Surgery

Special gel could help in surgery after pelvic organ prolapse

Of women who have had surgery for pelvic organ prolapse, 20% require surgery again. This is usually due to suboptimal wound healing after surgery. The synthetic PIC gel (discovered at Radboud University) might help improve ...

Oncology & Cancer

TB vaccine shrinks liver cancer tumors in mice

A UC Davis Health study found that a single dose of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the vaccine for tuberculosis (TB), reduced liver tumor burden and extended the survival of mice with liver cancer. The study, published ...

Oncology & Cancer

The roles of USP1 in Ewing sarcoma

A new research paper titled "Roles of USP1 in Ewing sarcoma" has been published in Genes & Cancer.

Immunology

Smoking shown to have long-term effects on the immune system

Like other factors such as age, sex, and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses. This is the finding recently made by a team of scientists at the Institut Pasteur using the Milieu Intérieur cohort of 1,000 ...

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