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Penn Researchers Demonstrate Efficacy of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Vaccine

The work shows for the first time the feasibility and therapeutic efficacy of this alternative cell-based vaccine, which could be employed in the treatment of…

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Why Steroid Treatment Fails for COPD: New Research Insights

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) leads to persistent inflammation of the airways and is typically managed with corticosteroids, a class of…

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Trudeau Institute Unveils Key Discovery Against Tuberculosis

New research from the Trudeau Institute may help in the ongoing fight against tuberculosis. Dr. Andrea Cooper's lab has discovered a connection between the…

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DMF Breakthrough: New Therapies for Psoriasis and MS

A research group of the Tübingen University Hospital studied a small, body-derived molecule called di-methyl fumarate (DMF), hat is the first molecule…

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New Target for Adult Pulmonary Hypertension: Calpain Blockade

Blocking that protein, called calpain, in the lungs may prove an effective way to avoid narrow, scarred blood vessels and pulmonary hypertension, said Dr….

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Alberta Diabetes Atlas Enhances Lab Testing Insights

This is the first time that the Alberta Diabetes Atlas has included additional sources of data. With this enhancement it has become a vital tool for front line…

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Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Slow Osteoarthritis Progression

According to the University of Bristol study, funded by Arthritis Research UK and published in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, omega-3-rich diets fed…

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Could hypertension drugs help people with Alzheimer's?

The team of researchers from the University of Bristol have looked at whether drugs already being used to treat hypertension, particularly ones that…

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Nasal Congestion: More than Physical Obstruction

Nose feel congested and stuffed up? Scientists from the Monell Center report that the annoying feeling of nasal obstruction is related to the temperature and…

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Low Birthweight Infants: 5X Higher Autism Risk, Study Finds

The children, some born as small as about a pound, were followed for 21 years making this study, published in the prestigious journal Pediatrics, one of the…

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Lung Cancer Patients With Diabetes Experience Longer Survival

Researchers did not speculate on the reason for the effect, but said that the survival benefit warranted more study and that diabetes should not be considered…

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Tracking Drugs in Tissue: New Mass Spectrometry Method

The method is a special type of mass spectrometry which can be used on drugs ‘off the shelf’, i.e. without any radioactive labelling which may change the…

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Google Earth Typhoid Maps Uncover Disease Outbreak Secrets

Now, in a twenty-first century equivalent, scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust working in Kathmandu, Nepal, have combined the latest in gene sequencing…

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Precise Gene Therapy Without Needles: A New Electric Method

The technique uses electricity to “shoot” bits of therapeutic biomolecules through a tiny channel and into a cell in a fraction of a second.L. James Lee and…

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Contamination of UK mobile phones and hands revealed

One in six mobile phones in Britain is contaminated with faecal matter, according to new research released ahead of Global Handwashing Day. Experts say the…

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Pulse Oximetry: Essential Screening for Infant Heart Disease

In September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services added pulse oximetry to the list of core screening standards; however, no research has been…

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