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Gene Test can Predict Risk of Medications Causing Liver Injury

September 8, 2020
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Cincinnati, OH — Scientists who were working on a way to determine the viability of batches of tiny liver organoids have discovered a testing method that may have far broader implications. Their study...

Research Finds Daily Cranberry Intake Associated with Reduced H. Pylori Infection Rates

August 18, 2020
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Wareham, MA — A new clinical trial found consuming cranberry juice containing 44 mg of proanthocyanidins (or “PACs”) per 240-mL serving twice daily for eight weeks resulted in a 20% reduction...

PARP Inhibitor Becomes New Treatment Option for Some Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

August 17, 2020
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Chicago, IL — Results from an international clinical trial found that men with advanced prostate cancer who have mutated BRCA1/BRCA2 genes can be treated successfully with a targeted therapy known...

A Blood Test could Predict Who Benefits from Immunotherapy

August 4, 2020
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Toronto, ON — A test which detects changing levels of tumour fragments in the blood may be an easy, non-invasive and quick way to predict who will benefit from immunotherapy, a treatment option for...

Research Findings Set New Standard for Blood-Based Biomarkers in Prediction of Cancer Recurrence

July 13, 2020
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Indianapolis, IN — Indiana University School of Medicine researchers Dr. Milan Radovich and Dr. Bryan Schneider, have discovered that the presence of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) and circulating...

Study Finds Out Why Some Words May Be More Memorable Than Others

June 30, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — Thousands of words, big and small, are crammed inside our memory banks just waiting to be swiftly withdrawn and strung into sentences. In a recent study of epilepsy patients and...

New Eye Drops may Prevent a Common Cause of Blindness

June 30, 2020
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New York, NY — Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have developed eye drops that could prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion, a major cause of blindness for millions...

Virtually Screening Antiviral Compounds Against SARS-CoV-2 Structure may Speed Up Drug and Vaccine D

June 25, 2020
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Washington, DC — Virtually screening antiviral compounds to model their interactions with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may enable scientists to more easily identify antiviral drugs that work against the virus...

Early Clinical Trial Supports Tumour Cell-Based Vaccine for Mantle Cell Lymphoma

June 22, 2020
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Stanford, CA — A phase I/II clinical trial by researchers at Stanford University suggests that vaccines prepared from a patient’s own tumor cells may prevent the incurable blood cancer mantle...

Study Links Elevated Levels of Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs) with Breast Cancer Risk

June 15, 2020
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Charleston, SC — Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and colleagues assessed the connection between dietary advanced glycation end products (AGEs)...

Clinical trial shows promising new treatment for rare blood cancer

June 1, 2020
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Nagoya, Japan — Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that develops from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). It has many subtypes. A rare subtype, called intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (or...

How Coronavirus could be Prevented from Invading a Host Cell

June 1, 2020
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Riverside, CA — How might the novel coronavirus be prevented from entering a host cell in an effort to thwart infection? A team of biomedical scientists has made a discovery that points to a solution. The...

Molecular Pair Offers Potential for Parkinson’s Treatment, Study Finds

May 28, 2020
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Singapore — A promising molecular pair has offered hope that could lead to the development of a new treatment to slow down Parkinson’s disease, a study by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore...

Researchers Discover Potential Targets for COVID-19 Therapy

May 18, 2020
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Frankfurt, Germany — A team of biochemists and virologists at Goethe University and the Frankfurt University Hospital were able to observe how human cells change upon infection with SARS-CoV-2, the...

Study to Determine Incidence of Novel Coronavirus Infection in US Children Begins

May 5, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — A study to help determine the rate of novel coronavirus infection in children and their family members in the United States has begun enrolling participants. The study, called Human...

Researcher Identifies Four Possible Treatments for COVID-19

May 5, 2020
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Columbia, MO — Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri has found that four antiviral drugs, including remdesivir, a drug originally developed to treat Ebola, are effective in inhibiting the...

Brain Insulin Sensitivity Determines Body Weight and Fat Distribution

April 27, 2020
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Oberschleißheim, Germany — Just where fat is deposited in the body and to what degree a person may benefit from a lifestyle intervention depends, among other things, on how sensitive the brain is to...

Promising MERS Coronavirus Vaccine Trial in Humans

April 23, 2020
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Brunswick, Germany — “The results of this vaccine trial are also important and promising with regard to the development of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus,” explains Prof....

Scientist Unlocks New Way to Understand Evolving Strains of SARS-CoV-2

April 21, 2020
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York, UK — Researchers from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have unveiled a new approach to analysing the genetic codes – or the blueprint – of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that...

Study Finds Remdesivir Effective Against Key Enzyme of Coronavirus that Causes COVID-19

April 14, 2020
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Edmonton, AB — Scientists at the University of Alberta have shown that the drug remdesivir is highly effective in stopping the replication mechanism of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according...

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