackensack Meridian University Medical Center and Berry Consultants, LLC, Austin, Texas have developed a new model to help clinicians predict the risk of death within 40 days in patients who are hospitalized ...
Aug 3, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Surgery to prevent breast cancer requires a patient-doctor dialogue about risks, benefits
Risk-reducing mastectomy saves lives of women who, because of hereditary or other risk factors, may have a very high lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, according to two new journal articles written to guide physicians ...
May 4, 2021
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Medical research
Treating neurological symptoms of CHARGE syndrome
CHARGE syndrome is a rare genetic disorder affecting about 1 in 10,000 newborns. It can lead to neurological and behavioral disorders for which no treatment is currently available. Dr. Kessen Patten and his team from the ...
Apr 28, 2021
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Medications
Drug could be a 'game-changer' in fighting esophageal cancers
Patients who have surgery for esophageal cancer commonly see the disease return, but a drug that boosts the immune system may help delay or prevent that, a new trial has found.
Apr 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify three drugs as possible therapeutics for COVID-19
Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center working with colleagues at the University of New Mexico have identified three drugs, already approved for other uses in humans, as possible therapeutics for ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Machine learning makes drug repurposing for psychiatric disorders more effective
Artificial intelligence can increase the effectiveness of drug repositioning or repurposing research, according to a study published in Translational Psychiatry. In the study, which was supported by São Paulo Research Foundation—FAPESP, ...
Aug 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pfizer reports encouraging, very early vaccine test results
The first of four experimental COVID-19 vaccines being tested by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech showed encouraging results in very early testing of 45 people, the companies said Wednesday.
Jul 1, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers identify two marine molecules with therapy potential against Alzheimer's disease
An interdisciplinary research study of the University of Barcelona identified two potential candidates to treat Alzheimer's disease. These are two marine molecules, meridianine and lignarenone B, able to alter the activity ...
May 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New process to identify existing drugs for potential COVID-19 treatments
In late January, as the world watched the growing COVID-19 epidemic with increasing unease, a Michigan State University laboratory, which specializes in the use of artificial intelligence and big data to discover therapeutics ...
Apr 13, 2020
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