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Strategy Developed to Improve Delivery of Medicines to the Brain

New research offers a possible strategy for treating central nervous system diseases, such as brain and spinal cord injury, brain cancer, epilepsy, and…

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Novel Airborne Spray Targets Colds and Flu Effectively

University Hospitals Case Medical Center clinical researchers will present findings about a one-two punch to prevent colds and flu in San Francisco at the…

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New Targets Identified for Treating Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

Squamous cell lung cancer kills more people each year than breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer, ranking second only to lung adenocarcinoma in the number of…

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Targeted Therapies Shine in Large Lung Cancer Study Findings

“We found that almost 75 percent of the patients' cancers have mutations that can be targeted with existing drugs — drugs that are available commercially or…

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Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Study Childhood Melanoma Characteristics

The physicians and staff at Moffitt Cancer Center have a special interest in melanoma and related conditions occurring in childhood, and recently published…

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Direct Imaging Breakthrough in Cardiac Protein Research

“Although the link between OSA and cardiovascular mortality is well established in younger patients, evidence on this relationship in the elderly has been…

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New Insights Into Esophagus Disease: Eosinophil Mapping Study

University of Utah engineers mapped white blood cells called eonsinophils and showed an existing diagnostic method may overlook an elusive digestive disorder…

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Modeling Sepsis in Newborns: New Insights for NICU Care

Sepsis, or bacterial infection of the bloodstream, is a grave, hard-to-diagnose threat in premature newborns in the NICU. Even when it's detected and treated…

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Crizotinib reduces tumor size in patients with ALK positive lung cancer

This symposium is sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the International…

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Acidic Tumor Microenvironments Boost Cancer Cell Survival

Their research investigating the effects of acidity on breast and pancreatic cancer cell lines revealed the importance of autophagy in acidic microenvironments…

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New PTSD Diagnosis Criteria Explored by BUSM/VA Researchers

Mark W. Miller, PhD, associate professor at BUSM and a clinical research psychologist at the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System served as…

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T Cells’ Role in Autoimmune Attacks on the Brain Explained

Autoimmune diseases are triggered by immune cells that attack the body’s own tissue. In multiple sclerosis (MS) immune cells succeed in invading nervous tissue…

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Rare Genetic Disease Sheds Light on Common Cancers

Cruelly, the condition also nixes the use of an entire class of cancer drugs, namely drugs like mitomycin C, by encouraging DNA to crosslink together like…

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New Research Reveals Long-Term Risks of Preeclampsia

Thousands of women and their babies die or get very sick from preeclampsia; it affects approximately 5 to 8 percent of all pregnancies. It is a rapidly…

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Vitamin D Supplements: No Impact on Cholesterol Levels

But it does not improve cholesterol levels, according to a new study conducted at The Rockefeller University Hospital. A team of scientists has shown that, at…

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Children’s brains are injured in bicycle accidents – But very rarely in Sweden

This finding is established in a study by the researchers Diana Stark Ekman, University West, and Robert Ekman, Karlstad University. “Brain injuries in kids…

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