by Institute of Cancer Research Treated prostate cancer cells. Credit: Mateus Crespo/Professor Johann de Bono, the ICR Radiotherapy to the prostate alongside standard treatment can keep some men with advanced prostate cancer alive for longer without detriment to quality of life, long-term study results confirm. Previous results from the STAMPEDE trial—one of the largest ever...
by Telethon Kids Institute Credit: Pixabay World-first immunizations providing protection against deadly respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) could be just months away thanks to global research efforts spanning multiple decades. The latest research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has revealed a long-lasting monoclonal antibody treatment for babies is likely to be accessible on the market within 12...
by Richard Johnson, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientific studies and media coverage are rife with warnings on how sugar, carbohydrates, saturated fat and lack of exercise contribute to obesity. And tens of millions of Americans are still overweight or obese in large part because of the classic Western diet and lifestyle. As an educator, researcher and professor of medicine, I have spent more than 20...
by Carrie MacMillan, Yale University Cataract in human eye. Credit: Wikipedia. Cataracts, any ophthalmologist will tell you, are an extremely common side effect of growing older. Live long enough, and most people will develop this condition—a clouding of the normally clear eye lens—in one or both of their eyes. “As long as there have been...
by Nina Raffio, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Credit: CC0 Public Domain Adults aged 60 and older who sit for long periods watching TV or other such passive, sedentary behaviors may be at increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study by USC and University of Arizona researchers. Their study also...
by Jade Boyd, Rice University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine researchers have shown they can eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors in mice in just a few days with a treatment combining Rice’s cytokine “drug factory” implants and a checkpoint inhibitor drug. The researchers administered the drug-producing beads, which are no...
by Center for Genomic Regulation Mice with a deletion in the pancreas agenesis enhancer do not express PTF1A (green) in embryonic multipotent pancreatic progenitors, leading to underdeveloped pancreas and insulin-deficient diabetes. Immunofluorescence of embryonic pancreatic buds from control (left) and enhancer-deleted (right) mice stained for PTF1A (green), PDX1 (red), glucagon (blue). Credit: Miguel Angel Maestro/Developmental...
by The Francis Crick Institute Image of uninjured mice spinal cord, with ependymal cells shown in red. Credit: Bruno Frederico Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have identified a group of latent stem cells that respond to injury in the central nervous system of mice. If a similar type of cell exists in humans, they...
by Boston University Regions of the brain associated with stress and posttraumatic stress disorder. Credit: National Institutes of Health More than 6 percent of Americans will develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in their lifetime. This potentially chronic condition disrupts lives, and can lead to or exacerbate existing health issues such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders,...
by Emily Caldwell, The Ohio State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new national survey reveals considerable differences between psychiatrists’ perceptions about the safety and therapeutic value of certain psychoactive drugs and how those same drugs are categorized under U.S. policy. For example, the anxiety medication Xanax is a Schedule IV drug under the Controlled...
