Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A 20-minute assay for COVID-19 diagnosis
Researchers have developed a new test that can diagnose COVID-19 in just 20 minutes.
Aug 13, 2020
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News tagged with prime candidate
Oncology & Cancer
Novel theranostic agent targets multiple cancer types
A newly discovered radionuclide-based agent (CB-2PA-NT) has been shown to have high tumor uptake, sustained tumor retention, and high contrast in preclinical models, making it a prime candidate for a novel theranostics approach. ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Surgery
Team explores surgery technology resulting in fewer incisions
Through the use of a newly developed needle arthroscope, incisionless and single-incision surgical procedures are possible for repairing certain types of knee and shoulder injuries suggests a series of Marshall University ...
Apr 16, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Massive genetic study estimates the chance of dying from prostate cancer
Just by looking at a short portion of a man's genome it is possible to estimate the probability that he will die from prostate cancer—even before he has the cancer—thanks to a massive genetic study by RIKEN researchers. ...
Jan 25, 2024
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Medical research
Discovery of hemoglobin in the epidermis sheds new light on our skin's protective properties
Researchers have shown for the first time that hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells where it binds oxygen, is also present in the epidermis, our skin's outermost body tissue. The study, which appears in the Journal ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers uncover novel amyloidosis
A collaboration led by scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan, has discovered a novel amyloid protein that induces amyloidosis in rats. This new amyloid protein is known to be the lipopolysaccharide ...
Oct 25, 2019
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Other
Daring to dream: Nobel winner's nervous night
When US scientist William Kaelin's phone began ringing at 5:00 am, he wasn't sure whether he was dreaming: Winning the Nobel Medicine Prize had long been a goal, but he also thought it was a long shot.
Oct 8, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals genetic similarities of osteosarcoma between dogs and children
A bone cancer known as osteosarcoma is genetically similar in dogs and human children, according to the results of a study published today by Tufts University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate ...
Jul 19, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immune genetics and previous common cold infections might help protect Japan from COVID-19
Protective immune memory—through B cells, which make antibodies, and/or T cells, which in the case of CD8+ T cells can kill virus-infected cells—can be induced by identical but also by related viruses. Related to the ...
May 20, 2021
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Vaccination
Testing timeline: What's ahead for COVID-19 vaccines
Pfizer's surprising news that its COVID-19 vaccine might offer more protection than anticipated—an announcement right after a fraught U.S. presidential election campaign—is raising questions about exactly how the different ...
Nov 9, 2020
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