Medical research
Team finds that their cancer-fighting compound fights obesity and diabetes, too
Eric Prossnitz, Ph.D., and his team hope to help 93 million obese Americans fight their fat.
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Medications
Drug target for aggressive breast cancer found
A team of British and American scientists have discovered a way to slow the growth of breast cancer stem cells in the lab.
Jul 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against omicron studied
There is virtually no protection against infection with the currently circulating omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus for dual-vaccinated and recovered individuals who were infected with the previous SARS-CoV-2 variants. ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Diabetes
Researchers prevent type 1 diabetes in lab
In new research published in Endocrinology, Thomas Burris, Ph.D., chair of pharmacological and physiological science at Saint Louis University, reports that his team has found a way to prevent type I diabetes in an animal ...
Jan 20, 2015
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Medications
Tagrisso approved as adjuvant therapy for NSCLC with EGFR mutations
Tagrisso (osimertinib) received approval as an adjuvant treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations, the U.S. Food and Drug ...
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Medical research
Discovery points to innovative new way to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have discovered a new way to treat the loss of muscle function caused by Duchenne muscular dystrophy in animal models of the disease. As reported in Cell Stem ...
Jan 31, 2019
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Medical research
Discovery of a brain sugar switch
Researchers at Technical University of Munich discovered that our brain actively takes sugar from the blood. Prior to this, researchers around the world had assumed that this was a purely passive process. An international ...
Aug 12, 2016
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Neuroscience
'Chemical earmuffs' could prevent hearing loss
Once you start to lose your hearing, you can't get it back. But what if you could prevent hearing loss by blocking in advance the effects of loud noises?
Feb 3, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New signaling pathway discovered in HER2-positive breast cancer, and two powerful drug targets
One of the most promising ideas in cancer treatment is to apply a lesson learned in the fight against AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome): simultaneously attacking a pathological process at different points of weakness ...
Apr 20, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Scientists find clue to 'maternal instinct'
Oxytocin is widely referred to as the love hormone and plays an important role in the regulation of social and maternal behavior. In recent years, the oxytocin system in the brain has received tremendous attention as key ...
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