Engineered bacteria deliver chemotherapy directly to tumors
Traditional chemotherapy often poses significant challenges, including severe side effects, damage to healthy tissue and limited efficacy.
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Traditional chemotherapy often poses significant challenges, including severe side effects, damage to healthy tissue and limited efficacy.
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A short course of immunotherapy was found to be highly effective in a subset of patients with colon cancer. The treatment, which consisted of two cycles of immunotherapy prior to surgery, was effective in almost all patients. ...
Jun 5, 2024
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, working with UCL and Imperial College London, have discovered a new biological pathway that is a principal driver of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and related conditions, and ...
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Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have been around for years, but they've recently been making headlines due to a rise in popularity as weight loss agents. They all belong to a class of drugs known as glucagon-like ...
Jun 4, 2024
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During a psychotherapy session, one of my patients reported to me that the antidepressants he'd been prescribed by his GP had "killed his desire." He felt "dead inside," he told me. Unfortunately, this wasn't an isolated ...
Jun 3, 2024
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Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center presented positive clinical results from two studies today at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
May 31, 2024
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Cancer remains a significant global health challenge and is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Traditional cancer treatments such as surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, although essential, often come with limitations ...
May 31, 2024
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An international study, published in Nature Communications, may facilitate the creation of new personalized treatments for people diagnosed with schizophrenia. These are patients who suffer from various types of symptoms, ...
May 30, 2024
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It was an act of desperation: A woman with irritable bowel syndrome was looking for relief from her symptoms. She decided to try an at-home fecal microbiota, aka a "poop transplant."
May 30, 2024
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Tumor cells often hijack normal physiological processes to support their growth, exploiting proteins that are in charge of essential cell functions. It is therefore important to block the activity of these proteins only in ...
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